European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 9, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7south Korea to seek . Membership United nations a South Korea announced on sunday it will formally seek to join the United nations this summer and urged rival North Korea to request separate membership. The South korean government declared however that parallel . Membership of both korean states should in no Way hinder a the ultimate objective of koreans reunification.�?�. A was a country which maintains almost Universal diplomatic relations and As the worlds 12th largest trading nation South Korea is ready to make its due contribution to the work of the United nations As a full member a the South korean government said in a statement released in new York and Seoul. V a in seeking . Membership a it said a the Republic of Korea reiterates its Earnest Hope that the democratic people Republic of Korea will also join the United nations either together with the South or at the time the North deems  pro Western South Korea and communist North Korea were divided at the end of world War ii and fought the korean War from 1950 to 1953. They Are technically still at War because no peace treaty was signed. North Korea consistently has opposed separate . Membership of the two korean states saying it would perpetuate the division of the korean Peninsula. It has called for a single . Seat shared by both governments. South Korea has rejected that idea As unworkable. In its statement sunday South Korea called parallel membership a powerful Confidence building measure because it would represent the commitment of both states to the principles of the . Charter. A a. Both korean states now hold non voting observer status in the 159-Mcmber United nations. Membership requires recommendation of the 15-member Security Council and a two thirds vote in the general Assembly. The South korean ambassador. Roe Chang Hee told reporters his government would apply for membership around aug. 10. South Korea has diplomatic relations with 148 states and North Korea with 105. South Korea has wide support for its membership. Ambassador Roe said the soviet Union an ally of North Korea Quot seems quite favourably disposed to South koreans position Quot and was not expected to cast a veto in the Security Council. The soviet Union and South Korea already have reestablished diplomatic relations. China a position was less certain since it has close ties to North Korea. But China too has been cautiously improving relations with the South and moving toward full diplomatic ties. A we Hope China will not oppose us Quot the South korean envoy said. As a permanent Security Council member China could also cast a veto. If the general Assembly approves South koreans membership at its session in september South Korea could take a scat on sept. 17.maverick defies Japan s ruling party with win Tokyo apr an 80-year-old incumbent who ran for re election in Defiance of prime minister Toshiki Kaifu swept Tokyo a gubernatorial race the japanese Media reported monday. However in other voting for state Legislatures sunday the opposition socialists stumbled badly. The party suffered from criticism after opposing a government proposal to contribute billions of dollars to the  allies in the persian Gulf War. Analysts had predicted that Shunichi Suzuki a Victory in sundays election for governor of Tokyo might Well undermine Kaifu. His administration had backed Well known television news Anchorman Hisanori Isomura. Kaifus top political aide Ichiro Ozawa said monday he will resign As Secretary general of the Liberal democrats because of Isomura a defeat. Leading politicians in Japan often Are expected to resign to take responsibility for an election loss. Ozawa is widely considered the Man who holds the Kaifu administration together and his departure could make it even More difficult for the prime minister to generate support for government policies. Also sunday the nation went to the polls to elect governors of 13 of Japan a 47 prefectures a or states a plus special municipalities. The socialists the nations second largest party lost a total of 98 seats in state assemblies for a new total of just 345. The governing Liberal democratic party picked up 161 seats for a total of 1,543, according to official results. The defeat underscored the socialists decline in popularity since their upset Victory in 1989 National parliamentary elections. Candidates backed by coalitions of the governing and opposition parties won in 10 other gubernatorial races. But in hokkaido in the far North and Fukuoka in the South independents backed solely by opposition parties were re elected to their third four year terms. Suzuki was the main character in a cast of candidates that made this years Tokyo gubernatorial race the strangest and most Lively in recent memory. Middle age Rock a no roller Yuya Uchida perhaps Best summed up the race with his Campaign slogan a something weird is going on  other candidates included an inventor who walked on water during a photo session while wearing inflatable Dolphin shoes and a former airline stewardess who campaigned to Send the Imperial family Back to Kyoto Japan a former capital Suzuki who frequently Bent Over to touch his toes in