WORLD : Protests Mark Quayle’s Seoul Visit
Vice President Dan Quayle met today with Prime Minister Kang Young Hoon, while hundreds of student radicals held rallies denouncing the South Korean government and the United States.
Quayle praised South Korea’s recent democratic reforms but asked Kang why political violence continued, a South Korean official said. Kang replied that it was because the Korean people still have little experience with democracy and tend to shun compromise and stick to a “logic of choosing between black and white,” the source said.
The official said Quayle and Kang discussed a wide range of issues.
“The meeting was productive, and I am looking forward to meeting and learning about the Korean people,” Quayle told reporters. Neither he nor Kang would describe what they discussed.
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