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."