Comments on: The Lee Myung Bak Dossier http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: chae s. sone http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-58369 chae s. sone Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:55:16 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-58369 Mad cowed assemblymen WHO REPRESENTS KOREAN GOVERNMENT? MAD COWS?, MOBS?, OR DUMMIES? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed an idea of a representative government. So the citizens send their elected representatives to the parliament to present the voice of the people to find solutions for the problems. Now in Korea, the government is a representative democratic system, A national assemblyman is representing the citizens in his own district; he should presents the voice of the constituents to formulate their political fate according to the consensus of the parliament. Under the present circumstances, the national assemblymen from opposition parties are boycotting the assembly to prevent the opening of the new assembly. Thus, the opposition leaders are neglecting their own duties to represent the people. In other words, they abandoned their position as the representatives of the people. Outside the parliament, they do not have a legitimate voice or a forum. If they have legitimate disagreement with the beef Import, they should come to tell their opinion to the national assembly. They are trying to paralyze the function of the government. Thus, their very action is destructive to it and disqualified their representation- A reverse course to the parliamentary system. It is questionable if the government authority has the power to dismiss the opposition disobedient assembly members. If so, it should oust them and let the people have a new election for their own true representation. Otherwise the society can not stand in peace under the status of “misgivings.” Needless to say the benefits of KorUSFTA. BAN KI MOON, UN SECRETARY Even if they had disagreement on the beef import, they should have convened the assembly even during the demonstration. Moreover, they knew that UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon will visit Korea. They should have prepared in a advance to receive him, according to the established diplomatic protocol. But, they seemed to have ignored their status as the assemblymen, just they tried to snub the Lee Myung Bak government in malice. However, the opposition leaders actually snubbed themselves as if spitting into each other’s face. What an uninformed, shameful action? They should have known that UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon should have been respectably welcomed, as an international dignitary, to the assembly. But they failed miserably as they violated their protocol in the occasion. Thus, the Korean people scarred themselves, as if their representatives were ignorant derelicts. They misrepresented Koreans’ image to the world. The Koreans must know that the South Korea was able to preserve its tiny territory because the people of UN member nations scarified their lives to save South from the communist aggressors. But they missed the great opportunity to express the Korean gratitude to the Secretary who represents the member nations. Because of their misrepresentation, Korean people ashamed of themselves because of the derelict representation. The Secretary is a proud Korean citizen. Thus, the Korean people are considered to be honored so much in the international seen because of his statue. Imagine if these mobs had taken over the legitimate government in riots, what would happen to the people? Their suffering would be much worse than the mad cow ghosts can give. GORVACHEV KIM Remember the procommunist demonstrators that your mentor Kim Jong Il is evolving into Gorvachev Kim. You do not have any other place to go now but Myanmar or Zimbabwe. Korea should keep up its pace according to the change of East Asian political scene. The denuclearization is US and our victory. The opposition leaders and demonstrators owe an apology to the nation. Especially the undignified religious leaders should be ashamed of their subnormal spirituality, joining the senseless mad cowed demonstrators against the very new government that you did not give a honeymoon period. Don’t you think you are mad cowed? – think over where to go from here? Wake up! Stay on the line of law and order! Eat beef, work harder, Korea will be beautiful for ever. It’s yours. Mad cowed assemblymen
WHO REPRESENTS KOREAN GOVERNMENT? MAD COWS?, MOBS?, OR DUMMIES?
The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed an idea of a representative government. So the citizens send their elected representatives to the parliament to present the voice of the people to find solutions for the problems.
Now in Korea, the government is a representative democratic system, A national assemblyman is representing the citizens in his own district; he should presents the voice of the constituents to formulate their political fate according to the consensus of the parliament.
Under the present circumstances, the national assemblymen from opposition parties are boycotting the assembly to prevent the opening of the new assembly. Thus, the opposition leaders are neglecting their own duties to represent the people. In other words, they abandoned their position as the representatives of the people. Outside the parliament, they do not have a legitimate voice or a forum. If they have legitimate disagreement with the beef Import, they should come to tell their opinion to the national assembly. They are trying to paralyze the function of the government.
Thus, their very action is destructive to it and disqualified their representation- A reverse course to the parliamentary system.
It is questionable if the government authority has the power to dismiss the opposition disobedient assembly members. If so, it should oust them and let the people have a new election for their own true representation. Otherwise the society can not stand in peace under the status of “misgivings.” Needless to say the benefits of KorUSFTA.
BAN KI MOON, UN SECRETARY
Even if they had disagreement on the beef import, they should have convened the assembly even during the demonstration.
Moreover, they knew that UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon will visit Korea. They should have prepared in a advance to receive him, according to the established diplomatic protocol.
But, they seemed to have ignored their status as the assemblymen, just they tried to snub the Lee Myung Bak government in malice.
However, the opposition leaders actually snubbed themselves as if spitting into each other’s face. What an uninformed, shameful action?
They should have known that
UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon should have been respectably welcomed, as an international dignitary, to the assembly. But they failed miserably as they violated their protocol in the occasion. Thus, the Korean people scarred themselves, as if their representatives were ignorant derelicts.
They misrepresented Koreans’ image to the world.
The Koreans must know that the South Korea was able to preserve its tiny territory because the people of UN member nations scarified their lives to save South from the communist aggressors.
But they missed the great opportunity to express the Korean gratitude to the Secretary who represents the member nations. Because of their misrepresentation, Korean people ashamed of themselves because of the derelict representation.
The Secretary is a proud Korean citizen. Thus, the Korean people are considered to be honored so much in the international seen because of his statue.
Imagine if these mobs had taken over the legitimate government in riots, what would happen to the people? Their suffering would be much worse than the mad cow ghosts can give.
GORVACHEV KIM
Remember the procommunist demonstrators that your mentor Kim Jong Il is evolving into Gorvachev Kim. You do not have any other place to go now but Myanmar or Zimbabwe. Korea should keep up its pace according to the change of East Asian political scene. The denuclearization is US and our victory.
The opposition leaders and demonstrators owe an
apology to the nation. Especially the undignified religious leaders should be ashamed of their subnormal spirituality, joining the senseless mad cowed demonstrators against the very new government that you did not give a honeymoon period. Don’t you think you are mad cowed? – think over where to go from here?

