Word: kyu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This year's awardees are: Kyu-Chul Choi, from Seoul, South Korea; Monica Flores Correa, from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Yossi Melman, from Tel Aviv, Israel; and Goenawan Mohamad from Jakarta, Indonesia...
...Seoul National University gymnasium when the favored Korean team took the gold in women's table-tennis doubles over their Chinese rivals. National pride reached its climax on the day of the men's singles, because one Korean star was up against another. As soon as young Yoo Nam-Kyu beat Kim Ki-Taik for the gold, he disappeared inside a sea of partisan photographers...
...military and intelligence services remain powerful and threatening. Last week seven military men, including two brigadier generals, were arrested in connection with an assault on a journalist. The chief of army intelligence, Major General Lee Kyu Hong, was relieved of his post on charges that he attempted to block an investigation of the incident. As long as Seoul believes, justifiably, that there is a military threat from North Korea, the South Korean armed forces are bound to maintain a strong influence. "The government of ((South)) Korea is a big ship, and you must change course slowly," says D.J.P. Assemblyman...
...Northrop, the Los Angeles-based defense contractor, turned over $6.25 million to a company that was not a usual supplier. The money, which was ostensibly intended to finance the construction of a hotel in Seoul, went into the Hong Kong bank account of a firm controlled by Park Chong Kyu, a former South Korean general and owner of a Seoul night spot called the Safari Club...
...Kyu Performance Group: contemporary dance, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., E. Cambridge, Friday and Saturday...