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...children. My daughter ((a graduate student at the University of Chicago)) is the absolute, unconditional supporter of her father. My son ((a senior at Seoul National University)) is different. He is very critical at times and has his own views and ideas. When I talk with him, I sense some generation gap. But after my announcement last week, for the first time he said to me, "Father, I respect...
...Washington, both the Administration and legislators expressed relief over the break in South Korea's political crisis. With its close and long- standing ties to the Seoul government, the U.S. had been deeply concerned it would be blamed for any excessive force used in quelling the demonstrations. While U.S. officials insisted they had not played any part in drafting the measures offered by Roh, they nonetheless lost no time in congratulating him. Said Gaston Sigur, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, who visited Seoul in the midst of the crisis: "Many Americans have looked forward...
...demonstrations climaxed a week that had up to then been dominated by a potentially hopeful outbreak of meetings and discussions. For the first time the U.S. entered the fray in a major way. Assistant Secretary of State Gaston Sigur was dispatched on a hastily arranged three-day visit to Seoul with instructions to assess the situation and warn the government against a military crackdown. Chun, for his part, offered a major concession to his opponents. But opposition leaders rejected the President's peace offering and returned defiantly to the streets...
Chun's concession was to rescind his April 13 order postponing debate on democratic reform of the constitution until after next year's Summer Olympics in Seoul. But the President wanted to restrict such debate to the National Assembly, which had already considered the matter for nearly a year without taking action on it. The opposition, which has set as its primary goal direct presidential elections, insists that the issue be submitted to a national referendum...
...said. "We oppose martial law, and would hate to see anything like that happen." Back in Washington, Sigur briefed President Reagan on his findings Friday afternoon and, at a later press conference, declared that the U.S. felt "this is no time for intransigence" on the part of the Seoul government...