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...Young Sam, 60, was only the first to be offered by losers of South Korea's first free presidential election in 16 years. Rival Dissident Leader Kim Dae Jung, 62, issued his mea culpa two days later, conceding his "unbearably heavy responsibility" for the victory two weeks ago of Roh Tae Woo, 55, the candidate of the ruling Democratic Justice Party. By splitting the opposition vote, the two Kims had allowed Roh to win with only 36.6% of the ballots cast...
...Roh rose steadily under Chun. After his retirement from the military in 1981, Roh was named Minister of Political Affairs and oversaw national security and foreign relations. In 1985 he became second-in-command, after Chun, of the ruling Democratic Justice Party. By early this year, after rivals resigned from the government amid a police-brutality scandal, Roh was poised to become Chun's chosen successor...
...Roh is a family man who listens to his children. Last June, when the country erupted in protest after Chun designated Roh the ruling party's presidential candidate, his 21-year-old son Jae Heon influenced his decision to propose direct presidential elections. Jae Heon is a student at Seoul National University, a hotbed of antigovernment student activism. "My son is very critical at times," Roh noted last summer. But after the candidate championed democracy, his son said for the first time, "Father, I respect you." Roh's daughter So Young, 26, is a graduate student at the University...
...Roh works out regularly, but his campaign schedule has curtailed his twice- weekly tennis matches. He still quotes from memory lines from his favorite author, the German writer Hermann Hesse, whose visionary novels (Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, Magister Ludi) describe the quest for enlightenment and serenity. That should be good inspiration for the next President of South Korea...
...WORLD: Roh wins in South Korea, but the opposition vows to overturn his election...