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Asia's democracies share similarities

Taiwan and South Korea have both faced political upheaval in recent years and have been dominated by issues of `unification' with a neighboring power. In his interview with `Taipei Times' reporter Monique Chu, Shim Jae-hoon, former Seoul bureau chief of the `Far Eastern Economic Review,' who also reported from Taipei between 1987 and 1989, offers insights into the similarities and differences between the two nations

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So, Kim came under heavy attack, and this was one of the main reasons why on Oct. 25 in the last parliamentary by-elections his party was defeated in all three constituencies. After that, he released the publishers.

It's very difficult for an opposition leader who has been in opposition all his life to become president and run the government. But this is a new age, and he should make sure that the media emit sufficient light so that no corner of the country is dark.

A press that says "hallelujah" every day is a shortcut to dictatorship.

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