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Article: Opposition calls for attention to economy, N. Korean human rights.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- October 14, 2005
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By Byun Duk-kunSEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- The floor leader of South Korea's main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) called Friday for all-out efforts to boost the country's sagging economy, claiming the government and its ruling party have failed to meet the people's expectations.
"I firmly assert that the Roh Moo-hyun government has only been clinging to the past. It has only worked to cause division. It failed to take care of the welfare of the people," GNP floor leader Kang Jae-sup said in a speech before the National Assembly. The speech came before the start of a five-day Assembly interpellation session next week, and followed a state address by ...