It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER ON ROH MOO-HYUN: It isn't pretty.

With Roh Moo-hyun, by contrast, it's amateur hour. One looks in vain for any overarching vision or clear strategy.
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Then there's his hypocrisy, if not worse, on corruption.
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But with Roh, you wonder if the guy at the wheel knows where he's going - or even if he ever learned to drive.

Foster-Carter notes that not everything is Roh's fault and that, paradoxically the Uri Party may do surprisingly well in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Besides, the alternatives aren't much better.

Hope springs eternal, even for South Korea's jaded voters. In 2002 they elected Roh Moo-hyun, hoping for a new broom that would sweep clean. A year on, he looks a frail and unfit vehicle for these laudable aims - but they're stuck with him, and the GNP stinks, so maybe they'll give him a second chance.

Let's hope he deserves it.