A Refresher Course in Democracy By DONALD KIRK
The songs of the democratic movement echo through Seoul this month as Korean celebrate the 20th anniversary of the "democracy constitution" under which they've elected the last four presidents to five-year terms.
The idealism of the movement was clear in a two-day conference of foreign correspondents who had covered much of that dramatic period. Correspondents, including this one, recalled clandestine interviews with dissidents, harassment by government operatives, and the sense of the triumph of good over evil after years of military-dominated rule.
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