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South Korea's High Noon Moment

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Jun 21, 2012
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South Korea is boiling. An ideological blowout characterized by some as Korean McCarthyism is rocking the country, with increasing calls for a loyalty oath as a prerequisite for political candidacy.

The opening salvo was ignited by cases of voting fraud by the pro-North Korea United Progressive Party (UPP), the country’s third biggest political party, wh…

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