Wake up! Stay on the line of law and order! Eat beef, work harder, Korea will be beautiful for ever. It’s yours.

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » The Long National Nightmare Is (Officially) Over http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-56490 OneFreeKorea » The Long National Nightmare Is (Officially) Over Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:52:15 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-56490 [...] The AP has written a nice, concise briefing on Lee’s policies, but the really interesting stuff is in my 2005 Lee Myung Bak dossier. [...] [...] The AP has written a nice, concise briefing on Lee’s policies, but the really interesting stuff is in my 2005 Lee Myung Bak dossier. [...]

]]> By: chae s. sone http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-55965 chae s. sone Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:00:09 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-55965 Dear Editors: Special Protection needed for the Korean President-elect Myung Bak Lee and other political leaders from the political enemies. Greetings in the Christmas season. I am appreciative your report on the Korean President-elect Myung Bak Lee. Korea should be happy to have a hardworking new president. According to a news report this morning, the opposition Pakistan Leader Benazir Bhutto is assassinated at a political rally. In the light of this tragic news, I wish to remind the Editors that your office should warn the South Korean public and the government officers to re-enforce the existing protection plan for the Korean political leaders from the radicals, political enemies, communists or mentally deranged elements in the society in this emotional political season, especially the President-elect Myung Bak Lee down to the National Assembly leaders in action are needed a special protection. At this emotionally hate filled political season, a heavy responsibilities to keep law and order are on the shoulders of the government officers and the hate mongers. The South Korea should not forget that she still needs to keep the watchful eyes to North Korean communists until they really reveal a sincere political reconciliation and abandon the hostile policy to the South as the North still is on the record as an enemy. The South Korea needs strong support from the free presses like yours to have a better government under the new leadership in coming days, moths and years. The South should be a model nation to the free world which created by the help of the member nations of UN after defeating the communist aggression. She needs the continued advice and support of the free press so that Koreans can have an ideal, clean, good and strong government. May God bless you all. Chae S. Sone Hicksville, New York, USA Dear Editors:

Special Protection needed for the Korean President-elect Myung Bak Lee and other political leaders from the political enemies.

