Eureka!
Sunday, July 04, 2004
Bikini show at Rio Fashion Week(www.chinaview.cn)
KAZAMA 7/04/2004
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Welcome to the 'Plogging' World!
No, it's not a typo. A plog is short for 'project log' like a blog is short for 'weblog' or 'web log.' And plogs start to be used as tools to manage projects, especially in the IT world, as discovered Michael Schrage of the MIT.
KAZAMA 6/03/2004
(TIMEasia.com)
KAZAMA 6/03/2004
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Mainstream makeover
Google this week relaunched its Blogger self-publishing website. Jack Schofield spoke to the founder about what is probably its biggest step forward since its inception in 1999
Thursday May 13, 2004
The Guardian
KAZAMA 5/20/2004
Sunday, May 09, 2004
Asia's War With Heart Disease
Across the region, the death toll from cardiovascular disease is soaring. But the latest science shows how you can stay healthy
TIME Asia
KAZAMA 5/09/2004
Friday, April 30, 2004
Spaceyed out on Google
(Haaretz)
KAZAMA 4/30/2004
An Early Look at How Gmail Works
(DM News)
KAZAMA 4/30/2004
Google's Goal: "Understand Everything"
Co-founder Larry Page talks about the vast possibilities in search and what brought him and Sergey Brin together
(BusinessWeek ONline)
KAZAMA 4/30/2004
Monday, April 19, 2004
Travel: The New Golden Age
(MSNBC)
KAZAMA 4/19/2004
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Should Asia Quit Iraq?
The hostage crisis forced Asians to ask whether their involvement is worth the risk
(TIME Asia)
KAZAMA 4/18/2004
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Here Comes The Sun
After years of gloom, Japan's economy is finally blossoming. And this time the recovery seems for real
TIME Asia
KAZAMA 4/11/2004
Monday, March 15, 2004
EDITORIAL: Impeachment of Roh
(The Asahi Shimbun)
KAZAMA 3/15/2004
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Talks bear little fruit
Agreement to meet again is a small ray of hope.
The ultimate goal of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear program is to bring about a nuclear-weapons-free Korean Peninsula through diplomacy. To succeed, it is vital to define the conditions and methods under which Pyongyang would agree to dismantle its nuclear capabilities. We must also determine how Japan, the United States, South Korea, China and Russia can ease the anxieties that the North has regarding the safety of its system.
(The Asahi Shimbun)
KAZAMA 3/03/2004
China shines as host at arduous standoff
(The Japan Times)
KAZAMA 3/03/2004
Bush Signals Patience on North Korea Is Waning
Directive Sent to Team At Talks in Beijing
(Washington Post)
KAZAMA 3/03/2004
Monday, March 01, 2004
A world wide web of nuclear danger
(Economist.com)
KAZAMA 3/01/2004
Korea talks: no deal, but new will
(csmonitor.com)
KAZAMA 3/01/2004
S. Korean Chief Seeks Less U.S. Reliance (Yahoo News)
KAZAMA 3/01/2004
Sunday, February 29, 2004
Deadlock in Korea nuclear crisis
(telegraph.co.uk)
KAZAMA 2/29/2004
ANALYSIS: Japan gains little from 6-way talks
(The Asahi Shimbun)
KAZAMA 2/29/2004
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Our choices in negotiating with North Korea
(Houston Chronicle)
KAZAMA 2/26/2004
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
The World's 10 Worst Living Dictators
Here, you can check out Wallechinsky's "Dishonorable Mentions" list, 10 more tyrants whose deeds inspire fear and enmity. Also, listen to an exclusive interview with Wallechinsky, and visit the Web sites of human rights groups that keep tabs on the world’s worst leaders.
PARADE, contributing editor David Wallechinsky
KAZAMA 2/24/2004
Thursday, February 19, 2004
North Korean leader puzzles the world
What lies behind North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's statements and behavior? This is the first installment in a series exploring what Kim is trying to accomplish as leader of his reclusive state, based on interviews with various people who have met and spoken to him.
(Daily Yomiuri)
KAZAMA 2/19/2004
Monday, February 16, 2004
Building the bomb: North Korean exiles reveal 15 year history of nuclear cheating
By Jasper Becker in Seoul
(The Independent)
KAZAMA 2/16/2004
Sunday, February 15, 2004
N.Korea's Kim Turns 62 as World Wants Nuclear Solution
(Yahoo News)
KAZAMA 2/15/2004
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Who Killed Jesus?
Mel Gibson's powerful but troubling new movie, 'The Passion of the Christ,' is reviving one of the most explosive questions ever. What history tells us about Jesus' last hours, the world in which he lived, anti-Semitism, Scripture and the nature of faith itself.
