| Crucial Moments of Roh Moo-hyun |
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 | Deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is pictured in this photo released in Gimhae, southeast of Seoul, May 24, 2009, by the funeral committee for use at the memorial altar. South Korea`s government and the family of former President Roh agreed on Sunday to hold a public funeral for the leader. Roh, who police said fell and died while mountain hiking early May 23, 2009, appears to have jumped to his death, his top aide said. Roh, in office for five years until early 2008, had recently been linked to a widening corruption scandal in which his wife had also been implicated.[Agencies] |
 | People attend a funeral service for former President Roh Moo-hyun at Roh`s hometown Bonghwa village in Gimhae, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Seoul, May 24, 2009. [Agencies] |
 | Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun leaves after his interrogation over a bribery scandal at the Supreme Public Prosecutor`s Office in Seoul in this May 1, 2009 file photo. [Agencies] |
 | Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun (R) speaks to the media and residents before he leaves his home at Bongha village in Gimhae, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Seoul in this April 30, 2009 file photo. [Agencies] |
 | Then South Korea`s outgoing President Roh Moo-hyun (L), his wife Kwon Yang-suk and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) attend at the inauguration of new President Lee Myung-bak at parliament in Seoul in this February 25, 2008 file photo. |
 | Democratic People`s Republic of Korea`s leader Kim Jong-il (R) and then South Korea`s President Roh Moo-hyun pose after they exchanged the joint statement in Pyongyang in this October 4, 2007 file photo. Roh`s summit with Kim was only the second meeting of leaders of the Korean Peninsula. [Agencies] |
 | Then South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun and his wife Kwon Yang-sook walk toward the border line as they head for North Korea in Paju, north of Seoul, in this October 2, 2007 file photo. [Agencies] |
 | Then South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun attends the anniversary of Korea`s liberation from Japan`s 1910-45 colonial rule, in Seoul in this August 15, 2007 file photo. [Agencies] |
 | Then South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun chants slogans with South Korean soldiers during his visit to a South Korean military unit in the northern Iraqi region of Irbil in this December 8, 2004 file photo. [Agencies] |
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| Date:2009-5-24 22:42:00 |
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