The World - News from Feb. 8, 1988

Kim Young Sam, president of South Korea’s leading opposition party, announced his resignation to help unify opposition political forces for upcoming parliamentary elections. “United, we will survive; otherwise we will die,” said Kim, who finished second to governing party candidate Roh Tae Woo in presidential elections in December. Kim said that he will remain a member of the Reunification Democratic Party but that picking a new leader will be “up to the party. I am no longer in a position to meddle.”