World IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Daewoo Chairman, Ex-Roh Aide Indicted
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South Korean state prosecutors probing former President Roh Tae Woo’s slush fund indicted Daewoo Group’s chairman and a former aide to Roh on charges of bribery, state television said. Daewoo Chairman Kim Woo Choong was charged with giving $64,680 to Kim Chong Hwi, Roh’s former chief secretary for security and foreign affairs, in exchange for favors in connection with the government’s arms buildup. Kim Chong Hwi was charged with receiving a total of $168,180 in 1992 from Daewoo and a U.S. firm, TV reports said. Prosecutors and Daewoo officials were not available for comment.
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