Before passing away at age 78 on Sunday, Chang Ki-pyo, the iconic democracy fighter, urged former democratic movement activists-turned-lawmakers to abandon the 186 kinds of privilege they enjoy despite their dereliction of duty.
“Blood and tears from a multitude of people were behind (South Korea’s) democracy movement. My wife and I are embarrassed to still be living and cannot be fit to share national merit,” wrote former lawmaker Kim Young-hwan.A...
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