Word: koreas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...career soldier who fought in Korea before becoming Thailand's supreme commander, Kriangsak was involved in four coups, the last of which brought him to the Prime Minister's office in November 1977. Trading his camouflage fatigues for pinstripe suits, he evolved into a democrat and statesman. He abolished press censorship, hiked the minimum wage, offered amnesty to Communist insurgents and organized free elections under a new constitution. He also pulled off a tricky diplomatic balancing act, improving relations with Communist neighbors in Hanoi and Phnom-Penh while strengthening Thailand's ties with Washington...
Habib, the tough, salty son of a Lebanese grocer in Brooklyn, entered the Foreign Service in 1949 and three years later earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He subsequently took on tough assignments in South Korea (1962-65) and as top deputy in the embassy in Saigon...
Habib headed the U.S. peace delegation from 1969 to 1971, then took over for three years as a highly popular Ambassador to South Korea. Later, back in Washington, Habib worked closely with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on his many Middle East shuttles...
...Korea...
After Mendelsohn had mentioned past U.S. military operations in Vietnam and Korea, and reminded the audience that the U.S. is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons, Thompson said. "Let's get off this national guilt trip--it's unbecoming of a serious country...