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Considering the Politics of East Asia: South Korea and Taiwan.

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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))

Byline: Shiraishi Takashi

This past March, a presidential election was held in Taiwan, and the incumbent president, Chen Shui-bian, and vice-president, Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) narrowly defeated Lien Chan, chairman of the opposition Kuomintang Party (KMT), and James Soong, chairman of the People First Party (PFP), as a presidential and vice-presidential candidate respectively. The difference in the votes received was just over 29,000, with the winner gaining a minuscule 0.22% victory.

The South Korean National Assembly elections were held in April. Procedures for the ...

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