However, Park is also regarded as a highly repressive ruler who restricted personal freedoms and was isolated from his people.

Mr. Wolff was asked why the United States risked dividing the Council and muddling its message to the repressive rulers of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

If it comes as news to you that the Shah, though popular in Washington, was a repressive and corrupt ruler with grandiose pretensions, you may find this report of value.

Her eagerness to delve into Islamic cultures led to friendships with repressive rulers that sometimes propelled her into public controversies.

Both countries have mollycoddled Myanmar's extraordinarily repressive military rulers, which hints that neither is likely to let the human rights of the Burmese get in the way of trade.

The first was for "The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian" (Dutton, 1970), the story of a young man, a princess and their flight from a repressive ruler.

Critics, however, say that the students ignore the fact that South Korea is now a budding democracy and no longer has a repressive ruler.

Political settlements that seek to appease those that threaten peace can strengthen the rule of repressive rulers.

Iran's ayatollahs, having established their own Islamic state in 1979, sought to spread the Islamic word, urging militant factions in Arab countries to rise up and overthrow their traditional, often repressive, rulers.

These charges found a ready audience among millions of Arabs and Muslims angry at the United States because of issues ranging from Iraq to Palestine to America's support for their countries' repressive rulers.