What position did roh moo hyun hold in the South Korean government?”
Roh Moo-hyun was the 16th President of South Korea. He held the position from 25/02/2003 to 25/02/2008. Before entering politics, he was a human rights lawyer. Roh’s pre-presidential political career focused on human rights advocacy for student activists in South Korea. His electoral career later expanded to a focus on overcoming regionalism in South Korean politics, culminating in his election to the presidency. The election was strongly influenced by activists on the Internet, particularly via OhmyNews, the first time this had ever happened in Korea. Roh’s election was notable for the arrival to power of a new generation in Korean politics, the so-called 386 Generation, (i.e. people in their 30’s when the word was coined, who had attended university in the 80’s, and who were born in the 60’s). This generation had been veterans of student protests against authoritarian rule, and advocated an assertively nationalist line towards the United States and Japan, and a conciliatory approach
Roh Moo Hyun (6 August 1946 – 23 May 2009) was the 16th President of South Korea, a position he held from 25 February 2003 to 25 February 2008. He was in the Uri Party during this time, and before that was a member of the Millennium Democratic Party (1997-2003), the Democratic Party (1990-1997) and the Unified Democratic Party (1988-1990). Roh entered politics in 1998 when he was elected a member of the National Assembly representing Dong-gu, Busan, and soon gained a reputation as a “clean” politician after campaigining against corruption in politics in South Korea. He ran for re-election in 1992 again for the seat of Dong-gu, but was defeated. He returned to office in 1998, when Lee Myung-bak resigned his seat because of a violation of election law, winning in the ensuing by-election. In 2000, Roh was appointed as the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and this position would constitute his only real government experience prior to the presidency. Roh would later use his lack
