What we're seeing is an entire system that is indeed itself on trial, an entire way of life which can perhaps best be characterized as being twin-layered, the bottom layer being essentially a replica of the Japanese iron triangle, that is, the collusive practices that exist amongst the industrialists, the bureaucrats, and the politicians, the top layer being the coercive mechanisms in place, namely the military, the intelligence agencies, and the police. In combination, this way of life is now being challenged. So in that sense, this is something that goes far beyond a mere criminal act that is being tried. Well, as you probably know, I spent 38 years in journalism, and an editor told me once the greatest stories in the world are proving what everybody already knows. And in this case, everybody knew that there was extensive corruption, if you call these kinds of payoffs corruption.
Most people do.
Park Chung Hee, the dictator who took over in 1961, had payoffs to his and his administration. Chun Doo Hwan, who had followed, had paid off to him, and everybody knew it. But two things, one, the scale is immense, and secondly, the proof, which was never there before, has suddenly put this thing into a different context. And I think it's a political earthquake in South Korea. Well, partly, it's due to the president, the current president, Kim Young Sam.