So what was President Roh doing while the memorial ceremony was going on for the six sailors murdered by North Korea during the West Sea Naval Battle?  Kim Dae-joong from the Chosun Ilbo has the answer:

Despite being supreme commander of the armed forces, the president did not show up at a memorial service honoring the dead in an inter-Korean naval clash near the Northern Limit Line, the de-facto sea border between the two Koreas, on its fifth anniversary. At the time, the chief executive was busy at Cheong Wa Dae handing letters of appointment to steering members of the Presidential Committee for the Inspection of Collaborations for Japanese Imperialism and the Advisory on Democratic Peaceful Unification. It was a glaring display of his lack of interest in, and disrespect for, the status and role of our armed forces. Yet no one complained.

So authorizing more searches for Japanese collaborators over 60 years ago is more important than attending a memorial ceremony for six sailors murdered in service to their country five years ago.  Why am I not surprised?