Word: seoul
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...SEOUL, South Korea--Following massive and violent pro-democracy demonstrations across the country, opposition leaders today called on the government to make concessions or face more and escalating protests...
Some 7,300 delegates of the ruling Democratic Justice Party gathered in Seoul's Chamsil Gymnasium last week to select their nominee for President of South Korea. What a surprise. There was only one candidate, and his acceptance speech had been printed and distributed even before the vote took place. At 2 p.m., the convention cast 7,260 votes for Party Chairman Roh Tae Woo, the handpicked successor of President Chun Doo Hwan and the almost certain winner in the national elections planned for December. By 5 p.m. thousands of demonstrators had poured into the streets of Seoul...
Student-led demonstrators in Seoul battled police in the most widespread protests in years. Waving Korean flags and chanting "Down with dictatorship!," one group beat police outside the huge Shinsegye department store. At the Roman Catholic Myongdong Cathedral in the heart of the city, protesters built barricades and hurled fire bombs at police, who advanced behind volleys of tear...
...city of Masan, some 200 miles from Seoul, tear gas drifted into a stadium where the Korean soccer team was playing Egypt's national squad, forcing a halt to the game. When 3,000 spectators shouted in anger, 500 officers entered the stadium and emptied it of fans. In all, nearly 4,000 demonstrators were detained nationwide...
Since he retired from the military in 1981, Roh has held several posts in Chun's Cabinet. From 1984 to 1986 he was chairman of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee. But until recently, his nomination for the presidency was by no means assured. Within Chun's inner circle, Roh vied for power with Prime Minister Lho Shin Yong and Chang Se Dong, head of the Agency for National Security Planning, successor to the KCIA. Of the three, Chang, also a former general, seemed to wield the most power. But two weeks ago, both Chang and Lho were knocked...