In the name of ’national interest’

When he asked for troops to send to Iraq, president Roh Moo-hyun said sending them was in Korea’s national interest.

Having been at it a while, a soldier there asks, "Where’s all that national interest supposed to be?"

Now Roh is digging away where it says FTA, referring to a free trade pact being negotiated with the United States.

"I’ll bet there’s some over here!" he says.

(Hankyoreh Geurimpan, 4 August 2006)