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Kim Dae Jung Backed by Dissidents’ Group

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From a Times Staff Writer

Kim Dae Jung, adviser to the Reunification Democratic Party, won his first official endorsement Tuesday from a major dissident group in his battle with Kim Young Sam, party president, to become the opposition’s standard bearer in a December presidential election.

The United People’s Movement for Democracy and Unification, led by Rev. Moon Ik Hwan, threw its support to him after a meeting of representatives of its 22 member organizations. The group is influential among South Korean religious leaders and factory workers.

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