EAS100Y1 : Summaries on Kim Dae Jung, Kim Young Sam, & Roh Mu Hyun

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< kim young sam and koreas socio-political scene > Roh tae woo: succeeded chun doo hwan as the 13th president of republic of korea, formed the 6th republic (1988~1993, hosted the 1988 seoul olympics, first president to be elected by popular vote. S prior to roh, presidents were elected through ncu (national council for unification) since. S achieved international relations (particularly with socialist countries) N 3 kims j (ys: 27%, dj:26%, jp:8%) S park j chun j roh kyungsang province. Nordpolitik: rohs northern policy (part of unification policy, opening the korean society to the communist bloc. S make diplomatic treaties with hungary, russia, and china. N russia j 1990: met head of ussr (then, mikhail gorbachev) and us president (then, george. Bush sr. ) at san francisco in 1990 enhanced koreas international reputation. N china j 1992: objective: persuade north korean government to recognize south korea as a legitimate government.