Word: koreas
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Taiwanese officials note with satisfaction that no other nation followed the U.S. lead in breaking relations with the Taipei regime. They also allege that Washington encouraged South Korea to recognize Peking; instead, Seoul showed its commitment to Taiwan by sending its Foreign Minister to Taipei on an official visit. Only 21 countries, mostly Latin American and African, still have diplomatic relations with the Republic of China; they include such important trading partners as South Africa and oil-rich Saudi Arabia. Since the break in relations with the U.S., in fact, there has been only one major change on the Taipei...
With one hand lifting up the falling sky, with the other holding up a glinting scimitar, by one lightning stroke he shakes the whole earth." Thus, in language that might have made Mao Tse-tung blush, does one popular song in North Korea stress the godlike omnipotence of President Kim II Sung, 67. As shrewd and tough as he is vainglorious, Kim since 1948 has been the dictator of a belligerent, doctrinaire state that for sheer xenophobia is rivaled only by Albania inside the Communist world. In pursuit of his goal of reuniting the Korean peninsula under his rule...
Pyongyang is a mecca for every true son and daughter of the new socialist Korea, and red, appropriately, seems to be the city's favorite color. There is red in the paint freshly applied to the showcase capital, as well as in the cherry and plum trees that fill the parks and line the streets. "Oh, our Pyongyang," sings the chorus in one revolutionary opera. "Beautiful is the red socialist capital. With boundless joy we have come to the Pyongyang we have always longed for. Our leader is here in the revolutionary capital, which is the fountainhead...
...School, points out, that these men along with many others are being prosecuted because of their opposition to the dictatorial regime of President Park. "It seems pretty clear that these men have been imprisoned because they have ideas which the government considers dangerous," Baker states. The United States "divided Korea. We helped create this monster," Baker says, adding, "We have the responsibility to help the Korean people to establish a democratic society...
Granted, the Republic of Korea has gone a remarkable way toward providing the bulk of its people with a decent standard of living. But the argument that the shattered lives of Lee Yong-hui, Paik Nakchung and others is the cost that must be paid for this prosperity is a cynical and unworthy one. Yet that is the argument heard these days from official South Korean sources. Surely it is one that thoughtful members of this academic community, and most particularly our colleagues who have labored long to understand and present the Korean case, will want actively to reject. South...