The Boston Globe, June 3rd, 1998
In the past, whenever Washington showed signs of wanting to explore a less rigid policy toward North Korea, South Korean leaders seemed to take fright. But the onetime democratic dissident who has become South Korea's president, Kim Dae Jung, is different from his predecessors, and the triangular relations among Washington, Seoul, and Pyongyang have been dramatically transformed. Preparing for next week's state visit to the United States, Kim Dae Jung demonstrates a keen sense of realism, calling for the termination of America's Cold War sanctions on the Stalinist regime in North Korea. The im...
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