(MSNBC)
KAZAMA 2/11/2004
Monday, February 09, 2004
Asia Enters the Fray
Despite noisy opposition at home and plenty of peril on the ground, Asia is deploying soldiers and civilians to help rebuild Iraq. Is it worth the risks to clean up America's mess?
(TIME Asia)
KAZAMA 2/09/2004
Friday, February 06, 2004
Melbourne ranked world's top city
(The Age)
KAZAMA 2/06/2004
Flu fighters
The avian influenza surfaced six months ago. Unfortunately, the government was slow in reacting.
(ASIAVIEWS - 04/Jan/2004 )
KAZAMA 2/06/2004
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Nuclear scientist apologises - text
The architect of Pakistan's nuclear programme, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has apologised to the "traumatised" Pakistani nation for transferring nuclear secrets to other countries. Dr Khan admitted sole responsibility and said his subordinates had been carrying out his orders, and that the Pakistani Government was unaware of his activities. His recorded apology was broadcast on national television in Pakistan.
(BBC News)
KAZAMA 2/04/2004
Sunday, February 01, 2004
Report: N Korean prison camp has gas chamber
(Jerusalem Post)
KAZAMA 2/01/2004
N Korea gassed prisoners to test weapons, says BBC
(FT.com)
KAZAMA 2/01/2004
Revealed: the gas chamber horror of North Korea's gulag
A series of shocking personal testimonies is now shedding light on Camp 22 - one of the country's most horrific secrets.
(Guardian Unlimited)
KAZAMA 2/01/2004
Death, terror in N. Korea gulag
NBC News investigation uncovers horrific, extensive atrocities.
FIRST OF A SERIES
By Robert Windrem
NBC News Investigative Producer
Jan. 15, 2003 (MSNBC NEWS)
KAZAMA 2/01/2004
Within prison walls
Access to Evil will be broadcast in the UK on Sunday, 1 February, 2004 at 2100 on BBC Two.
(BBC NEWS)
KAZAMA 2/01/2004
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Asian alarm at Japan mission
Japan's first post-World War II troop deployment to a combat zone this week has sent a ripple of concern through Chinese and North Korean media.
(BBC News)
KAZAMA 1/20/2004
Monday, January 19, 2004
On High Alert
From Japan to Vietnam, Asian countries are culling millions of chickens infected with a strain of bird flu that can also prove deadly to humans. Can they prevent a pandemic?
(TIME Asia)
KAZAMA 1/19/2004
Monday, January 12, 2004
Atomic Shakedown
Pyongyang's promise to disarm is just a cunning financial ploy
(TIME Asia)
KAZAMA 1/12/2004
U.S. Team Analyzing N. Korean Nuke Visit
(The Washington Post)
KAZAMA 1/12/2004
Skepticism swirls around North Korea trip
(Christitan Science Monitor)
KAZAMA 1/12/2004
Sunday, January 11, 2004
The North Korea Problem
Can the Bush administration dismantle North Korea's nuclear aspirations?
(MSNBC)
KAZAMA 1/11/2004
North Korea bares nukes
(The Washington Times)
KAZAMA 1/11/2004
Saturday, January 10, 2004
The Return of SARS?
Wherever diseases appear, or reappear, political controversy is sure to follow
(TIME Asia)
KAZAMA 1/10/2004
Monday, December 15, 2003
Notes from Saddam in Custody Saddam is talking, but he isn't cooperative. New details on his capture and his first interrogation
(TIME.com)
KAZAMA 12/15/2003
In Hussein's Capture, World Pundits See New Chance for Iraq
(The Washinton Post)
KAZAMA 12/15/2003
Sunday, December 14, 2003
How We Got Saddam
(MSNBC News)
KAZAMA 12/14/2003
"We Got Him."
(TIME.com)
KAZAMA 12/14/2003
U.S. Takes Saddam From Iraq After Capture
(AP via YAHOO! News)
KAZAMA 12/14/2003
Swaggering tyrant is pulled, groggy and dishevelled from his rat hole
(telegraph co. uk)
KAZAMA 12/14/2003
Thursday, December 11, 2003
Number of Hungry N. Koreans May Go Up
SEOUL, South Korea - Up to 3.8 million North Koreans - 17 percent of the country's population - could be deprived of critical international food aid by the end of winter, the World Food Program warned on Thursday.
