500,000 turn out as Roh laid to rest
A mammoth crowd pays homage to former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun following a memorial at the Seoul City Hall Plaza on Friday. Roh committed suicide on May 23 by leaping to his death from a cliff. AP |
SEOUL: A sea of wailing mourners filled the streets of Seoul for the funeral on Friday of former President Roh Moo-hyun, whose suicide six days earlier amid a deepening corruption probe plunged South Korea into grief and anger.
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