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...evident during a visit to the Kumsung Educational Institute. Boys recruited from around the country are learning English and computer skills beneath portraits of Kim and his father, state founder Kim Il Sung. In one class, students are studying Microsoft PowerPoint on Taiwanese computers, and 10-year-old Chun In Hyo shyly tells a visitor: "I will be a scientist." Down the hall, an older student poring over a Cambridge English text says he likes football star David Beckham. The students are well-behaved and bright, and their English is as good as anything you would find in Seoul...
...words may carry moral weight, Roman Catholics account for less than 5% of the South Korean population, while some 85% of Filipinos are Catholic. The Philippine economy had been ravaged by the inept and corrupt bungling of Marcos and his cronies, but South Korean business has thrived under Chun. The former army general also continues to enjoy the support of a strong military...
...rally, the largest antigovernment demonstration since President Chun Doo Hwan grabbed power six years ago, was called by the opposition New Korea Democratic Party. It has launched a campaign to sign up 10 million people to back constitutional reforms that would permit direct election of the President instead of the current electoral-college system, which favors the government. Chun insists that this will jeopardize the country's political stability, and has refused to allow an amendment until after the elections and the summer Olympic Games, which will be held in South Korea...
Perhaps the most important difference between the two countries is that South Korea borders on Communist North Korea. The Communist danger makes it very unlikely that the Reagan Administration would abandon the Chun government. "We are not going to try to foment revolt in South Korea," says one State Department official...
...Chun backers in Seoul warn that it is "irresponsible and self-destroying" for opposition politicians to draw parallels between South Korea and the Philippines. Nonetheless, the President has made conciliatory gestures toward the dissidents. At first he threatened to arrest anyone who circulated or signed the constitutional-amendment petition. He later relented, saying that he would permit their campaign if opponents agreed not to engage in street demonstrations. Last week, however, riot police stood on the sidelines, allowing protesters to parade freely through the street of seoul...