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- <text id=92TT2889>
- <title>
- Dec. 28, 1992: Seoul Survivor
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Dec. 28, 1992 What Does Science Tell Us About God?
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 15
- WORLD
- Seoul Survivor
- </hdr><body>
- <p>A fierce South Korean race puts an ex-dissident in the Blue
- House
- </p>
- <p> This was a special election for Koreans, one that may well
- mark the completion of a long march from dictatorship to
- democracy. By electing former dissident Kim Young Sam, 65, as
- President, they have put into the Blue House, Korea's
- presidential residence, the first civilian in more than 30 years.
- </p>
- <p> Two years ago, Kim, a perennial opponent of South Korean
- dictators, merged his opposition party with that of outgoing
- President Roh Tae Woo. The move surprised many but proved to be
- politically savvy. Running as the candidate of the predominant
- Democratic Liberal Party, Kim beat his longtime rival, the fiery
- populist Kim Dae Jung, 67, by 42% to 34%. He was helped by the
- poor showing of Chung Ju Yung, 77, the former chairman of the
- Hyundai conglomerate and his main competitor among conservative
- and middle-class voters, who received only 16% of the vote. Kim,
- campaigning for "change with stability," was the safe choice for
- citizens rattled by the country's sputtering economy.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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