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...party mediators scrambled to bring the Kims together again, both men seemed bent on pursuing their own paths. Unless one gives way, they will divide the opposition vote against Roh Tae Woo, head of the ruling Democratic Justice Party and the designated successor of South Korea's autocratic President, Chun Doo Hwan...
President Chun Doo Hwan, who retires in February, had favored an electoral college system that his party could control. But Roh, Chun's hand-picked choice as his party's candidate, gave in to popular demands for free elections after a wave of student protests last spring. Roh stood fast, however, on a number of other demands made by opposition leaders. He refused to agree to lower the voting age from 20 to 18 and rejected calls to establish a popularly elected office of Vice President...
Since the regime of President Chun Doo Hwan acquiesced to far-ranging democratic reforms in June, labor activists have organized strikes at hundreds of companies. Their aim: to win better pay and form unions that are independent of the workers' federations, which follow the management line. The government has been surprisingly supportive of the new unions' demands, even though strikes are still technically illegal. "Recent demands by laborers must in principle be accommodated," declared Chun...
Under the government of Chun Doo Hwan, striking for better pay has been almost unheard of. Walkouts were virtually banned, and unions were strictly under the thumb of Seoul. But since June, when Chun capitulated to popular demands for democratic reform, both the government and the opposition have expressed sympathy for the workers' plight. "It is true that the government has sided with management in the past out of the need for growth and stability," said Roh Tae Woo, who heads the ruling Democratic Justice Party, "but it must now side with labor to compensate for sacrifices made...
Opposition Leaders Kim Dae Jung and Kim Young Sam pronounced themselves unhappy with the new slate. Chun's selections, they complained, are still too attached to the Establishment to preside fairly over a referendum on direct election of the President and the subsequent national elections expected later this year. Given those feelings, it is just as well that neither of the opposition Kims is kin to Prime Minister...