The World : S. Korean Cleric Charged
South Korean prosecutors said they have charged a leading dissident cleric, the Rev. Moon Ik Hwan, with plotting riots and inciting students to violent anti-government demonstrations. Moon, 68, a Presbyterian minister who studied in the United States, headed the United Masses Movement for Democracy and Unification until his arrest May 23. On that day, he addressed 2,000 protesters at Seoul National University and called for an end to President Chun Doo Hwan’s regime and to U.S. influence in South Korea.
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