Quotation of the day

This system is being degraded because the prosecution represents not so much the people as the government. (Rep. Ha Soon-Bong of the Grand National Party on Monday, speaking in connection with the proposed impeachment of the prosecutor general during a parliamentary hearing.)

The defects of autocratic rule by local government chiefs are so serious that it is often called "the dictatorship by local government." (Rep. Won You-Chul of the Democratic Party on Monday, calling for the rights of local constituents to recall their representatives during parliamentary interpolation of the government.)

The government will not be dragged along by businesses as in the past in resolving the issue. (Finance Minister Jin Nyum on Monday on the financial difficulty of the Hyundai group.)

A cure after death is good for nothing. (Members of Hyopshinhoe representing the subcontractors of Daewoo Motor Co. on Monday, commenting on the lack of response from banking institutions to announced government measures to help relieve the plight of hard-pressed suppliers.)