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  1. South Korean democratic politician. A member
  2. of the National Assembly from 1954 and
  3. president of the New Democratic Party (NDP)
  4. from 1974, he lost his seat and was later
  5. placed under house arrest because of his
  6. opposition to President Park Chung Hee. In
  7. 1983 he led a pro-democracy hunger strike but
  8. in 1987 failed to defeat Roh Tae-Woo in the
  9. presidential election. In 1990 he merged the
  10. NDP with the ruling party to form the new
  11. Democratic Liberal Party (DLP).
  12.