The only members of South Korea's government who seem busy these days are the prosecutors. They have dragged in a steady stream of business executives and political operatives for questioning about everything from abused shareholders to campaign slush funds. Three of those they have investigated are former aides of the president, Roh Moohyun. The majority Grand National Party (GNP), which opposes Mr Roh, has tried to turn all this to its advantage, calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the president himself. When the presidential Blue House vetoed such a bill last week, the GNP reacted by boycotting parliament. So with the current session due officially to end on December 9th and fresh assembly elections scheduled for April 2004, bills dealing with issues ranging from next year's budget to troops for Iraq have been in limbo.
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