Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, at the invitation of the new South Korean government of Premier John Chang, Japan's Foreign Minister Zentaro Kosaka flew into Seoul, the first Japanese official to set foot on South Korean soil since the end of the war. Though students paraded, shouting, "We still remember your occupation," the official reception was cordial. Kosaka flew back to Tokyo, remarking, "I hope my visit will have an effect like a magic mallet [Japan's version of Aladdin's lamp] which produces inexhaustible treasures...
...fearless-denunciation-of-race-bigotry movie. Sidney Poitier, an accomplished actor so discriminated against because of his color that he will probably never be allowed to play a character who is not strong, sensitive and noble, is a Marine sergeant whose unit is chopped to pieces during a Korean war skirmish. The only officer dies, and Poitier takes over, despite a near mutiny by Paul Richards, a race-baiter who calls him "night-fighter." and Alan Ladd, a surly type who has little use for Negroes, and who is also jealous because he had outranked Poitier until a recent demotion...
...More familiarly known by the Korean version of his name, Yoon...
...caretaker Premier Huh Chung the leading candidate. But under the new constitution, the Premier will be the real power. Public choice is still Chang, 60, a U.S.-educated lawyer and a Roman Catholic. But he is being challenged within his own party by Yoon Bo Sun, 62, an oldtime Korean aristocrat trained in geology and archaeology at Edinburgh University, who feels Chang is a Johnny-come-lately in the Democratic Party...
...premiership won't be any plum," said a Korean observer. In a population of 22 million, unemployment is close to 2,000,000. With Korean imports running 15 times exports and with half the national budget met by U.S. funds, the Democrats have promised to raise army pay 35% to calm the junior officers, who are still forcing senior officers to resign, and to give government clerks a 60% raise to discourage the taking of graft. Problem is where to find the money. Chang's men claim they could get it painlessly by confiscating the ill-gotten gains...