The Past as Prologue: President Kim Dae Jung's Legacy and President Roh Moo Hyun's Policy Issues and Future Challenges

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With the inauguration of President Roh Moo-hyun, onFebruary 25, 2003, the old politics of the three Kims era finallycame to an end.147 A new era of politics must overcome thelegacy of old politics characterized by strong bossism andregionalism in Korean politics. Consolidation of a newdemocracy through bold and innovative measures of institutionalreform remains to be realized under Roh Moo-hyuns presidency.The last three presidential elections of 1987, 1992, and 1997,were all about voting for a civilian president and exorcising thedemons of a military government as one columnist put it.

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