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...dominance in table tennis and baseball. But the focus of their feud will come in the Japanese sport of judo, where Korean and Japanese judoka should fight it out for the gold in three events. One Japanese, Shinji Hosokawa, came out of retirement specifically to face his Korean nemesis, Kim Jae Yup. To make matters even more interesting, the largest group of foreigners at the Games is, of course, from Japan -- eager, no doubt, to see how often Nippon can score an ippon...
...freshmen are also expected to add to the Crimson's arsenal. Kim Cooper, who was ranked third in the East and 40th nationally in the 16-and-under category last year, will get off to a late start this year due to a severe tendonitis problem in her right elbow...
...recent poll gave Roh a 53% approval rating, but his popularity so far has not transferred to his party. In the April National Assembly elections, the D.J.P. suffered a shocking defeat and was reduced to 125 seats, less than a majority in the 299-seat Assembly. Both Kim Young Sam and Kim Dae Jung, who resigned their party-leadership posts after the debacle of the presidential election, returned, phoenix-like, to the center of the political arena, heading their revived parties during the National Assembly elections...
While Roh is struggling with the problems of the next year or two, other politicians are looking ahead to 1993, when his term will be over. Kim Dae Jung, for one, concedes that he is positioning himself for the next presidential election -- an admission that demonstrates his new faith in democratic continuity...
...South. Since nearly all Southerners yearn for a united country, the students found themselves setting the pace again. On July 7, Roh attempted to maneuver his administration into a leading role in the reunification drive with proposals aimed at a thaw in relations with Pyongyang, but the government of Kim Il Sung, reluctant to appear upstaged, responded coolly. Low-level talks since then in the peace village of Panmunjom have stalled. Last week Pyongyang formally announced that it would boycott the Olympics...