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PacNet #9A – Finding a new center or a zigzag? Elections and FTA negotiations with the U.S.

There may be more dramatic developments in South Korea after two upcoming elections (May 30 local elections this year and Dec. 20 presidential election in 2007). The result could be a “happy ending” if two new rising powers, the New Left and the New Right, converge into a new center.