SOUTH KOREA: POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Created: 9/22/1979

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South Korean authors* ties have been able to shift public attention from ditsidenet against the government ta the nquabbling among rival faetions in the majorparty. Atidatu^ttudent proteett,. nation remaint relatively ealm. j

The move yesterday by the party of President Pak Chong-hui to suspend tho national assembly session for several weeks clearly ia intended to dramatise th* din-array io tho opposition llew Democratic Party.-Kimarn, tho outspoken opposition leader, refuses toa recent court order suspending hia from tho party ival faction in the party brought the legal .action with tho evident backing of the Pak govern-

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Recent public stateaents by Fin Yong-sam aresufficient to Justify his arrest under decrees barring criticism of tha Pak government. however, knows that his arraat probably would causestrong foreign as well as doeastic reaction and doestoartyr of him. Tha governmenthas tried to discredit Ua at home throughof

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