"This is a truly unbelievable, lamentable and deeply sad event," President Lee Myung-bak, Roh's successor, said in statement released by Pres Blue House Remembering: Summit was Watershed for Peace: Lim.
Roh Moo-hyun's extension of peace with Kim Jong Il...
This action touched the world: VIEW VIDEO: Here.
No matter the outcome... Roh Moo-hyun's effort to extend peace, will truly be remembered... North Korea should come forward, in honor of Roh Moo-hyun; and return the effort... IMAGE.
The article says, "Even the one legacy Roh was admired for, of at least running a clean government...Such sad circumstances which followed.
Maybe we are all too quick to judge...
I was just looking at this picture earlier, today (the day of his death.)
Taken the 22nd of may, at the ceremony at the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, to honor U.S. war dead, a few days ahead of Memorial Day.
Caption: General Walter Sharp (L), chairman of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC), gives a salute along with Lee Sung-chul, Deputy Commander of the CFC, May 22, 2009; honoring U.S. war dead, prior to May 25th, Memorial Day...
My sympathy goes to the family of Roh Moo-hyun...
History Links...
John Paul II's appeal saved future Korean president from death
Catholic News Agency - May 21, 2009
A letter from Pope John Paul II asking for clemency helped save the life of a future South Korean president who was sentenced to death by a military ...
John Paul II saved life of Korean President Kim Dae-jung CathNews