the Campaign to prove he was fit for a fourth term led in All areas of Tokyo according to the Public Nhok broadcasting system. Reports gave Suzuki a 3-2 margin in most districts. Last month Liberal democratic party leaders asked Suzuki not to run claiming he was too old for the Job. They joined the Buddhist backed Komito and the democratic socialist party in backing Isomura. The Liberal democratic National leadership needed to go along with the two centrist parties to win support for a $9 billion contribution to the Allied Effort in the persian Gulf War. A but the Liberal democrats Tokyo chapter refused to follow the National leadership in dumping Suzuki. Isomura a former newsman for Nhok with no administrative experience has been a popular television  has been a controversial figure during his 12 years running this Metropolis of 12 million people. Although he got rid of huge budget deficits his decision to build a new 47-Story City Hall was widely criticized As a waste of More than $1 billion in taxpayer funds. Inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu uses his hovercraft while campaigning in the Tokyo gubernatorial election Jakarta editor soviets again thwart russian bid to name Moscow chief of police gets 5 years for blasphemy Jakarta Indonesia up a newspaper editor was sentenced monday to five years in prison for blasphemy against islam because he published a poll of his readers that rated pop singers politicians and even himself As More popular than the Prophet Mohammed. Arse do Atmo Piloto 42, was found guilty in a Central Jakarta District court for publishing the poll titled a the 50 Fig uses most admired by the readers in the oct. 15 Issue of his tabloid. Indonesian president Suharto placed first while iraqi president Saddam Hussein ranked seventh. Arse do was 10th, followed by Mohammed in 11th place. Indonesia whose 179 million population in nearly 90 percent Muslim is the largest islamic Community in the world. The tabloid was closed by the information ministry on oct 23 after muslims staged violent demonstrations across the country. The ministry said it was shut because the poll had incited Public unrest. Moscow apr hours after being appointed Moscow a new police chief was barred from office sunday the second time that a happened this year. Although crime is rising sharply in this City of nearly 9 million the police chiefs Job has become mired in the Power struggle Between president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a administration and the russian federation government led by Boris n. Yeltsin. Conflicting Laws and commands from the National government and the russian federation the largest of the 15 soviet republics have created confusion in the Economy and Law enforcement. Soviet Media have called the situation a a Battle of Laws and a a paralysis of  Yeltsin a Interior minister on sunday appointed a reformer Vyacheslav s. Komissarov As head of the main Interior department of the Moscow City executive committee a effectively the chief of police. Gorbachev a Interior minister former Kab general Boris Pugo quickly countermanded the appointment. He named a soviet Interior ministry general Ivan f. Shilov to the Post according to the state news Agency Tass. A the two ministers orders succeeding one another apparently Mark the beginning of a new spiral of the conflict Between the authorities of the Central government and the largest Republic Tass said. L 7 it was unclear whether Komissarov would try to take control despite Pugol a order. Neither he nor Pugo made any Public comment sunday which was easter according to the russian orthodox Church Calendar. Police departments in some soviet republics notably Lithuania and Georgia Nave broken away from the National Interior ministry. They now follow orders from their own elected officials. To ensure that Moscow a police would remain Loyal to the National government Gorbachev decreed on March 26 that the capitals police were under the direct command of the soviet Interior ministry instead of the popularly elected City Council. The decree came two Days before a banned rally by tens of thousands of people supporting Yeltsin. Lawmakers in the russian federation asserted that Gorbachev a decree was unconstitutional and voted to suspend it. That vote created some confusion Over who was legally in charge but there was Little doubt about who had practical control of the militia or police. During the pro Yeltsin rally on March 28, about 50,000 militiamen and soldiers steadfastly carried out Gorbachev a orders and prevented crowds from reaching Maneth Square near the Kremlin sunday was the second time that Komissarov a Law school graduate with 32 years of experience in various soviet police departments has been rejected. The reformist City Council originally voted to appoint Komissarov on Jan. 23,�?~ but Pugo refused to accept its decision. On March 20, 10 City councillors began a hunger strike to protest Pugol a action. They vowed to take turns going without food until Komissarov was allowed to run the police department. As of saturday they were still on the hunger strike. Meanwhile the burglary rate in Moscow soared 29 percent during the first two months of this year according to the newspaper Komsomol Skaya pravda