Greetings in the Christmas season.

I am appreciative your report on the Korean President-elect Myung Bak Lee. Korea should be happy to have a hardworking new president.

According to a news report this morning, the opposition Pakistan Leader Benazir Bhutto is assassinated at a political rally.

In the light of this tragic news, I wish to remind the Editors that your office should warn the South Korean public and the government officers to re-enforce the existing protection plan for the Korean political leaders from the radicals, political enemies, communists or mentally deranged elements in the society in this emotional political season, especially the President-elect Myung Bak Lee down to the National Assembly leaders in action are needed a special protection.

At this emotionally hate filled political season, a heavy responsibilities to keep law and order are on the shoulders of the government officers and the hate mongers. The South Korea should not forget that she still needs to keep the watchful eyes to North Korean communists until they really reveal a sincere political reconciliation and abandon the hostile policy to the South as the North still is on the record as an enemy.

The South Korea needs strong support from the free presses like yours to have a better government under the new leadership in coming days, moths and years.

The South should be a model nation to the free world which created by the help of the member nations of UN after defeating the communist aggression.

She needs the continued advice and support of the free press so that Koreans can have an ideal, clean, good and strong government.

May God bless you all.

Chae S. Sone
Hicksville, New York, USA

]]> By: chae s. sone http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-55876 chae s. sone Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:55:26 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-55876 Dear Myung Back Lee for president. Greetings. In my opinion, the Korean people must vote first whoever their candidate is. If Mr. Myung Bak Lee is elected, he should be investigated and follow the results it he was wrong. we must have a good and clean government. These candidates should be also checked if any of them has questionable records. I would like to point out important aspects of my national defense policy. Needless to say our country is still separated North and South. We all pray that unified happy days' one Korea would come to us sooner. Meantime, I wish you to know that our country owes very much to other United Nations members during the Korea War who came to save our lives and our South Korea. Now we are prosperous because of our hard work and the early days’ friendly economic aids from United States and other countries. We never foreget their humanitarian aids given to us when we were in the communist mascara and in agony. We thank you for the people of the friendly nations that helped us. Seventeen nations come to help us. Especially the United States sent largest army among them suffered largest number of casualties. We thank American people sanctified for us so much. I believe time has come for us to help other people in hardship of war and disasters. Now I have a dream to reflect our historic national experiences as a form of the national morality to international community as a civilized nation. Now we become an economically strong among the advanced nations. We have to try to pay back our debts of love and peace to other nations. One way to do is to send our people to help other people in disaster of other lands. This mission is humanitarian mission to help the needy people because they helped us when we suffered during the cruel Korean War. Our Korean army fought bravely against the enemies. We thank them. In a way, the Korean military force could act as humanitarian army for peace and love for international relief tasks. Now Koreans become respectable as we can pay back our debts to other people. So that we could maintain the national prosperity and international peace. To do these we need a strong and humanitarian army for us all. We need a strong national army to accomplish our people’s goal. Thank you again for those who helped us during the war and peace. Merry Christmas Happy a new year. We thank you them UN member nations Sincerely yours, Chae S. Sone 2 Woodbury Court Hicksville, NY 11801 Dear Myung Back Lee for president.

Greetings.

In my opinion, the Korean people must vote first whoever their candidate is. If Mr. Myung Bak Lee is elected, he should be investigated and follow the results it he was wrong. we must have a good and clean government. These candidates should be also checked if any of them has questionable records.

