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KOREA'S KIMS Court lifts traditional ban on marriage between similarly surnamed Seoul mates...
...most dramatic proof of his theory, says Seligman, came at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, after U.S. swimmer Matt Biondi turned in two disappointing performances in his first two races. Before the Games, Biondi had been favored to win seven golds--as Mark Spitz had done 16 years earlier. After those first two races, most commentators thought Biondi would be unable to recover from his setback. Not Seligman. He had given some members of the U.S swim team a version of his optimism test before the races; it showed that Biondi possessed an extraordinarily upbeat attitude. Rather...
Twelve days after the epic collapse of a 500-store complex in Seoul, rescue workers came upon Yoo Ji-hwan, a surprisingly healthy 19-year-old sales clerk who had survived under the mountain of rubble on drippings of rainwater and a whole lot of moxie. Yoo was dragged from a dark pocket not far from where a 21-year-old man was pulled out alive on Sunday. (At least 24 others survived; 219 were killed.) Her mother screamed deliriously from the rescue site, "She is alive! She is alive!" and then broke down in tears. "I thought that...
...Hong Kim, 45, assistant editor, Political Desk II, The Dong-A Ilbo, Seoul, Korea. He will focus on the Korean Peninsula's reunification process, the diplomatic issues surrounding improved U.S. North Korea relations; and the new international order and regional stability in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly after reunification...
...that killed 100 and hospitialized 125 others. An investigation concluded that in violation of safety rules, construction workers had drilled a hole in a natural gas line. The gas poured into a water main near a construction site and was ignited by a welding spark. In a demonstration at Seoul National University, members of the opposition Democratic Party demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Lee Hong-koo and three other Cabinet ministers and called on President Kim Young-sam to apologize for the explosion...