SEOUL - If power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, then South Koreans may be thankful that the five men they've elected to successive five-year terms as president under the 1987 democratic constitution have never had absolute power. They have, however, all had power, and it has allegedly corrupted every one of them.
Tales of presidential corruption, or corruption committed by president's wives or older brothers or sons or daughters or in-laws, are so commonplace here that it's possible to shrug off the headlines before turning to the sports pages.
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