I would like to point out important aspects of my national defense policy.

Needless to say our country is still separated North and South.

We all pray that unified happy days’ one Korea would come to us sooner.

Meantime, I wish you to know that our country owes very much to other United Nations members during the Korea War who came to save our lives and our South Korea.

Now we are prosperous because of our hard work and the early days’ friendly economic aids from United States and other countries. We never foreget their humanitarian aids given to us when we were in the communist mascara and in agony. We thank you for the people of the friendly nations that helped us. Seventeen nations come to help us. Especially the United States sent largest army among them suffered largest number of casualties. We thank American people sanctified for us so much.

I believe time has come for us to help other people in hardship of war and disasters.

Now I have a dream to reflect our historic national experiences as a form of the national morality to international community as a civilized nation.

Now we become an economically strong among the advanced nations. We have to try to pay back our debts of love and peace to other nations.

One way to do is to send our people to help other people in disaster of other lands. This mission is humanitarian mission to help the needy people because they helped us when we suffered during the cruel Korean War.

Our Korean army fought bravely against the enemies. We thank them.

In a way, the Korean military force could act as humanitarian army for peace and love for international relief tasks.

Now Koreans become respectable as we can pay back our debts to other people. So that we could maintain the national prosperity and international peace. To do these we need a strong and humanitarian army for us all.

We need a strong national army to accomplish our people’s goal.

Thank you again for those who helped us during the war and peace. Merry Christmas Happy a new year.

