Word: concessioners
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At first blush Gorbachev's latest offer seemed to be a major concession to the U.S. But the fine print contained some troubling details. The Soviets still insist that any INF elimination of shorter-range ballistic missiles must apply to 72 aging German-owned Pershing IAs now deployed in West...
The sudden burst of mass protest was not the largest or most violent in South Korea's increasingly bitter cycle of protest, but it was dramatic enough to indicate that the crisis was not abating. The demonstrations climaxed a week that had up to then been dominated by a potentially...
Chun's concession was to rescind his April 13 order postponing debate on democratic reform of the constitution until after next year's Summer Olympics in Seoul. But the President wanted to restrict such debate to the National Assembly, which had already considered the matter for nearly a year without...
After hearing the results of the caucus discussion the following day from Roh Tae Woo, who has been designated by the ruling party as its presidential candidate in next winter's national election, Chun agreed to meet with the opposition's Kim Young Sam. That in itself was a notable...
Following a lunch of samkyetang, a soup containing a small chicken stuffed with rice and ginseng root, the two men parted company with vague promises to meet again. While much of the South Korean press chose to emphasize Chun's concession rather than his failure to agree to a referendum...