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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Chris on May 23, 2009, 12:47:26 AM

Title: Former S. Korean President Roh commits suicide
Post by: Chris on May 23, 2009, 12:47:26 AM

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(CNN)  -- Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun committed suicide by leaping to his death from a hill behind his house, the state-run Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.

Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun served from 2003-2008.

Yonhap cited a former presidential aide, acting as the family's lawyer, who said Roh left a suicide note for his family.

Roh, 62, had gone hiking near his home with an aide around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Yonhap said.

He was found later with head injuries, and died after being taken to a hospital in Busan, police said. A hospital spokesman declined to comment.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/roh.dead/index.html

Title: Re: Former S. Korean President Roh commits suicide
Post by: Ptarmigan on May 23, 2009, 12:52:59 AM

That's typical South Korean politicals for ya! Corruption runs deep there.