Word: dae
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Antigovernment protests in an authoritarian country are rare, and those in South Korea are still distinctly circumscribed. The state-controlled national television channel devoted one sentence to the Easter demonstration; newspapers all but ignored it. On his way to Kwangju, the country's leading oppositionist, Kim Dae Jung, was stopped by more than 200 policemen and forced to return home. He was also told by police that he would not be allowed to travel to Taegu...
...time of Park's death, the most prominent opposition candidate for President was Kim Dae Jung, the eloquent veteran politician who had first joined the National Assembly in 1960. The military, however, suddenly aired Kim's associations with a Communist-leaning party roughly 35 years earlier and sentenced him to death on grounds of sedition. The sentence was ultimately commuted to 20 years' imprisonment--thanks, it seems, to U.S. lobbying. Further pressure from Washington freed Kim to come to the U.S. for medical treatment. Ever since his return last year, Kim, now 62, has been banned from politics and kept...
During his confinement, Kim's message was taken up by Kim Young Sam, 58, a former presidential rival. Though a polished and personable campaigner, the younger Kim seems less charismatic and shrewd than Kim Dae Jung and, having % suffered less at the hands of the government, does not command such public sympathy. As a protest against his colleague's political banning, he too refused for a long time to join the N.K.D.P. With both Kims working behind the scenes, the party fell into the less commanding hands...
Opposition Leaders Kim Dae Jung and Kim Young Sam, along with the N.K.D.P., have already rejected Chun's compromise on the constitution. Says Kim Dae Jung: "Chun talks of stepping out of office in March 1988 and of what should be done after that. But that should be none of his business." Both Kims support renewing the campaign to get 10 million people, or 25% of South Korea's population, to sign an opposition petition calling for direct presidential elections...
What made Chun soften his position? One factor may have been the fall last week of Ferdinand Marcos. At the luncheon, Chun was reported to have said that he did not want South Korea to become a "second Philippines." The opposition has also watched events in Manila. Indeed, Kim Dae Jung and his wife were acquainted with Philippine President Corazon Aquino and her late husband Benigno Aquino when all four were in exile in the U.S. in the early 1980s. Said Kim: "Next it is Korea's turn...