Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...South Korean President Park Chung Hee was probably asssasinated because his colleagues believed his repressive policies were alienating U.S. support, Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor, said yesterday...
...would be "absurd" to believe official Korean reports that the assasination was an accident, Reischauer, an expert on East Asia, said. He added, however, that it is, still too early to tell how many people were involved, although it is "rather improbable" that it was the work of only...
...South Korean government changed its story yesterday and said the head of the South Korean Central Intelligence Agency shot Park because he feared he would lose...
Carter's human rights policy "did not contribute at all" to the South Korean perception of ebbing U.S. support, Reischauer said. Carter "flubbed" his human rights policy in both South Korea and the Philippines by "doing nothing," he said, explaining that by visiting Park, Carter gave him a sign of approval which made all previous scolding meaningless...
Reischauer said an assasination had become more likely recently as the only way to depose Park. Although the South Korean opposition party beat Park in last December's election, Park's 1972 constitution enabled him to retain control of the national assembly. Reischauer also pointed out that a popular uprising was impossible as long as the military supported Park...