(AP Asia via YAHOO! News)
KAZAMA 12/11/2003
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Japan Cabinet Approves Troops to Iraq
(AP Asia via YAHOO! News)
Koizumi commits SDF personnel to Iraq
(The Asahi Shimbun)
Japan shows courage
(telegraph co. uk)
KAZAMA 12/09/2003
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Putin Says Russia Needs Stronger Non-Proliferation Controls
(VOA News)
Beijing details weapons policies
By Ted Anthony
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published December 4, 2003
(The Washington Times)
KAZAMA 12/03/2003
Monday, November 24, 2003
Land of the rising stars
Matsui; total repertoire
(ESPN.com)
KAZAMA 11/24/2003
Al Qaeda seen shifting to 'terror consultant' role
(The New Zealand Herald)
KAZAMA 11/24/2003
Thursday, November 20, 2003
The Last Tycoon
Samsung's enigmatic chairman may be leading more than his company
(MSNBC News)
KAZAMA 11/20/2003
Monday, November 17, 2003
Buy Freedom
To flee oppression, many North Korean women escape to marry Chinese men. Here are two tales of desperation
(TIME Asia - Nov. 24, 2003/Vol. 162 No. 20)
KAZAMA 11/17/2003
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Exposing Pyongyang's Prison State
Human rights experts release a chilling report on North Korea's penal system
(TIME Asia)
KAZAMA 11/16/2003
Sunday, November 09, 2003
CIA: North Korea Verifies Nuclear Designs
The CIA has concluded that North Korea has been able to validate its nuclear weapons designs without a nuclear test, the agency disclosed to Congress.
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 11/09/2003
Saturday, November 08, 2003
U.S. Baseball Team Fails to Make Olympics
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 11/08/2003
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
North Korea, at UN, Refers to Japanese as 'Japs'
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 11/05/2003
Monday, November 03, 2003
Grim fate for N. Korean prisoners
Centers of torture, deprivation and death
From CNN's Mike Chinoy
Friday, October 31, 2003 Posted: 1:50 AM EST (0650 GMT)
CNN.com
KAZAMA 11/03/2003
Friday, October 31, 2003
China, North Korea agree to six-way nuclear talks
Fri Oct 31, 4:59 PM ET
By Nick Macfie
YAHOO News
KAZAMA 10/31/2003
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
N. Korea Defector Holds Talks in D.C.
Wednesday October 29, 2003 10:46 PM
By BARRY SCHWEID
AP Diplomatic Writer
(Guardian Unlimited)
KAZAMA 10/29/2003
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
China gains on Japan in age-old rivalry for Asia influence
By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
(The Christitan Science Monitor)
KAZAMA 10/28/2003
Monday, October 20, 2003
Matsui No Godzilla, But Still a Threat
Mon Oct 20,11:12 AM ET
By Roger Lajoie
Yanks Beat Marlins to Tie World Series
Mon Oct 20, 9:28 AM ET
By Larry Fine
Japan Series prepares Matsui for World Series
Mon Oct 20, 6:47 AM ET
By Gary Graves and Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY
(via YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 10/20/2003
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Early round would test North Korea's credibility
By AHN BYUNG JOON
Special to The Japan Times
(The Japan Times)
KAZAMA 10/07/2003
North Korea Says Japan Not Welcome at Talks
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 10/07/2003
Sunday, October 05, 2003
Japan Is Back (No, Really!)
WELL, IN THE LAST MONTH something big has been happening thousands of miles away from the Middle East. Japan is back. No, really. The country is finally stirring from a decadelong slumber. And it is waking up politically as well. In the long run, this period might well be seen as the rise of a new Japan.
(MSNBC News)
KAZAMA 10/05/2003
Opening a Window on North Korea's Horrors
Defectors Haunted by Guilt Over the Loved Ones Left Behind
By Doug Struck
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, October 4, 2003; Page A01
(The Washington Post)
KAZAMA 10/05/2003
Thursday, October 02, 2003
A-bombs go ahead, Pyongyang says
James Brooke/NYT
(The IHT Online)
KAZAMA 10/02/2003
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
Activists: Food Aid in North Korea Sold
Wed Oct 1, 2:30 PM ET
By SANG-HUN CHOE, Associated Press Writer
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 10/01/2003
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Is Japan's Resurgence For Real?
The economy is perking up, and giddy investors believe a long-awaited recovery is here. But optimism over Japan often turns to tears
BY JIM FREDERICK | TOKYO
(TIME Asia Magazine)
KAZAMA 9/30/2003
Bush Vows Action if Aides Had Role in Leak
Democrats' Demand for Special Counsel Rejected
By Mike Allen and Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, September 30, 2003; Page A01
(The Washington Post)
KAZAMA 9/30/2003
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Most troublesome regime looks set to stay... for now
By HIRO KATSUMATA
FOR THE STRAITS TIMES
(The Straits Times)
KAZAMA 9/28/2003
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Koizumi's Second Act
Japan's Premier looks set for re-election, but will he be a real revolutionary or just another failed reformer?
