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...indeed to have a friend come from afar?" Gracefully quoting those words from Confucius, Pope John Paul II last week began a five-day visit to South Korea,* a land where exuberant Christianity today all but overshadows Confucianism. The welcoming ceremony for the Pontiff was sedate, since Seoul's airport had been swept virtually clean of onlookers. Extraordinary security preparations, caused in part by assassination threats, were everywhere evident-and perhaps necessary. Sunday morning, three days after his arrival, the Pope was en route to Seoul's Myong Dong Cathedral when a deranged-looking young man dashed...
Before the incident, the crowds greeting the Pontiff in cities like Taegu and Pusan as well as Seoul were large and enthusiastic. At Kwangju, site of an antigovernment protest in which at least 183 people died, the Pope was greeted by thunderous applause and cheers from 70,000 who had gathered for a stadium Mass. In his address, John Paul spoke of those "haunted by the memory of the unfortunate events of this place." Throughout his trip, and even during a private meeting with President Chun Doo-Hwan, John Paul pointedly appealed for human rights and the dignity of workers...
...source of the allegations is Daniel Charboneau, 52, a former Roman Catholic priest who arrived in Seoul in 1978 as a Bechtel employee and now teaches English at U.S. Army camps in South Korea. Charboneau says that he regularly cashed Bechtel checks at the local Bank of America branch and then handed the money to the company's Korean-American consultant, Yoon Sik Cho, 61. From Cho the money may have gone directly to South Korean officials, but the evidence remains circumstantial. Last week Charboneau, whose perusal of business records led him to suspect Cho of using the funds...
...think and act in these terms. It has cost us dearly. After World War II, an American Secretary of State declared that Korea was not within the U.S. sphere of interes.. A short time later, North Korean troops attacked across the 38th parallel. A few months later, entering Seoul with elements of X Corps, I saw evidence of Soviet military presence down to the battalion level in the North Korean army...
...country's jails, while another 400 political prisoners are banned from holding office. The opposition was particularly incensed that Chun had placed several hundred dissidents, including priests and journalists, under house arrest for the duration of the trip. Said Kim Young Sam, the leading dissident politician in Seoul: "I had no objection to Mr. Reagan coming here, but his visit should not result in support for the dictatorial regime...