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	Asia Society: Publications - The 1997 Korean Elections
		In the agreement itself, despite the North's desires, the South was given a central role (along with the principal financial responsibility) in the proposed construction of a light water reactor in North Korea.
		Although local elections may be more illustrative of the democratic process, for it is that level at which citizens are in intimate contact with their government and gauge its effectiveness, presidential elections command more attention because of the nature of Korean political culture.
		The 1992 election, the financing of which has not yet been explained and which brought Kim Young Sam to power, was a fair election that saw the first return to true civilian control in over 30 years; it was not a military regime in mufti.
	www.asiasociety.org /publications/update_elections.html (17797 words)

	The Epoch Times :: Liberal Uri Party Takes Majority in South Korea's Parliamentary Elections
		South Korea's pro-government Uri Party campaign chief Kim Keun-Tae (R) shakes hands with another of his party's candidates after winning the parliamentary elections in Seoul, South Korea.
		South Korea's Constitutional Court is widely expected to reject the impeachment, which came after the president was found to have violated an election law, and allow President Roh to return to office.
		It appears that this election means that for the first time, a reformist, liberal president in South Korea will have the backing of a majority in the National Assembly.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/4-4-15/20935.html (459 words)

	Wikinfo \| April 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		South African president Thabo Mbeki is sworn in for a second term after being overwhelmingly reelected on April 14.
		2004 South African legislative election: The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which has been in power since the end of the apartheid system in 1994, is re-elected with an increased majority.
		April 13th 2004 Press Conference of the President is held at 8:30 PM EST by George W. Bush in The East Room of the White House.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=April_2004 (3914 words)

	South Korean parliamentary election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Legislative elections were held in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on April 15, 2004.
		In this, the 17th election for the National Assembly, voters elected 299 members of the legislature.
		The Millennium Democratic Party, formerly the major liberal party, was the second-largest party prior to the election but sustained the biggest loss in the backlash following its leading role in the impeachment of Roh, as much of its support shifted to the Uri Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Korean_parliamentary_election,_2004 (338 words)

	South Korean parliament ... - Mar. 13, 2004
		SEOUL — South Korea's President Roh Moo-Hyun was suspended from office Friday in an unprecedented parliamentary impeachment vote that triggered panic in financial markets and deepened political turmoil ahead of next month's general elections.
		News of the impeachment sent South Korea's stock market plunging and added to the woes of a country grappling with the threat of a nuclear-armed North Korea and a faltering economy.
		The two main opposition parties, the Grand National Party (GNP), which controls parliament, and the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), needed a two thirds majority of the 271 seat in parliament to impeach Roh for refusing to apologize for illegally trying to influence the outcome of the April 15 parliamentary election.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/mar/13/text/wnw_1-1-p.htm (477 words)

	CNN.com - India PM 'wants early elections' - Jan. 12, 2004
		An official date for the national elections, which take place in India at least every five years, will be set by the Indian Election Commission after a formal request from Vajpayee.
		Elections to the 543 seats of the Indian parliament's Lower House are a mammoth task.
		During the last elections held in October 1999, more than 4,600 contestants from 169 political parties were on the ballot.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/india.elections/index.html (528 words)

	Workers World July 8, 2004: Korean airline unions won't transport troops to Iraq
		Back in February, when the South Korean parliament was still dominated by conservative parties, it had yielded to U.S. pressure and voted to immediately send 600 South Korean troops to Iraq and to deploy 3,000 more this summer.
		Parliamentary elections at that time resulted in a major shift to the left, leaving his new Uri Party with a clear parliamentary majority.
		However, the Korean Democratic Labor Party--a left opposition party that draws strength from both the unions and the movement to get U.S. troops out of Korea, and which for the first time gained parliamentary seats in the April election--has been making cancellation of the deployment a major demand.
	www.workers.org /ww/2004/korea0708.php (673 words)

	[DW] Notes - Korea's 2nd Net Election - Gazillion Links and
		Their government produced election guide - on steroids: http://epol.nec.go.kr Their "epol" site is takes the MyBallot concept forward, it allows people to select their district via a flash animated map.
		It was to have gone into effect on April 12, but I've just noticed that the NEC has opted for warnings and not fines this election: http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200404/200404120028.html This is an example of where Internet culture around anonymous or alias-based individual speech is running into laws attempting to prevent wide spread public awareness of false statements.
		I was asked by their election director what I thought of this proposal and I noted that the cost to enforce might be greater than the benefit intended.
	www.mail-archive.com /do-wire@lists.umn.edu/msg00173.html (1283 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- South Korean leader apologizes for scandals, hints at resigning if allies ...
		SEOUL, South Korea – Facing an impeachment drive, South Korea's president apologized Thursday for corruption scandals and hinted he may step down if lawmakers supporting him fare poorly in April 15 elections.
		South Korean law prohibits public officials from making political statements during election periods.
		The National Election Commission said the remark was a minor infraction not warranting criminal charges.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040310-1916-skorea-politics.html (531 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| S Korean president comes out on top
		South Koreans were largely opposed to the president's impeachment
		"This election means that the old political forces that have dominated South Korean politics for 44 years are forced to leave the stage."
		But if he is returned to office with a parliamentary majority - conservatives fear he will be less constrained in his policies.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3629645.stm (588 words)

