President Roh Moo-hyun, center, cheers with South Korean soldiers during his surprise visit to the Zaytun unit in Irbil, northern Iraq, Wednesday. / Korea Times
Read about Roh’s surprise trip here. Must have been pretty wacky for the press corps — most everyone on the flight, including most of Roh’s aides and the aircraft crew, weren’t told of the scheduled-but-unscheduled rest stop until the plane lifted off from Paris.
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Let me guess what they are shouting:
“Zaytun High-ting!” ?
Or
“Dae Han Min Guk, Man Sae!” ?
Good for Roh! Whatever we think of his politics, and for whatever motivation he went, he did go. A truly “presidential” gesture.
The man can actually do SOMETHING right. Good for you Roh!!! He has been in office for only 2 years and this is the first time he has actually done something right. I hope this is a sign of good things to come. Then again if you lock up a 1000 monkeys in a room of typewriters for a 1000 years, by sheer luck they will come up with a brilliant novel. This might be Roh’s one and only brilliant novel.
God bless the man. The picture still made me wonder “where’s Waldo?”
Roh certainly deserves credit for this.
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i really love those cute little hats.