We thank you them

UN member nations

Sincerely yours,

Chae S. Sone

2 Woodbury Court

Hicksville, NY 11801

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Korean Election Update: Lessers Versus Evils http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-55515 OneFreeKorea » Korean Election Update: Lessers Versus Evils Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:14:05 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-55515 [...] Lee Myung Bak, the current front-runner, has all of Park’s bad qualities and none of her good ones.  Several years ago, I wrote this profile of Lee Myung-Bak and described his Stalinist-sounding public-works schemes, his poor track record for ethics in government, and his tendency to say adolescent or zany things.  Who can forget the time when, as mayor, he offered the city of Seoul to Jesus Christ, despite the fact that Seoul’s population must be nearly half Buddhist?  Lee still hasn’t dropped the idea of building a canal through the mountainous spine of a peninsula ringed with excellent, modern ports.  Since then, Lee M.B. has been running to outdo Chung Dong-Young on the amount of the taxpayers’ largesse he would funnel to Kim Jong Il.  (Yes, this is what passes for “conservative” in today’s Korea.)  Lee M.B. has proposed a new industrial park to harness North Korean slave labor.  Much sillier is his idea of raising North Korea’s per capita income to $3,000.  Only a fool can doubt where the vast majority of this wealth would end up:  aimed at Seoul and Osaka, ticking on the wrists of Pyongyang bureaucrats, and flushed down the urinals of this palace.  Either Lee M.B. (a) doubts that, and you can complete the syllogism yourself, or (b) he’s being deliberately insincere to get votes.  I prefer Theory (b), but neither option should give Korean voters much comfort.  And now, he finds himself immersed in a stock-manipulation scandal.  Question the timing if you will.  Like last-minute candidacies, last-minute prosecutions are a fact of Korean political life. [...] [...] Lee Myung Bak, the current front-runner, has all of Park’s bad qualities and none of her good ones.  Several years ago, I wrote this profile of Lee Myung-Bak and described his Stalinist-sounding public-works schemes, his poor track record for ethics in government, and his tendency to say adolescent or zany things.  Who can forget the time when, as mayor, he offered the city of Seoul to Jesus Christ, despite the fact that Seoul’s population must be nearly half Buddhist?  Lee still hasn’t dropped the idea of building a canal through the mountainous spine of a peninsula ringed with excellent, modern ports.  Since then, Lee M.B. has been running to outdo Chung Dong-Young on the amount of the taxpayers’ largesse he would funnel to Kim Jong Il.  (Yes, this is what passes for “conservative” in today’s Korea.)  Lee M.B. has proposed a new industrial park to harness North Korean slave labor.  Much sillier is his idea of raising North Korea’s per capita income to $3,000.  Only a fool can doubt where the vast majority of this wealth would end up:  aimed at Seoul and Osaka, ticking on the wrists of Pyongyang bureaucrats, and flushed down the urinals of this palace.  Either Lee M.B. (a) doubts that, and you can complete the syllogism yourself, or (b) he’s being deliberately insincere to get votes.  I prefer Theory (b), but neither option should give Korean voters much comfort.  And now, he finds himself immersed in a stock-manipulation scandal.  Question the timing if you will.  Like last-minute candidacies, last-minute prosecutions are a fact of Korean political life. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » North Korea’s Floods: The Next Lost Opportunity http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-51880 OneFreeKorea » North Korea’s Floods: The Next Lost Opportunity Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:37:26 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-51880 [...] *  Lee Myung Bak has won the opposition Grand National Party’s nomination for the presidency of South Korea.  Lee is now heavily favored to win the general election in December.  So far, it looks like Park Geun-Hye will accept the result, meaning a split ticket is less likely.  Here’s some of Lee’s more recent ruminations on North Korea policy, via the Daily NK.  Although Lee’s lastest statements are encouraging, he has been all over the map on the subject.  Lee will run largely on economic issues, but his formula for recovery is massive public-works projects.  I wrote a profile of Lee a couple of years ago, when it occurred to me that this man could amount to something.  [...] [...] *  Lee Myung Bak has won the opposition Grand National Party’s nomination for the presidency of South Korea.  Lee is now heavily favored to win the general election in December.  So far, it looks like Park Geun-Hye will accept the result, meaning a split ticket is less likely.  Here’s some of Lee’s more recent ruminations on North Korea policy, via the Daily NK.  Although Lee’s lastest statements are encouraging, he has been all over the map on the subject.  Lee will run largely on economic issues, but his formula for recovery is massive public-works projects.  I wrote a profile of Lee a couple of years ago, when it occurred to me that this man could amount to something.  [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Not Ready http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-50674 OneFreeKorea » Not Ready Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:52:51 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-50674 [...] I have resigned myself to a Lee Myung Bak presidency in Korea, something I can do without much difficulty because (a) there will be much amusement, hilarity, scandal, and great blog material, and (b) because I’m not South Korean [Update:  or North Korean].  Superficially, Lee is the furthest “right” of the major candidates, and while South Korea’s idea of “right” may not be my thing, it’s the linear opposite of South Korea’s idea of ”left,” which I unreservedly despise.  Concepts of “left” and “right” don’t translate well from Korean.  