The World - News from March 11, 1986
South Korea’s leading dissident, Kim Dae Jung, has again been placed under house arrest. The purpose, aides said, was to prevent him from attending a meeting of the political opposition aimed at promoting electoral reforms. Kim had been invited by the New Korea Democratic Party to a ceremony to open a Seoul office for the collection of petitions calling for direct presidential elections. A five-member U.S. delegation observing the campaign is scheduled to attend the ceremony today.
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