World IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Coup Plot Alleged in Jailing of Socialists
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Fifty-three members of a socialist student group have been arrested in South Korea and charged with conspiring to overthrow the government, police and the military security command announced. This followed an indictment of 31 people in a similar conspiracy allegedly linked with North Korea.
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