May 25th, 2009 - UPI
SEOUL, May 25 (UPI) -- More than 100,000 people have paid their respects to former South Korea President
-hyun, who died Saturday after jumping from a cliff.Yonhap news agency said the mourners visited Roh's hometown to pay their respects.
Roh, who was president from 2003 to 2008 but more recently had been mired in a bribery scandal along with other members of his family, reportedly took his life while hiking behind his home in Bongha Village, about 300 miles south of Seoul.
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