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| Friday, 17 December, 1999, 16:32 GMT KOREAN ELECTIONS 97   Kim Dae Jung: A political profileBBC Asia specialist Larry Jagan profiles the veteran former dissident who has become South Korea's president at his fourth attempt.  audio   No tears for outgoing PresidentKim Young Sam promised to clean-up the political system. He leaves office enmeshed in scandal and overseeing a country in the midst of a crisis of confidence  South Korea: A political historyBorn at the start of the Cold war, the Republic of Korea has struggled to achieve a genuinely democratic system of government. Chaebols blamed for Korea's economic failureThe BBC's Asia-Pacific Editor, Larry Jagan, considers how easy it will be to dismantle the symbiotic ties between Chaebol leaders and South Korea's politicians. audio Lee Hoi-chang: A political profileBBC Asia Specialist Larry Jagan reports from Seoul on Lee Hoi-chang, the defeated nationalist candidate who had high hopes of becoming president of South Korea. |
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