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Roh Moo-hyun

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World Leader

The Resume

    (August 6, 1946-May 23, 2009)
    Born in Gimhae, Korea (South)
    President of South Korea (2003-08)
    Committed suicide by jumping from a cliff

Why he might be annoying:

    Three months into his term, he declared, 'I feel incompetent as president.'
    His presidency was marked by frequent labor unrest, feuds with the media and diplomatic disputes with Japan.
    He tried to move the capital from Seoul to Chungcheong, until the plan was ruled unconstitutional.
    He became so unpopular, his party's candidates were defeated in every one of Korea's electoral districts (2005).
    At the time of his death, he was being investigated on charges of accepting $6 million in bribes.

Why he might not be annoying:

    In high school, he led a protest against the mandatory essays praising then-president Syngman Rhee.
    Although he never attended college, he studied on his own to pass the bar exam (1975).
    He became a human rights activist after defending students who had been tortured, saying 'When I saw their haunted eyes and their missing toenails... I became a man who wanted to make a difference in the world.'
    Unlike previous Korean presidents who retired to heavily guarded houses in Seoul, he returned to his hometown, a village of 120 people.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 85 Votes: 43.53% Annoying