Word: korea
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Almost unnoticed, much of America's animation business has moved offshore, primarily to Japan and South Korea, in search of lower costs. Since 1980, the number of unionized U.S. animation workers has fallen from 1,650 to 1,250, and Lou Scheimer, president of Filmation, contends that his Pinocchio could be the last all-American-made animated movie. Filmation may soon join the ranks of animation companies that produce most of their TV cartoons overseas...
SEOUL, South Korea--The government's handpicked candidate, Roh Tae-woo, claimed victory today in the first direct presidential election in 16 years. The opposition rejected the outcome and called for protests...
...There is no longer victor or loser, there are now only the proud people of the Republic of Korea," Roh told a news conference at his party head-quarters. "I will faithfully fulfill the heavy responsibility...
...which maintains 40,000 troops in South Korea and regards the country as a crucial buffer against North Korea and the Soviet Union, is an impartial but uneasy spectator. To the Reagan Administration, the question is less who wins than the size of the victory margin. "We can work with anyone," says a State Department official. He fears, though, that a razor- thin win by any of the candidates would leave the new President without a clear mandate and lead to renewed instability...
...squared off almost daily against riot police. Instead of succumbing to civil chaos or a new military crackdown, the country defied all odds by laying down the constitutional groundwork for democratic reforms and advancing with astonishing speed to next week's election. Having come so far so fast, South Korea remains uncomfortably aware of the danger that, as in Haiti, an edgy military just might step in and undo their gains with equally astonishing speed...