Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
PHOTOS Behind the scenes of Roh Moo-hyun's presidency
Former President Roh Moo-hyun reads documents at a hotel in Seattle, the United States, on his way to Guatemala for a state visit in July 2007. Yonhap
By Lee Gyu-lee
This year marks the 10th since the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun. His family, friends and many of those who loved him attended a memorial service at his hometown, Bongha Village, in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday.
In remembrance of his time as a president, Jang Chul-young, his personal photographer at Cheong Wa Dae, has revealed 50 pictures taken during his term (2003-08).
Roh waits to get off an airplane after landing in Guatemala for a state visit in July 2007. Yonhap
Roh salutes a security guard on duty at Cheong Wa Dae in February 2007, as he returns to his office after walking around the garden. Yonhap
Roh takes a bite of food prepared at an alumni event of the Busan Commercial High School (Gaeseong High School) in Busan in April 2007. Yonhap
Roh chats with his wife Kwon Yang-sook and chief of staff Moon Jae-in as they rest on a rock after climbing a mountain in the Mudeungsan National Park at Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, May 16, 2007. The photo was taken a day after they attended a memorial ceremony for the Gwangju Democratization Movement.
Roh kneels beside the miniature of Geobukseon, a turtle-shaped battleship, at an official Navy residence at Jinhae in South Gyeongsang Province in May 2007. Yonhap
Roh listens to his secretaries ― from left, Kim Kyoung-soo, Moon Yong-wook and Oh Sang-ho ― at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, in September 2007, before leaving for Australia for a state visit.
Roh licks his finger as he tastes a cake on an airplane on Sept. 22, 2007, after visiting Singapore. It was his last state visit. Yonhap
Roh and his granddaughter ride an electric cart at Cheong Wa Dae in September 2007. Yonhap