European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 3 8 South korean ministers step Down Seoul South Korea a president Chun Doo Hwan accepted the resignations of his prime minister and seven other minister monday in a shakeup aimed at installing a broader based government before presidential elections. In another development opposition Leader Kim Young Jam accused the government monday of nol carrying out promised reforms. He demanded Freedom Tor All political prisoners by Friday and an amnesty for All political offender. Officials said Chun had named Kim Chung you a former air Force commander and defense minister to replace outgoing Premier Lee Han key. Chun has promised to maintain a Neutral position in the upcoming presidential elections and said he will nol favor his own democratic Justice party. He stepped Down from the party presidency last week. A presidential spokesman said the Cabinet changes reflected president Chun s intention to give the cab inet a new appearance. In carrying out National tasks such As fair management of the political timetable needed to fulfil a genuine democratic development but also among the new ministers Are two former army generals including a noted hard liner and close Chun ally who look Over the key defense Post in the 23-Membcr Cabinet. The prime minister and Cabinet ministers have limited authority under the country s Strong presidential system. The main opposition reunification democratic party immediately rejected the Cabinet shuffle charging the new ministers would favor the government. We suspect that these people would not carry out democratic reforms without any hitch the party said in a statement opposition leaders have called for a Neutral govern ment while negotiations Are under Way on revising the Constitution to allow direct presidential elections. Chun agreed to accept opposition demands for direct elections and other democratic reforms on july 1. The president acted after 18 Days of nationwide anti gov Emmonl demonstrations the new prime minister Wii defense minister in the late 19509 after serving As chief of staff of the South korean air Force and was a former South korean ambassador to the United states. Chun also replaced the ministers of Home affairs education defense sports communications science and technology government administration and a minister without portfolio. Chung Kwan Yong was moved to Home minister from the government administration portfolio. Lee toe outgoing prime minister cited poor health in asking to be relieved of his Post an obscure Law professor Lee was appointed in May. The key players in South Korea nun Doohan Rothn woo Kirn in wig Sam Kim Dae Jung Lee win woo Stephen  Chun Coo Hon president of South Korea who took Power in a military coup after the 1979 assassination of president Park Chung Hee Chun brought on current wave of demonstrations when he amour cad on april 13 suspension of debate on constitutional revisions until alter the 1 938 Seoul summer olympics chairman of Njong democratic Justice party who has been hand picked by Chun to succeed him on feb. 25, 1888 Ron. A former general persuaded Chun to meet with opposition leaders Ken Young Smit Leader of oppose icon reunification democratic part he had bean unwilling to Mejt with Chun until persons arrested in recent demonstrations Are freed and Kim Dae Jung is received front House arrest but he to Isth Chun on june 24 Kim do Jung Leader of opposition reunification democratic party who had been under House arrest in Seoul since april 6 he was released june 24, shortly after Chun met with Kim Young Sam Law Henwoo. Leader of opposition new Korea democratic party irom which Kim Young Sam and Kim Dae Jung split Hartl so Fawn cd Hal a Sou Hwan roman Catholic primate of South Korea who has criticized government tactics and supports the opposition Call for direct presidential elections Chicago Tribune a reptile source pm Coo Tel twin not reports in one Surprise move Chun appointed Chung to Yong As defense minister. Chung a close Friend of the president was removed As Home minister when the Cabinet was last reshuffled in May to alone for the police torture killing of a dissident student. Chung a former army chief of staff is widely regarded m a Bard liner within the government. Most of the new ministers Are relatively unknown. Many of them Are government officials and civil serv ants rather than politicians. Earlier monday Kim head of the reunification democratic party told a news conference that he wanted the government to free All political prisoners including alleged communists. The demand rep resented Kim s strangest verbal Challenge to Chun. More than 500 political prisoners have been re leased since july 1, and the government has pardoned 2,335 people convicted on various political and Anli Golem men charges since the Early 1970s. The government says there were 1,100 political prisoners but the opposition has put inc figure at up to 3,000. Kim said the release of politic .1 prisoners and gov time til amnesty has not put our minds Al ease about the regime s intent to pursue democratization and rec  it is illegal to be a communist in South Korea which fought a three year War with communist North Korea. But the opposition has Long claimed the government falsely accuses government opponents of being communists As an excuse to imprison them. Kim said the government must offer its apology should his demands not be met by Friday. Chun has said presidential elections will be held later this year and he has promised to step Down in february at the end of his seven year term. Chun agreed to Institute the elections to replace the electoral College which critics said favored the government. American tourist hospitalized in China with aids Beijing a . And chinese officials were working monday to arrange for an american military Jet to evacuate a . Tourist hospitalized in Southern China with aids an american Diplomat said. An official at the quarantine office of the Yunnan provincial Public health department who gave her name As mrs Wen identified the american tourist As Brent Anderson 38, a newspaper editor. Wen said Anderson was admitted june 18 to Yunnan province no. I peo ple i Hospital in the Southern City of Kunming suffering from a cough and fever. Anderson had originally been diag nosed u having a lung ii Nesi but fur ther to a showed he had acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Wen said in a Telephone interview. She Slid there were plans to transport Anderson to the United slates on an american military Jet. The american Diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed that an american tourist was ill in Kunming Wilh aids and that . And chinese authorities were working to evacuate the patient via a . Air Force plane that would come from the Philippines. Wen said inc did not know the patient s Hometown whal newspaper he total aids cases among male Homo duals percent change from previous six a nth period 86.1% among intravenous drug users percent change irom previous six month period 28.1 Claeo Tiow of Diphe Sturm Trabun. Milf d Milf in of cml pm dam c worked for or further details of the plan to Transfer him Back to the United Stales. Mark Sullivan another american Pazicni Al Yunnan province no. 1 people s Hospital said commercial airlines would nol transport and non because they were not equipped to provide the Nec Essary medical care and because coun tries where the planes would Stop were reluctant to allow Landing with the patient. Sullivan was helping Hospital officials answer Telephone Calls concerning an Derson s Case when the Calls required English to be spoken. Sullivan said sunday by Telephone thai Anderson was in China As a tourist when he fell ill Wilh aids related fever and pneumonia. He said Anderson had been placed in isolation and was receiving Good medical care that had helped bring his fever Down. Sullivan said he did not know Ander son s Hometown but his father lives in Columbus Ohio and officials were try ing to Send him there China has had Only a few reported cases of aids and just three confirmed aids deaths a chinese Haemophilia a who had been treated with imported blood products a chinese Man who died after returning Home to fijian province from new York and an Argentine Lour ill China recently has begun requiring All foreigners who plan to enter China for More than a year to be tested for aids but the requirement does nol apply to Touri Iti who Are in the country Lor less than a year. The aids virus attacks the body s immune system leaving victims susceptible 10 wide variety of infections and can  is transmitted through i Xua con tact transfusions of blood or blood products and sharing of contaminated hypodermic Needles or syringes by drug abuse i