Word: koreas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This much is known. Shin, now 59, was once a king of the film industry in South Korea, where he produced more than 200 movies, many of them award winners. The beautiful Choi, 54, was adored by millions. When both disappeared in 1978, their public jumped to the conclusion that they were the victims of foul play. Industry insiders suggested the film couple had fled from financial troubles. Shin apparently had not made a film since 1975. Years passed with no word of the pair's whereabouts. Then, in 1984, Shin and Choi showed up in Yugoslavia, claiming that they...
...falls of Ferdinand Marcos and "Baby Doc" Duvalier have inspired a flurry of agitation with the simple theme, Let's do the same elsewhere, everywhere. The hit-wish list is breathtakingly long, including South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan and many others. Just pull the plug of U.S. support for all these nasty dictators, so goes the argument, and democracy will flourish...
...that as a follow-up to the talks here, Reagan will send several of his top aides across Asia to report to other governments on his economic talks here. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, for instance, will fly to Seoul to see President Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea and go from there to Manila for further discussions with President Corazon Aquino...
Both men were born and bred in the heartland: Matix hailed from Lewisberg, Ohio; Platt from Bloomington, Ind. They met during military service in Korea about ten years ago. Matix later married Patty Buchanich, and the couple became born-again Christians. In December 1983, just two months after Patty gave birth to a daughter, she and another woman were found stabbed to death at the cancer research lab in Columbus where they worked. The murders were never solved. Matix later told a religious publication that he was "beating the walls in desperation" after his wife's death...
...area to be used for worldwide conversations without costing the caller a cent. After bugging selected phones, the authorities realized that almost half the international calls placed in an eight-week period bypassed the operator and went directly overseas. Most people, it seems, were dialing friends and family in Korea, India and Israel...