Word: authoritarian
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...when the South Korean leader visited Washington earlier this year. But many Koreans think Kim has brought his troubles on himself. Traits that helped him survive when he was fighting Korea's military governments--unshakable self-confidence, an unwillingness to compromise--have turned into liabilities. Even supporters say his authoritarian style has contributed to his problems. Kim did not try hard enough to sell his North Korea policy and never sat down with Lee Hoi Chang, the leader of the main opposition party...
...blame for their woes on the man who once stood as a national symbol of hope. Traits that helped him survive as a dissident fighting Korea's military dictatorships?unshakable self-confidence, an unwilling-ness to compromise, a fiery independent streak?have turned into liabilities. Even supporters say his authoritarian style and inability to listen have contributed to a political crisis that culminated in last week's train wreck. Sohn Ho Cheol, a former student activist and expert on Korean politics at Sogang University, says he was once jailed for helping Kim. Today he is disillusioned with what he calls...
...good, they are evil; we are democratic, they are authoritarian; we are free, they are rigidly controlled by an oppressive government. Opposites abound. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S. has been floundering about, searching for a comparable rival, and finally in China, it has found a “them” to oppose the ever-angelic...
...recently convicted of spying for Taiwan and then expelled. His "crime": collecting material that's actually in the public domain but not meant for foreign eyes. And then there's He Qinglian, an economist who is outspoken about the cost of corruption and cronyism but, in China's authoritarian context, qualifies as a dissident. Police broke into her home several times, looking, she believes, for evidence of contact with foreigners to support a phony charge that she, too, is a spy. In June she left for the United States and self-imposed exile. Yes, the big picture now is that...
...emanates from his success in myriad businesses. But others will claim that it is an image created as much by buying off and bullying the press. He's not shy about throwing his clout around, and that's caused critics and a sometimes-hostile press to label him an authoritarian. But in Thailand, being rich is considered a virtue, and being very rich is practically godly. Thaksin benefits from being one of the country's richest men, with a fortune estimated at more than $1.2 billion and interests in sectors ranging from cell phones to satellites. His confidence is that...