The World - News from Feb. 17, 1986
South Korean dissident leader Kim Young Sam was again placed under house arrest, his supporters said, as President Chun Doo Hwan continued a crackdown. About 50 members of the New Korea Democratic Party and the Council for the Promotion of Democracy were taken into custody, opposition sources said. Chun’s crackdown started after opposition leaders launched a campaign calling for a constitutional amendment to provide for direct presidential elections. Kim Young Sam was put under house arrest briefly last week, and another dissident leader, Kim Dae Jung, remained under house arrest.
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