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...dissident Kim Dae-jung issued a statement terming Friday's protests--among the most extensive in 2 weeks of daily demonstrations--a "great success." He warned the government "to reflect in the face of this gigantic determination and action of the people...
Chun apparently chose to act in April at least in part because the opposition was in disarray. Unwilling to compromise on the issue of direct presidential elections, Kim Young Sam and his primary opposition partner, Kim Dae Jung, broke with the New Korea Democratic Party and formed a new group, the Reunification Democratic Party. Most antigovernment legislators decided to follow suit, quickly making the R.D.P. the primary opposition party, with 67 seats in the 276-member National Assembly. But the regrouping nonetheless served to splinter Chun's critics further...
...government has tried to still its critics by harassing the opposition. Kim Dae Jung has been under house arrest for the past five weeks, his home surrounded night and day by dozens of policemen. At least a dozen R.D.P. assemblymen are also under indictment or investigation, many on charges for thinly disguised political reasons. The new party has not even found a landlord willing to rent it space for a headquarters, forcing Kim Young Sam to joke that he "may have to pitch an extra-large tent on the bank of the Han River" for offices...
This week Congressman Thomas Foglietta, who was beaten up by police when he accompanied Kim Dae Jung to Seoul on his return from exile in the U.S. two years ago, will introduce a bill calling for economic sanctions against South Korea unless it demonstrates progress in moving toward democracy. Foglietta, a Democrat, was forced to strip out some of the toughest measures, including the denial of commercial landing rights for South Korean airlines, when it became clear that the bill as it read stood virtually no chance of passage. But the amended bill would still commit the U.S. to voting...
After Chun's announcement, the opposition called for a renewed dialogue with the government and warned of political troubles to come. The President, however, has expressed no desire to talk with either of the Kims. In fact, the police have tightened security around Kim Dae Jung, who has been under house arrest for the past two weeks. Unless Chun reopens talks, said Kim Young Sam, "resistance and uprisings" would be unavoidable. Others made similar predictions. Said Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou Hwan of Seoul, whose influence goes far beyond the country's 2 million Roman Catholics: "The people's dream...