Searching for Democracy in ASIA

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	KIM DJ TO VISIT AUSTRALIA, PHILIPPINES, CHINA, U.S. THIS YEAR
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   SEOUL, AUG. 27 (YONHAP) -- OPPOSITION LEADER KIM DAE-JUNG WILL
DEPART SATURDAY FOR AUSTRALIA TO BEGIN WHAT SOME OBSERVERS ARE
CALLING HIS "PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DIPLOMACY."

   THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS FOR NEW POLITICS (NCNP)
WILL VISIT FOUR NATIONS -- AUSTRALIA, CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES AND
THE UNITED STATES -- OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IN AN APPARENT EFFORT
TO STRENGTHEN HIS PRESIDENTIAL BID.

   IN AUSTRALIA, KIM DAE-JUNG WILL RECEIVE AN HONORARY DOCTORATE
IN LAW FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY AND DELIVER A SPEECH ENTITLED
"SEARCHING FOR DEMOCRACY IN ASIA." STAYING UNTIL SEPT. 5, HE WILL
MEET WITH MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIA'S UPPER AND LOWER HOUSES AND CABINET
MEMBERS.

   AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, THE OPPOSITION LEADER WILL TRAVEL
TO TIANJIN, CHINA, TO ATTEND AN ASIA-PACIFIC PEACE SEMINAR.
AFTERWARDS, HE WILL GO TO MANILA TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE HOSTED BY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS FROM ASIA FOR DEMOCRACY IN
BURMA.

   HIS U.S. TRIP IS SET TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER, WITH KIM REPORTEDLY
PUSHING FOR MEETINGS WITH THE NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WINNER
AND LEADERS FROM VARIOUS AMERICAN POLITICAL CIRCLES. KIM'S CONTACT
IN THE UNITED STATES, THE INSTITUTE FOR KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,
HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BILL
CLINTON AND BOB DOLE.(MORE) YONHAP 0222 GMT 082796
27/08/96 02-25GMT