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...confirming speculation that has gathered force since Korea's remarkable World Cup run. Chung, also an independent legislator in the National Assembly, has deep wells of World Cup popularity to draw from; current polls already give him a 10% lead over opposition candidate Lee Hoi-chang. President Kim Dae-jung's ruling Millennium Democratic Party has made overtures to Chung, but the football chief says he will form an independent party shortly after he officially declares his candidacy. In running for the presidency, Chung is fulfilling the dreams of his late father Chung Ju-yung, the founder of the Hyundai...
...APPOINTED. CHANG DAE-WHAN, 50, as Prime Minister of South Korea after being chosen by President Kim Dae Jung; in Seoul. Chang is the president and publisher of the Maeil Business newspaper, the country's largest economics daily, and was tapped for the largely ceremonial role after Kim's original choice was vetoed earlier this month. Chang now faces confirmation hearings in an opposition-controlled parliament...
...talk to Seoul, Tokyo and Washington all at once. Senior North Korean government officials are scheduled to travel to Seoul this week for ministerial-level talks, the first such tete-a-tete in nine months. Says Yim Sung Joon, a senior advisor to South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung: "This is a very important moment for the two Koreas...
SOUTH KOREA No Primary Role The National Assembly voted to reject the appointment of Chang Sang as the country's first female Prime Minister. President Kim Dae Jung said the vote was a blow to his country's women and that South Korea could not expect to become successful if its women continued to play a secondary role. The vote against Chang followed allegations that she had conducted ethically dubious speculation in land, claimed falsely to have studied at Princeton University and encouraged her son to take U.S. citizenship to avoid military service: all denied by Chang...
...that ensued, a North Korean shell hit a South Korean vessel, killing its commanding officer and three other sailors. A fourth crew member is still listed as missing; 19 others were wounded. And those were just the immediate casualties of the fracas. Last week, South Korea President Kim Dae Jung hurriedly sacked his Minister of Defense and reshuffled his Cabinet after a public outcry over the navy's handling of the skirmish. Conservatives have used the battle to accuse Kim of being soft on Pyongyang and to trash the President's Sunshine Policy of North-South dEtente. "The Sunshine Policy...