	Workers World April 29, 2004: Rightists routed in South Korean election
		They were also meant to intimidate the militant move ments in South Korea that have demanded U.S. troops get out, the south be reunified with the north, and workers' conditions be improved.
		Parliamentary elections on April 15 resulted in a dramatic shift to the left.
		The Korean Democratic Labor Party, which won 10 seats, calls for the withdrawal of the 37,000 U.S. troops in Korea and rapid reconciliation with the north.
	www.workers.org /ww/2004/korea0429.php (624 words)

	LB Constitutional Reform Committee: [Election Reform] Proportional Representation and Political Parties
		Instant Runoff Voting was a very positive step for executive elections last year, allowing many candidates to participate without fears of spoiler votes or serious lack of a mandate.
		I think proportional representation systems as an idea is wonderful insofar as the 1 vote I cast actually counts as 1 vote in the political universe, as opposed to a pull-or-push balancer in a zero sum game as the 2004 elections seems to be heading to.
		Anyone who has picked up the Mac Weekly during election time (April and September) and spent some time reading the candidate articles will have noticed that all candidates, invariably, say two things: 1) YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR ME and 2) I'll throw you tons of crap for this to happen.
	macalester.edu /lb/crc/2004/10/election-reform-proportional.htm (1157 words)

	The Elections in South Korea: A Victory for the Electoral Process
		The April 15 elections in South Korea marked the first significant shift of power in the National Assembly in four decades.
		On the other hand, if President Roh reassumes power, the South Korean leadership will bear greater responsibility for ensuring that its engagement with North Korea produces tangible results because it will no longer be able to blame the majority opposition party for its failures.
		But since the 2002 presidential elections and the disclosure of hundreds of millions worth of illegal campaign spending by parties, the National Election Commission, an independent organization charged with election monitoring, has aggressively implemented and enforced strict rules on campaigning for this parliamentary election.
	www.heritage.org /Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm484.cfm (816 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| S Korea's Uri Party wins election
		South Korea's liberal Uri Party has won a large majority in the country's parliamentary elections.
		He was also dogged by allegations that his closest aides and family members took up to $10m in illegal election funds, although opposition aides are accused of having taken even more money.
		During his first year in office he has agreed to co-operate with Washington's hard line on North Korea, and to send troops to Iraq, but if he returns to power he will be in a much stronger position to push through his liberal agenda.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3627419.stm (459 words)

	CNN.com - S. Korea votes to impeach Roh - Mar 13, 2004
		The 57-year-old Roh, a human rights lawyer, is accused of violating election laws and has apologized for leading the country into a political crisis ahead of parliamentary elections next month.
		The South Korean market was quick to react to the political uncertainty, with shares tumbling more than 5.5.
		The South Korean leader had earlier hinted he might step down if his supporting lawmakers fared poorly during the nationwide April poll.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/skorea.roh.vote/index.html (778 words)

	CNN.com - Afghan elections to be delayed - Mar 28, 2004
		Karzai said on Sunday the delay was necessary to allow the United Nations to manage the country's presidential and parliamentary elections simultaneously.
		Officials had previously warned the elections could be delayed due to organizational problems and security fears.
		But the world body, the U.S.-led military coalition and the Afghan government are still working on plans to protect election workers from Taliban-led militants plaguing the south and east.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/afghanistan.elections/index.html (362 words)

	April 16, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The People's Republic of China praises the United Nations Commission on Human Rights' decision to block a U.S. motion to condemn Beijing's human rights record.
		Arab satellite television network Al Jazeera broadcasts a videotape of a captured US soldier, PFC Keith Maupin, perhaps one of those listed as missing in action (MIA) since April 9.
		Seeking legal recognition as a news organization, the National Rifle Association begins NRANews, a website dedicated to presenting its view of the right to bear arms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/April_16,_2004 (279 words)

	South Korean president faces impeachment motion
		South Korea's president faces a motion of impeachment in the National Assembly following comments he made violating the country's election laws.
		The body that oversees elections ruled that the remarks were a minor breach of the law because they were made in advance of April's parliamentary elections.
		An impeachment motion against a South Korean president has never been passed by the National Assembly.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/03/09/world/roh040309 (1154 words)

	Is Journalism Dead?: Korea's Elections: The Public Journalism Angle
		"SEOUL, April 15 -- In their sharpest shift to the political left in four decades, South Korean voters on Thursday appeared to hand an overwhelming victory in legislative elections to the Uri Party, whose leadership advocates rapprochement with North Korea and greater independence from Seoul's traditional ally, the United States," reports the Washington Post.
		" Coverage of the elections in the Post and New York Times largely credits a voter backlash against the conservative Grand National Party, for their impeachment of President Roh Moo Hyun.
		South Korea is home to Oh My News, a collaborative online newspaper with a readership of two million, and more than 26,000 registered citizen journalists.
	pjnet.org /weblogs/iggers/archives/000184.html (366 words)

	LB Constitutional Reform Committee: October 2004
		This reality, I think, is evidenced in the fact that 9 out of 10 of the questions in the second part of the Amendment passed with over 72% of the vote (in which almost everybody who participatd in the election voted, around 550 people on each question).
		To say the least, this is a far greater degree of support than attained by any LB member that has been elected with any opposition in my memory, and greater than the support attained by any Exec Cmte.
		The thing is, studetns were trying to push for progressive issues and the executives were shying away from it, and their excuse was "the constitution does not say so".
	www.macalester.edu /lb/crc/archive/2004_10_01_index.htm (3106 words)

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