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The Road of No Return; President Roh Moo Hyun seems hapless. But he's helped kill South Korea's imperial presidency, once and for all.

Newsweek International

| May 14, 2007 | Caryl, Christian; Lee, B. J.; Adams, Jonathan | COPYRIGHT 2007 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Christian Caryl and B. J. Lee (With Jonathan Adams in Taipei)

At first glance, South Korean politics looks bleak these days. President Roh Moo Hyun's approval ratings have dropped through the floor. His ruling Uri Party is coming apart at the seams as members defect en masse, desperately trying to put daylight between themselves and the struggling president. Roh himself even resigned from the party recently in the hope of saving its chances at the next presidential election, scheduled for this coming December.

Bad as all this sounds, however, one ingredient has been conspicuously absent: a sense of crisis. In many other Asian countries, ...

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