May 22nd, 2009 - UPI
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SEOUL, May 23 (UPI) -- Roh Moo-hyun, who was president of South Korea from 2003 to 2008, died Saturday of injuries suffered in a fall during a mountain walk with an aide, police said.The former president was pronounced dead just before 9 a.m., JoongAng Daily reported. The South Gyeongsang Provincial Police Agency said he fell about two hours earlier, tumbling into a ravine on a mountainside near his home.
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