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SOUTH KOREA: PRESIDENTIAL RACE TIGHTENS
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December 15, 1992
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Director of Central Intelligence
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Contents
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Russia: Chernomyrdin Replaces Gaydar as Premier
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: Congress Sends Aftershocks in Foreign Policy
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Notes
South Korea: Presidential Race Tightens
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In Brief
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Special Analysis Russia: Yel'tsin and Reform After the Congress
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SOUTH KOREA: Presidential Race Tightens
With the election only three days off, support for frontrunning
Democratic iberal Party candidate Kim Youne Sam remains soft
in key areas
Kim Dae Jung, the candidate of the main
sition Democratic Party, could win
Kim Young Sam has renewed allegations that Kim
ac Jung is a Communist sympathizer. The third major candidate,
Chung Ju Yung of the United People's Party has announced hisparty's
merger with the small New Korea Party
Comment: The race appears much closer than expected. Kim Young
Sam's hardball rhetoric, coupled with an ongoing government
investigation of Chung's funding, could backfire, bringing to voters'
minds tactics of past authoritarian regimes. The merger of the two
smaller parties in itself probably will not gain Chung many votes, but it
will provide a psychological boost and help maintain the momentum
his campaign has recently gained. The tight contest means the outcome
probably will hinge on the youth vote-28 percent of voters are under
age 30�and the undecided. widely estimated at more than 30 percent,
most of whom are in the Seoul metropolitan area.
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