Word: koreas
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Similar anxieties, though often framed quite differently, have contributed to a worldwide outbreak of student activism not seen since the late 1960s. During the past few months, street demonstrations in France, Spain, Mexico, China, South Korea and elsewhere have ended a period of relative quiet on many campuses. While student complaints and causes are hardly identical, they are similar enough to reveal at least some common threads: dissatisfaction with government policies on access to higher education, on economic opportunity and on the right to dissent...
...Chinese students marched in December in Hefei, Shanghai and other cities to protest the slow pace of the government's economic reforms and to press for political liberalization. Some demonstrators told Western reporters they had been motivated by televised reports of rallies in France, the Philippines and South Korea, where students have protested against government repression for years. Last year alone, South Korean students held more than 1,700 demonstrations, including a rally at Kon- kuk University in October at which 1,288 students were arrested. The death last month of Park Jong Chul, a student who was killed while...
...China and, to a lesser extent, South Korea, marches and demonstrations are among the few ways students have to make their voices heard. Says Kim Young Sam, a South Korean opposition leader: "If politics were functioning properly, there would be no need for the students to take to the streets." Observes a Peking graduate student: "There are inherent affinities among youth in various countries -- idealism, impatience and untempered courage. Chinese students thought that those traits could be channeled to promote changes...
...virtually certain that the action will pick up this spring as the weather warms and universities reopen after midwinter semester breaks. Classes begin in China this week and in March in both South Korea and France, where students plan further protests to consolidate their gains. In Spain, authorities have agreed to give ground on some major student concerns, but they have drawn the line at a few of the students' flightier notions. For example, some are demanding a minimum wage for needy students over 16. "Impossible," snaps Spanish Education Minister Jose Maria Maravall. The total cost, he points out, would...
Chief among those forces is foreign competition. In addition to traditional rivals in Europe and Japan, American companies face an ever expanding roster of formidable competitors in developing countries from South Korea to Brazil. By late 1986, imports amounted to 14.5% of the GNP, up from 10.6% in 1982. One of the industries that has been hit hardest -- and made the most radical adjustments -- is autos. Struggling General Motors, where profits declined 26% to $2.9 billion last year, has laid off 6.5% of its 578,000 workers since 1981 and announced plans to close twelve major plants...