Ever since 1956 when he outraged flinty old Syngman Rhee by getting himself elected Rhee's Vice President, Dr. John M. Chang, 61, has dreamed of some day becoming No. 1 man in South Korea. With Rhee's downfall last April the way was clear, and fortnight ago Seoul's National Assembly by a vote of 117-107 elected Chang to the premiership, the real seat of power under South Korea's new constitution. But last week intelligent, soft-spoken John Chang found his dream turning into a nightmare.
At the root of Chang's trouble lay the division of his own Democratic Party into "old" and...
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