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   06-20-2009 20:09 여성 남성
'Korea Lacks a Moses-Like Leader'

South Korea's political problem today is a problem of lacking an able and visionary leader, argued a prominent conservative scholar, who evoked the name of Moses, an eminent figure in the Bible, as an ideal model for leadership.

"My prayer for today is, 'God, please send a Moses-like leader to South Korea. That's my only prayer'," said Kim Dong-gil, a professor emeritus at Seoul's Yonsei University, Chosun Ilbo reported Saturday.

Kim lamented, "How come this country lacks able leaders?" Then, he went on to pass judgments on previous presidents of South Korea. On Park Chun-hee, he said "Park was a determined and firm leader, but lacked the capacity to tolerate different views."

On Kim Dae-jung, he remarked: "Although Kim Dae-jung is a smart person, he has become a 'Godhead' figure for people of southwestern Cholla Provinces. His judgment has also become muddy due to his arrogance."

He then concluded that South Korea's pathological culture of "political cannibalism" has brought the nation to what it is today.

Kim, a conservative scholar of philosophy, has been at the center of controversy lately because of a series of posts about Roh on his personal blog. In one post, Kim said Roh should "commit suicide" when the former president was under bribery investigation. When Roh actually died on May 23 in suicide, Kim faced harsh criticism from Internet bloggers.

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pastor2   (211.206.16.166)   06-22-2009 00:04
EZ: You have to remember in Archie-poops eyes even Moses wouldn't be considered good enough...
ezlife   (65.100.205.84)   06-21-2009 23:48
A Moses type leader........hmmmmm.....how about arch? He seems to inspire people on this message board.
ezlife   (65.100.205.84)   06-21-2009 23:47
kp...Korea wouldn't be in it's current situation if your last king had made the simple decision to modernize and upgrade the Korean military. He failed to defend his own subjects and for that, you now live in a divided world. Look no further than him to assign blame for "this kind of mess."
LMBisDIRTYGOOK   (75.22.74.16)   06-21-2009 22:52
kp go get LAID by some gul lae in itaewon
koreanpower   (211.63.207.12)   06-21-2009 21:00
white, every nation has its own destiny. Korean Peninsula separating two different state North and South. People can say this is Japanese made product or Geographical political mess if Korean Peninsula wasn't located nearby Communist infested China we Koreans wouldn't be in this kind of mess.
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