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Article: South Korea at crossroads // On 40th anniversary, country seeking political stability
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 14, 1988
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SEOUL, South Korea - Forty years after its creation and 35 years
after a devastating war, South Korea is trying to end decades of
authoritarian rule and build a stable democracy to match its colossal
economic achievements.
South Korea, founded on Aug. 15, 1948, has become one of the
most modern and rapidly expanding economic powers in Asia, but its
politics have not changed as quickly.
Despite liberal reforms in the last year, a powerful elite of
government bureaucrats, military commanders and business leaders
still dominates the nation, as it has for most of South Korean
history.
Political leaders, analysts, intellectuals and others agree the
nation must build an enduring democratic ...