B. C. Koh, in Asian Surrey (Sept. South KOW? 1985),University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. 94720.
On February 12, 1985, more than 20 million South Koreans (about 85 percent of all eligible voters) went to the polls-the highest turnout in 27 years. There they elected to the country's National Assembly 148 candidates from Presiclent Chun Doo 1-l~an's ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP), 67 from the New Korea Democratic Party (NKDP), and 61 from other parties.
Although the DJP did prevail,...