I’ve noticed that American liberals don’t often like Roh; they find him generally inept and too cozy with Kim Jong Il’s atrocities.  American conservatives wince at Lee’s love of massive quasi-Stalinist public works projects, his lack of personal gravitas, and the sense that as he drifts off to sleep each night, he dreams of waving at columns of tanks from a reviewing stand.  That, or columns of scantily clad maidens in tall white boots (maybe we have more in common than I’d thought). [...] [...] I have resigned myself to a Lee Myung Bak presidency in Korea, something I can do without much difficulty because (a) there will be much amusement, hilarity, scandal, and great blog material, and (b) because I’m not South Korean [Update:  or North Korean].  Superficially, Lee is the furthest “right” of the major candidates, and while South Korea’s idea of “right” may not be my thing, it’s the linear opposite of South Korea’s idea of ”left,” which I unreservedly despise.  Concepts of “left” and “right” don’t translate well from Korean.  I’ve noticed that American liberals don’t often like Roh; they find him generally inept and too cozy with Kim Jong Il’s atrocities.  American conservatives wince at Lee’s love of massive quasi-Stalinist public works projects, his lack of personal gravitas, and the sense that as he drifts off to sleep each night, he dreams of waving at columns of tanks from a reviewing stand.  That, or columns of scantily clad maidens in tall white boots (maybe we have more in common than I’d thought). [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Lee Myung-Bak Proposes ‘Kaesong Archipelago’ http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-47503 OneFreeKorea » Lee Myung-Bak Proposes ‘Kaesong Archipelago’ Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:42:38 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-47503 [...] Part of the problem is that Lee is so enthralled with the grandiose, statist, and quixotic that he may leave South Korea looking a lot more like North Korea.  What’s more, my gut tells me the man will show a nasty authoritarian streak during his first year in office.  The deeper problem with Lee is what his past tells us:  the only constant things about him seem to be megalomania and ambition.  Instead of core values, he has a finely tuned sensitivity toward the political winds. [...] [...] Part of the problem is that Lee is so enthralled with the grandiose, statist, and quixotic that he may leave South Korea looking a lot more like North Korea.  What’s more, my gut tells me the man will show a nasty authoritarian streak during his first year in office.  The deeper problem with Lee is what his past tells us:  the only constant things about him seem to be megalomania and ambition.  Instead of core values, he has a finely tuned sensitivity toward the political winds. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Anju Links for 17 June 2007 http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-47399 OneFreeKorea » Anju Links for 17 June 2007 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:37:55 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-47399 [...] Later, Lee proposes to raise the average national income of North Korea to $3,000, which has to presuppose some pretty wild class disparities.  The best than can be said of this is that it isn’t much dumber than the idea of digging a canal all the way down a mountainous peninsula, the long way.  Lee has also made some encouraging statements about North Korea policy, but this leaves me thinking the man just says whatever he thinks the audience wants to hear.  I can’t say that I’m very surprised, in light of Lee’s history. [...] [...] Later, Lee proposes to raise the average national income of North Korea to $3,000, which has to presuppose some pretty wild class disparities.  The best than can be said of this is that it isn’t much dumber than the idea of digging a canal all the way down a mountainous peninsula, the long way.  Lee has also made some encouraging statements about North Korea policy, but this leaves me thinking the man just says whatever he thinks the audience wants to hear.  I can’t say that I’m very surprised, in light of Lee’s history. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » ‘Paying the Clown’ http://freekorea.us/2005/09/12/the-lee-myung-bak-dossier-2/comment-page-1/#comment-23423 OneFreeKorea » ‘Paying the Clown’ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:16:56 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3392#comment-23423 [...] That’s consistent with what others say about Ms. Park.  I can’t call myself a fan — I sometimes suspect that Ms. Park is mainly running out of ambition, not principle – but I see more calm, gravitas, and intellect in her than I do in Lee Myung-Bak.  At the moment, Lee is polling twice as high as Park.  Lee gives the impression of being unstable (Doubt me?  Read this dossier I wrote up on him in September 2005).  Park is eminently stable, as no one can doubt after this incident.  I also get a slightly better vibe on Park from an ethical standpoint, although I suppose some of that is her dad’s reputation, and while it’s generally unfair to link Ms. Park to her dad’s goverance, ethics is partially a function of upbringing, and Park Chung-Hee was, after all, one of the people who brought her up. [...] [...] That’s consistent with what others say about Ms. Park.  I can’t call myself a fan — I sometimes suspect that Ms. Park is mainly running out of ambition, not principle – but I see more calm, gravitas, and intellect in her than I do in Lee Myung-Bak.  At the moment, Lee is polling twice as high as Park.  Lee gives the impression of being unstable (Doubt me?  Read this dossier I wrote up on him in September 2005).  Park is eminently stable, as no one can doubt after this incident.  I also get a slightly better vibe on Park from an ethical standpoint, although I suppose some of that is her dad’s reputation, and while it’s generally unfair to link Ms. Park to her dad’s goverance, ethics is partially a function of upbringing, and Park Chung-Hee was, after all, one of the people who brought her up. [...]

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