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...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...
...sounded like a great idea, at least to Kyu Shung Choi: a 24-hour gourmet food store on Park Avenue, at the center of one of Manhattan's ritziest residential blocks. Smelly French cheeses, bottled water, fresh vegetables and, near the back, a few of those gooey snack foods people sometimes need really late at night. And get this: there are no other food stores on Park Avenue for blocks...
...October, Chun rose to prominence and power in December. As head of the Defense Security Command, he abruptly arrested some 40 senior military officers in connection with Park's death; the round-up amounted to an effective coup. The former paratrooper quickly consolidated his power, reducing President Choi Kyu Hah to a figurehead. Choi finally stepped down on Aug. 16, and a week later General Chun duly resigned his commission, in legalistic conformity with the constitution, which bars military men from the presidency. "He was the only guy for the job," a Western diplomat said with a shrug. "When...