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...player who's seeing a lot more court time is Adam Keller. Keller has replaced middle-hitter Young Kim, suspended by Coach Ishan Gurdal for missing last Tuesday's match at Dartmouth...
South Korea did live up to a promise not to formally arrest Kim, who has 17 1/2 years remaining on a 20-year prison sentence for sedition. The pledge was aimed at the U.S., which had been so concerned about Kim's safe return that it briefly delayed the announcement of a White House meeting between South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan and President Reagan, scheduled for April. When Kim was escorted to his Seoul home, he found it surrounded by guards. His activities, the government announced, will be limited to "fulfilling his daily necessities...
...Kim returned four days before elections for the 276-member South Korean National Assembly--timing that seemed calculated to bolster the opposition New Korean Democratic Party, formed last December with the help of Kim's fellow dissident Kim Young Sam. Both Kims and twelve other opposition figures are forbidden to vote or run for office. To what degree Kim's presence might influence voters remains unclear. Most are too young to remember his nearly successful 1971 bid for the presidency; moreover, the electoral rules favor President Chun's Democratic Justice Party...
More worrisome for Chun is Kim's potential role as a focus for dissent. Only a few days before his arrival, an estimated 50,000 people attended a political rally in downtown Seoul. Afterward, 1,000 protesters marched through the streets chanting, "Down with the dictatorship...
...interview with TIME before leaving Washington, Kim said his purpose was to "unify all opposition" and "begin a dialogue with Chun," with whom, he said, he had no "political vendetta." In the end, his future may depend on the U.S. attitude toward South Korea. While the Reagan Administration has not pressed Chun overly hard, at least publicly, on the subject of human rights, last week's dustup could prompt a rethinking of Washington's position...