The Kim team: South Korea. (Kim Dae Jung and Kim Jong Pil join political forces as Kim Dae Jung tries for the fourth time to become president)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: November 8, 1997 | Copyright information

IN HIS fourth bid to become South Korea's president, Kim Dae Jung is out in front-and determined to stay there. Indeed, he hopes to strengthen his lead through a series of alliances. On November 3rd, Mr Kim announced that his party, the National Congress for New Politics, was teaming up with the conservative United Liberal Democrats (ULD), which is led by Kim Jong Pil. The next day, Park Tae Joon, an entrepreneur who founded Pohang Iron & Steel and turned it into the world's second-largest steel maker, gave his backing to the alliance. All this should broaden Mr Kim's appeal, not ...

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