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South Korea's President Park Chung Hee has long maintained that Western-style democracy could only work in South Korea with certain Eastern "modifications." In recent weeks Park has given a graphic demonstration of what he means. After a brief period of relaxation during which some 148 political prisoners were released, repression has returned with a vengeance...
...allies were jittery. The Japanese government announced that it was reappraising its pro-Saigon policy and that its Foreign Minister, Kiichi Miyazawa, who will visit Washington this week, will ask Kissinger to reaffirm the U.S. nuclear protection of Japan. In South Korea, the nervous government of President Park Chung Hee seemed to accept the Kissinger linkage theory that events in one part of the world develop a momentum affecting events elsewhere. Park urged his nation to be more self-reliant. Said he: "Where adequate and independent means of self-defense are lacking, all agreements for collective security guarantee could prove...
...Ford cannot take the joyous reception at face value. Despite Seoul's modern high-rise buildings and well-clothed, well-fed people, South Koreans are increasingly restive under the repressive rule of President Park Chung Hee. In an attempt to stamp out dissent, he issued a series of decrees this year that almost completely gagged the Korean press. Further, his police rounded up more than 250 critics of the regime; some 200 still remain in prison...
That was in 1941, and Fathy (pronounced Fott-hee), at 74, has only recently become a major influence on the world of architecture. Building experts from England, France, Pakistan and the United Nations now come to Cairo to consult him. In the U.S., a show of his works will soon begin a 20-city tour. Fathy's newfound fame results from his success in a field where everybody else has failed: public housing...
...highlight of weeks of intense anti-Japanese activity in South Korea which included several mass demonstrations and a break-in at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. The emotional outburst had been building up since last month's unsuccessful assassination attempt against Korea's dictatorial President Park Chung Hee, in which Park's wife was inadvertently killed (TIME...