Kim dae jung promised sweeping reforms to save South Korea from its economic crisis after he was elected president last December. But he has faced a daily battle that seems to get only tougher, fighting bureaucrats, businessmen, militant trade unions and those from outside his political base in the south-west. On top of that, he leads a minority coalition government. The settlement on August 24th of a month-long strike at Hyundai Motor, the country's biggest car maker, reveals much about his growing ineptitude.
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