SOUTH KOREA: Warm Wind from Seoul

Since 1971, the most significant contacts between North and South Korea have been through Red Cross teams. But last week, in a dramatic reversal of policy, South Korean President Chung Hee Park announced a large forward step. On nationwide TV and radio, he declared that "we shall not object to our admittance into the United Nations with North Korea"—an action he had previously sworn never to take. Park also said that he would open the doors to all nations, including socialist countries—possibly through trade contacts or even diplomatic recognition—if "those countries open their doors likewise to us."

Park's drive toward...

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