He was inaugurated on 25 February 1993, and served a single five-year term, presiding over a massive anti-corruption campaign, the arrest of his two predecessors, and an internationalization policy called Segyehwa.
Dia dilantik pada 25 Februari 1993, dan menjabat selama lima tahun, memimpin kampanye besar-besaran anti-korupsi, penangkapan dua pendahulunya, dan kebijakan internasionalisasi disebut Segyehwa.