The World - News from Oct. 4, 1985
South Korean opposition leader Kim Young Sam, in Japan en route home from a monthlong U.S. trip, said he fears that “ever-increasing oppression” by President Chun Doo Hwan may cause those affected to “rise up in anger” and risk bloodshed. Kim said U.S. officials he met in Washington gave the impression that American policy is changing from what he called a sole emphasis on security against attack from North Korea to the view that security and democracy are compatible in South Korea.
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