Candidate touts decentralization; Foe: Keep government in Seoul.(WORLD)

From: The Washington Times | Date: December 17, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

SEOUL - Ruling party candidate Roh Moo-hyun has created a ruckus with a proposal to move the presidential Blue House, the National Assembly and many of the government's "administrative functions" from Seoul to the downtrodden central province of Chungchong.

"It's like moving your White House to South Carolina," said Jin Park a National Assembly member for the conservative Grand National Party (GNP). "What are they ...

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