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...days after the melee at Seoul's Kimpo International Airport that attended the return from exile of Opposition Politician Kim Dae Jung, 60, South Korea's voters went to the polls last week to elect a new National Assembly. As expected, the ruling Democratic Justice Party (D.J.P.) of President Chun Doo Hwan came out on top, with 35% of the popular vote. But the most remarkable result was the impressive showing of the New Korea Democratic Party (N.K.D.P.), with which Kim is associated. Founded less than a month before the elections, it captured 29% of the vote to emerge...
...different kind of parliamentary system, the result would have assured the N.K.D.P. a powerful position in the 276-member assembly. The party won 50 seats to the ruling party's 88. But under a complex electoral system introduced by President Chun, who seized power in a military coup in 1979, a disproportionate share of a bloc of 92 nonelective assembly seats goes to the overall winner, with the balance divided among other contending groups. Thus, in the new assembly, the D.J.P. will control 149 seats to the N.K.D.P.'s 67. The real base of power remains in the President...
...Both the Chun government and the opposition were still smarting from the effects of the angry incident at Kimpo Airport on the day Kim Dae Jung flew back to South Korea. His arrival produced a scuffle that involved about 50 South Korean security agents and a delegation of 22 Americans, among them two Democratic Congressmen, who had accompanied Kim to Seoul to make sure he got home safely. The group included Patricia Derian, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights during the Carter Administration, and Carter's last Ambassador to El Salvador, Robert White, who strongly opposes...
There was no indication that the South Koreans would apologize to the U.S. delegation, which, South Korean officials explained, had come to Seoul in a private capacity. "Do these Americans consider South Korea a colony?" asked one senior member of Chun's government. "This shows contempt...
...interview with TIME before leaving Washington, Kim said his purpose was to "unify all opposition" and "begin a dialogue with Chun," with whom, he said, he had no "political vendetta." In the end, his future may depend on the U.S. attitude toward South Korea. While the Reagan Administration has not pressed Chun overly hard, at least publicly, on the subject of human rights, last week's dustup could prompt a rethinking of Washington's position...