Word: dae
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Colliding ambitions sent Kim Dae Jung, 63, and Kim Young Sam, 59, the leading lights of the opposition Reunification Democratic Party, ricocheting into their own orbits. Despite earlier promises that one would bow out of the race in favor of the other, negotiations between the rival factions collapsed at a 90-minute breakfast meeting at Seoul's Diplomatic Club. Said Kim Dae Jung: "It became evident that we could not reach an agreement on a single candidate." While party mediators scrambled to bring the Kims together again, both men seemed bent on pursuing their own paths. Unless one gives...
Still to be decided, meanwhile, is the main opposition candidate who will face Roh in December. The contenders are Kim, who heads the Reunification Democratic Party, and Kim Dae Jung, the party's chief adviser. Though Kim Dae Jung had initially vowed not to run, he is now sounding out power brokers on whether to enter. The two Kims know that a fight between them could divide their supporters and assure victory for Roh. Says Kim Dae Jung: "All I can say now is that the opposition will come up with a unified candidate and one who will...
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...
...death forced a halt in negotiations over constitutional reforms, as both Kim Young Sam and Kim Dae Jung, the other primary opposition leader, observed a four-day period of mourning. But the government continued to relax its authoritarian grip on South Korean life. Chun granted formal amnesty to 2,335 South Koreans, including Kim Dae Jung, who had been banned from politics. Another group of 357 people jailed for politically related offenses was released; among them was the Rev. Moon Ik Kwan, one of the country's most prominent dissidents before he was found guilty of sedition following student protests...
...ruling-party candidate can use all the endorsements he can find. A virtual shoo-in under the old system, he will now almost certainly be challenged at the polls by Kim Young Sam. Meanwhile, Kim Dae Jung announced last week that he is reconsidering an earlier pledge not to seek the presidency in this year's election. While such an about-face runs the danger of splitting the opposition, Kim Dae Jung is no newcomer to the campaign | trail. When he ran for President in 1971 he won 46% of the vote...