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To: arun gera who wrote (44132)	9/16/2002 3:56:40 AM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 281500

Anybody knows what happened in South Korea. The end result after about 50 years seems pretty good. When did they go from dictatorship to democracy? Going purely from memory, I guess that started with the election of 1987. Some Koreans would dispute this; the election was undoubtedly rigged and Roh Tae Woo, the candidate selected by the junta, won handily. The election did open the way to real democracy, though, and oppositionist Kim Dae Jung won next time around. I wouldn’t want to try to draw any conclusion or precedent from this in any situation not Korean. Korea is Korea, they do things the Korean way. Certainly if we take national identity, organization,discipline, and willingness to place national above personal or sub-group interest as prerequisite conditions for democratic development, the Koreans are highly qualified.