S. Korean Portrays Self As Hero of Middle Class; Kim Young Sam's Background Is Strength, Liability

The Washington Post | November 2, 1987| | Copyright

This serene fishing village, with its modestly prosperous homes and lush rice paddies, seems to embody the sturdy middle-class stability that is both the greatest strength and chief liability of native son Kim Young Sam as he seeks to become South Korea's next president.

Throughout his long career, Kim, 59, has seemed to carry within himself the tranquility and self-satisfaction of his childhood village, where the whitewashed church his father built overlooks the red nets drying on the beach.

Now, running against three others in this nation's first democratic presidential race in 16 years, ...

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