Friday, November 22, 2002
OUT OF THE SHADOWS: Former ROK President Kim Young Sam declares his support for GNP Presidential Candidate Yi Hoi-chang. Kim went on to campaign for the pot-calling-the-kettle-black award with the following criticism of a potential merger between Roh Moo-hyun and Chung Mong-joon:
Ex-President Kim frowned on the budding alliance between Roh and Chung Mong-joon to field one candidate between them. "Their alliance is aimed only at winning the presidency despite their different political and ideological backgrounds," he was quoted as saying.This is, of course, the same Kim Young Sam who joined forces with conservatives Kim Jong Pil and Roh Tae Woo to form the Democratic Liberal Party in 1990!
