Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ever since he lifted his ban on civilian political activity last January, the heat has been on South Korean Strongman General Park Chung Hee. Anger over the strong-arm tactics of the feared Central Intelligence Agency forced Park to sack his top hatchet man (and nephew by marriage), C.I.A. Boss Kim Chong Pil. Investigations revealed wholesale corruption within South Korea's C.I.A., and charges were leveled that Park had done nothing to relieve South Korea's economic chaos. Threatened with civil war by disaffected members of his own military junta, Park reluctantly bowed out of the forthcoming civilian...
...anyplace else-they depend for weapons primarily upon whatever they can capture--many are home-made." But the North Vietnamese, even the Chinese, may step up the pressure if it looks like the southern movement will fail on its own steam. Needless to say, this could escalate into a Korean War situation...
...cases. One man, Francisco Mendoza-Martinez, born in the U.S. of Mexican parents, by his own admission went to Mexico during World War II to escape the draft. The other man, Joseph Henry Cort, born in the U.S. and now resident in Communist Czechoslovakia, remained in England during the Korean war, failing to answer communications from his draft board...
This pacifist paradox is illustrated in an incident of the Korean war. Three U.S. soldiers, a sergeant and two privates, rescue a North Korean airman (Enrique Magalona) downed in an inlet. When they radio headquarters, they receive a command worded with discretion but ice-clear in intention; shoot the prisoner. The sergeant (Kirk Douglas) brusquely orders the privates to do it. The first (Robert Walker) refuses. The second (Nick Adams) raises his pistol-but cannot pull the trigger. The sergeant explodes. A private replies: "Why not shoot him yourself, sir? And look him right in the eye." The sergeant...
...model cars has been noted and acclaimed for its major effect on the U.S. economy. But relatively little notice has been paid to an even more impressive performance in the truck industry. In 1962 truck sales in the U.S. hit 1,030,000 units-the highest since Korean war scare buying pushed 1950 to a record-and orders are coming in so fast that 1963 promises to be even better. Times are so good that not one of the nation's 23 truck manufacturers failed to show a profit last year...