More instability lies ahead.
And the real power to decide whether the country rights itself or succumbs to chaotic violence rests less with politicians than with the angry, impoverished people. Kim's remark came amid widespread news reports that prosecutors investigating the collapse of the nation's debt-ridden Hanbo conglomerate have found enough evidence to charge several legislators with bribery. The government also announced the arrests of 20 people it charges are linked to an insurgency group. The arrests fit a pattern of increasing crackdown on dissent in the country. The annual State Department report, released Thursday, sharply criticized the Southeast Asian country for clamping down on pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and keeping at least 147 members of her political party in jail.