NEWS
April 21, 2001 | MARK MAGNIER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fed up with what the South Korean education system was doing to his children, Jeon In Soo sent his wife and two daughters to live in Canada while he helped his ailing father and wrapped up his business affairs. If all goes well, he'll join them in a few years. "On holidays and weekends I get a bit lonely, but we call and e-mail. And my children seem so happy now," the 41-year old management consultant says.
WORLD
December 17, 2002 | Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writer
The standoff over North Korean nuclear weapons and a wave of anti-Americanism have turned what would have been a run-of-the-mill election in South Korea into one of the country's most important. South Korean voters go to the polls Thursday to choose a president to succeed Kim Dae Jung, the Nobel Peace laureate, barred by the constitution from seeking another five-year term.