The World - News from Aug. 23, 1989
South Korean prosecutors said they have enough evidence to indict the leader of the country’s largest opposition party in connection with a legislator’s secret trip to North Korea. The prosecutor’s office in Seoul said it will decide whether to bring formal charges against Kim Dae Jung, leader of the Party for Peace and Democracy, after further investigation. Prosecutors said evidence shows Kim knew about National Assemblyman Suh Kyung Won’s trip in August, 1988, two months before the case was made public last June. Kim maintains he is innocent. Suh has been charged with espionage and violating a ban on unauthorized travel to North Korea.
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