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Korea: School for Scandal

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Dec 17, 2007
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South Korea goes into its presidential election Wednesday, and leading candidate Lee Myung-bak of the Grand National Party should already be celebrating. Ahead in the polls by as much as 30 percentage points, Lee’s popularity has never been seriously challenged since he won the conservative party’s nomination in August.

One small problem: a major scandal…

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