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South Korea's Lee Must Walk a Fine Line after Predecessor's Suicide
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South Korea's Lee Must Walk a Fine Line after Predecessor's Suicide

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May 25, 2009
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Three weeks before the suicide Saturday of former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, a truck driver in the central city of Daejeon hanged himself from a tree after being dogged by police for allegedly organizing "illegal" protests. On a rainy weekend not long after, the transport union he was a member of staged a rally in his honor and to kick off a l…

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