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Democracy Asian Style
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Item Title Democracy Asian Style
Guest Han, Sŭng-ju
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedMay 26, 1992
Description

The first in a series of extraordinarily rich shows on the future of Korea. (One plus: all the Korean guests were at least partly American-educated and speak excellent English.) Mr. Han, discussing past attempts to institute democracy in Asia: "Generally the presidential system has been more difficult to maintain. Either the president becomes dictatorial, as it happened in the Philippines, as it happened in this country, or the president becomes very weak and subject to takeover by the military or other factions. Now we've experienced both of these situations, and I think because we have had these immunizations we have a fairly firm ground for democratic development in the future." ... WFB: "There's no point in democracy if you're going to have Peron and Hitler elected all the time." HSJ: "We can't refrain from democracy for fear of choosing the wrong man."

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Country of Origin
Place RecordedSeoul, South Korea
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0933
Record Number80040.1189
NotesVideo not currently available for purchase. Transcript not available for this program.
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