Author: Roh Moo-hyun
Publisher: Hakgojae
Hard Cover | 284 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
The late former President Roh Moo-hyun's unfinished memoirs, "Success
and Frustration," published Monday, sheds new light on the financial
predicament he was in. In the 384-page book, Roh defines himself as a
"failed president" and describes the agonizing he went through, saying,
"My memories are dominated by failures and frustrations rather than
successes and glories."
The late president took his own life in May while he was under
investigation for a bribery scandal allegedly involving him, his family
and aides. Roh laments the financial difficulties he had to face after
leaving office in Feburary 2008, saying that writing the memoirs was a
"struggle to survive." "If this book does not succeed, I will not only
have to cut off friendships with people, but will not even be able to
play cards with them," Roh said. "Who would visit me if I do not write
this book?" He said that, as a youth, the main goal of his life was to
make ends meet, and he was still striving for it.
Roh also hinted that taking money was unavoidable in his political life.
"I never mentioned the phrase 'clean politics' after serving my first
term as a lawmaker," he said. "Even when I declared clean politics after
my term ended, I was thinking that money cannot be separable from
politics. I always believed it was just a matter of degrees."
With regard to the dispatch of soldiers to Iraq, Roh said, "I knew back
then and still believe that it will remain as a bad decision in history.
However, it was an unavoidable and inevitable choice to make."
With regard to the second inter-Korean summit in October 2007, Roh
describes North Korean leader Kim Jong-il as "perhaps one of the most
flexible North Koreans that I've met.
"Kim gave me the impression he is the one that I can communicate with
because he seemed quite open-minded in practical matters and capable of
flexibly making decisions."
The book is mainly composed of three parts ¯ the incomplete manuscript
of reminiscences, his writings posted on a private blog and a collection
of closed-door interviews.
--Korea Times
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