Word: samkyetang
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Following a lunch of samkyetang, a soup containing a small chicken stuffed with rice and ginseng root, the two men parted company with vague promises to meet again. While much of the South Korean press chose to emphasize Chun's concession rather than his failure to agree to a referendum, neither of the Kims tried to place an optimistic gloss on the meeting. Said Kim Young Sam: "Frankly speaking, I don't have the right to stop the demonstrations on the basis of the two points the President agreed to." Declared Kim Dae Jung, shortly after police barricades were withdrawn...
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