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This is the first 1,000 characters of 559 words (2.24 pages) in the essay titled the girfters South Korean politician who became a prominent opposition leader during the tenure of President Park Chung Hee. In 1997 he became the first opposition leader to win election to his country s presidency.Kim was the son of a farmer, and he graduated from the Mokp o School of Commerce at the top of his class in 1943. He began working as a clerk in a Japanese-owned company and in 1945 took over the company, eventually becoming a wealthy businessman. During the Korean War he was captured by the communists and sentenced to be shot, but he managed to escape.In the 1950s Kim became an ardent prodemocracy activist and in 1954 voiced opposition to the policies of President Syngman Rhee. After five attempts at elective office, Kim finally won a seat on the National Assembly (1961). By the age of 40 he had earned a reputation as one of South Korea s most gifted orators and charismatic politicians. He became increasingly critical of Park s policies, and in 1971, a year after becoming president of the Korean Democratic Party, Kim ran against Park in a national presidential election. Kim lost, despite winning more than 40 percent of the vote. He was by then an outspoken critic of the repressive policies of the Park government.In 1973 Kim was kidnapped from his hotel in Tokyo by agents of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency and was returned forcibly to South Korea; this act severely strained relations between Japan and South Korea. In 1976 Kim was again arrested, having agitated for the r... |
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Keywords: south korea, central intelligence agency, park chung hee, opposition leader, voiced opposition, president chun, president park, syngman rhee, outspoken critic, chun doo hwan, wealthy businessman, life imprisonment, hotel in tokyo, elective office, owned company, repressive policies, school of commerce, strained relations, orators, sedition