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...SEOUL: As riot police fired tear gas canisters, 3,000 protesters in downtown Seoul hurled chunks of concrete ripped from sidewalks and beat police with pipes, shouting "No to the evil law!" Similar clashes involving thousands of marchers occurred in Anyang city, near Seoul, and in Daejon, south of the capital, where seven workers were hospitalized after being clubbed by police, and eight others were detained for questioning. The government is coupling the crackdown on the streets with one in the courts, deciding Thursday to pursue arrest warrants for union leaders. Judge Lee Sang-chul ordered seven leaders...
...SEOUL: Knowing how quickly public disgust can wither a strike, protesting unions are sending their charges back to work--for free. As part of a "Day of solidarity with the people" arranged by the outlawed Confederation of Trade Unions, striking auto mechanics provided free tuneups in 12 South Korean cities, and some nurses and hospital workers set up tents offering free blood-pressure checks and services for the elderly. The confederation also promised that thousands of striking workers would hit the streets with brooms in a cleanup campaign, while others would help dig out remote villages snowed...
...SEOUL, South Korea: Hardly dampened by a holiday break, strikes in South Korea continued Tuesday--and may even be broadening. Ignoring President Kim Young-sam's plea for labor peace, broadcasting employees at the giant state-run KBS and three other private TV and radio stations walked out Tuesday. They were joined by some 3,000 nurses and other unionized workers at 24 hospitals who rejoined the protests after ending their first round of walkouts a week ago. The outlawed Confederation of Trade Unions, which is organizing the protests, continues to disagree with the Labor Ministry on walkout totals...
BORN: March 27, 1939, Seoul, South Korea EDUCATION: U of Southern California, B.S., 1967, M.S., 1977; California State U, Los Angeles, M.P.A., 1979 FAMILY: Wife, June; three children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: South Korean army, 1959-61 OCCUPATION: Civil engineer POLITICAL CAREER: Mayor of Diamond Bar, 1991-92; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: 1126 West Foothill Boulevard, Suite 165, Upland...
Taropin's progenies include the famous Beloglasov twins, Sergie and Anatoly, who were Olympic Champions in both Moscow and Seoul and sat out the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Taropin also coached 68kilogram World Champion M. Harichura...