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Page ISAThe Battalion/Thursday, September 3, 1987 Korean officials agree to hold direct election SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Government and opposition leaders agreed Wednesday to hold the first direct presidential election in a gen eration by Dec. 20. They also agreed that the govern ment should not intervene in labor disputes and promised legislation to increase the rights of workers. But labor turmoil continued as striking shipyard workers went on a ram page and autoworkers fought riot police. “It was quite significant that we held the first official talks,” Roh Tae-woo, president of the governing Democratic Justice Party, said after his first meeting with Kim Young- sam of the main opposition Demo cratic Reunification Party. Roh is his party’s candidate to succeed Presi dent Chun Doo-hwan, whose term ends in December. Chun declared June 30, after weeks of anti-government protest, that he would accept opposition de mands for such democratic changes as replacing the electoral college with direct presidential elections. He also agreed to ease govern ment control over unions, which has made strikes virtually illegal and helped boost South Korea’s export- based economy by keeping wages low. Workers in mining, transporta tion and major export industries be gan strikes and other job actions within days of his speech, demand ing higher pay, better working con ditions and independent unions. About 15,000 strikers from the nation’s largest shipyard marched through the southern port of Ulsan behind 80 bulldozers, trucks and forklifts and sat down outside the city hall. Part of the crowd stormed the building, set fire to its garage and overturned about 20 cars, burning some of them. Firetrucks were called in to put out the fires, but outnum bered police did not intervene, city officials said. “It’s a terrible situation," one offi cial said by telephone. Strikers occupied the city hall area for several hours after wage talks broke down at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. shipyard. Police used tear gas to disperse 500 auto workers wno built barri cades at the Daewoo Motor Co. plant outside Seoul. The country’s second largest car manufacturer, a joint venture of the Daewoo congfe ate and General Motors, ret crippled for the eighth day byr J for higher pay. The Hyundai shipyard stiii: a major setback for the jjoveii: which intervened to endastrii: lockout Aug. 20. Officials pen. workers ami management ton operations and talks under i|§ calling for a settlement byTuo|| But no agreement was reachr: the strike resumed Tuesday. Hyundai workers want a 2: , cent raise and management (fl 11 percent. The Hyundai p companies also includes Sout: rea's largest auto manufar. which is a major factor in them can subcompact market. Labor Ministry officials sar strikes were in progress Wedns Strikers generally seek payinc; ol 35-50 percent. South Koreans worktC: | world’s longest week last yu' hours, but monthly wages only $370. Roh and Kim agreed to bor and management to wave of strikes without intervention. Drug shrinks swollen prostaii without usual major surgery BOSTON (AP) — A new drug treatment can shrink enlarged prostate glands in older men, providing the first medical alternative to surgery for the 350,000 Americans who have prostate operations each year, re searchers say. In its present form, this therapy will not be widely used because it causes impotence. But experts hope that a similar medical approach being tested will clear up prostate woes without diminishing sexual powers. Two-thirds of the men treated with the drug were helped by it. Researchers say in their study that it should at least be useful for those who are too ill to un dergo prostate surgery. “We can now see into the future a little bit through this paper,” Dr. Lester Klein of Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital commented. “I think that medical treatment for prostatic hypertrophy is the goal, and it’s coming.” An enlarged prostate gland — what doctors call be nign prostatic hypertrophy or hyperplasia — is one of the most common problems of aging in men. When the prostate enlarges it squeezes the urethra, making urina tion difficult. About three-quarters of all men over age 5 some symptoms of prostate enlargement ami than 350,000 undergo operations annually tc prostate tissue removed. The latest study, conducted at Johns Hopkin tal in Baltimore, found that the ailment u male sex hormones, and that blocking these i can shrink the prostate to normal size. The study was conducted by Drs. Craig A. Patrick C. Walsh and published in Thursday's Nf gland Journal of Medicine. They treated men with a medicine called i acetate, which stops production of sex hormone result, the men lost interest in sex and were imp Some also complained of lethargy. Walsh said he and other researchers are test other drug that may do the same thing withouts down the body’s production of sex hormones. Est works, however, it won’t replace surgery, which s pie, safe and effective. 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