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S.Korea Ex-President Roh dead -Yonhap
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-23 09:22

SEOUL -- South Korea's former President Roh Moo-hyun died on Saturday after he fell while mountain hiking, Yonhap news agency reported.

S.Korea Ex-President Roh dead -Yonhap
People watch a TV news on former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun's death at Seoul railway station in Seoul, May 23, 2009. [Agencies]

Roh Moo-hyun died after falling from a mountainside behind his residence in Bongha Village, southern South Korea, early Saturday morning, his lawyer Moon Jae-in announced in a news conference, saying Roh left behind a "brief" suicide note to his family.

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