BY JIM FREDERICK | TOKYO
(TIME Asia Magazine)
KAZAMA 9/24/2003
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Suicide Highlights Korean Farm Problems
Thu Sep 18, 3:57 AM ET
SEOUL, South Korea - When Lee Kyung-hae, fresh out of college, returned to his rural hometown to become a farmer in 1975, the seeds of the economic upheaval that eventually led to his suicide were already taking root.
By SANG-HUN CHOE, Associated Press Writer
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 9/18/2003
CIA Confirms Audio of Bin Laden Deputy
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 9/18/2003
Analysts: Bin Laden likely incapacitated
Latest videotaped footage not convincing, No. 2 man possibly prepping for top job
KAZAMA 9/18/2003
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
On holiday in North Korea
By Kate McGeown
BBC News Online
(BBC News)
KAZAMA 9/17/2003
One year after the Pyongyang summit
(The Japan Times)
KAZAMA 9/17/2003
Monday, September 15, 2003
Looking Into the Future
What will the world look like in three centuries time? A demographer predicts lower birth rates, a greater reliance on solar energy - and fewer religious differences
By Malcolm Beith
NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE
(MSNBC News)
KAZAMA 9/15/2003
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
N. Koreans in Japan Struggle for Identity
Wed Sep 10, 4:12 AM ET
By HANS GREIMEL, Associated Press Writer
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 9/10/2003
Monday, September 08, 2003
What Do They Want in South Korea? Unification!
By Anthony Faiola
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, September 8, 2003; Page A01
(The Washington Post)
KAZAMA 9/08/2003
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Striking To Death?
South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun may be giving militant unionists just enough rope to hang themselves - and the economy
BY JOHN LARKIN | SEOUL
(TIME Asia)
KAZAMA 9/03/2003
Odd Man Out
Six-country nuclear-arms talks leave North Korea more isolated than ever
BY JIM ERICKSON
(TIME Asia)
KAZAMA 9/03/2003
Countries Meet to Discuss N Korean Nuclear Stand-off
Paul Kerr
Arms Control Today September 2003
(Arms Control Association)
KAZAMA 9/03/2003
N. Korean Parliament OKs Nuclear Force
Posted on Wed, Sep. 03, 2003
SANG-HUN CHOE
Associated Press
(The Kansas City Star)
KAZAMA 9/03/2003
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
U.S.-North Korea war seems 'strong possibility'
By Jimmy Carter
Posted 9/1/2003 8:07 PM
(USATODAY.com)
KAZAMA 9/02/2003
Monday, September 01, 2003
North Korea Says It Is Against More Talks
Sat Aug 30, 8:55 AM ET Add Top Stories - The New York Times to My Yahoo!
By JOSEPH KAHN The New York Times
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 9/01/2003
Concessions possible on N. Korea
Policy shift seen as way to defuse nuclear issue
By Bryan Bender, Globe Correspondent, 9/1/2003
(The Boston Globe)
KAZAMA 9/01/2003
Sunday, August 31, 2003
Day after pacts in Beijing, N. Korea reverts to nuclear threat
Posted 8/31/2003 6:11 AM
(USATODAY.com)
KAZAMA 8/31/2003
Saturday, August 30, 2003
North Korea rejects further nuclear talks in reversal after 6-nation summit
Posted 8/30/2003 5:07 AM
(USATODAY.com)
KAZAMA 8/30/2003
N. Korea Reverses Course; Rejects Further Nuclear Talks
Saturday, August 30, 2003
Associated Press
(FOXNews.com)
KAZAMA 8/30/2003
Friday, August 29, 2003
Japan hopes dashed over abductees
Officials say they will keep pressing N Korea for answers
Friday, August 29, 2003 Posted: 0419 GMT (12:19 PM HKT)
(CNN.com)
KAZAMA 8/29/2003
No agreement at N Korea nuke talks
Friday, August 29, 2003 Posted: 0515 GMT ( 1:15 PM HKT)
(CNN.com)
KAZAMA 8/29/2003
Thursday, August 28, 2003
U.S.: NK says it may test nukes
Friday, August 29, 2003 Posted: 0249 GMT (10:49 AM HKT)
(CNN.com)
KAZAMA 8/28/2003
Official: North Korea Vows to Test Nukes
By GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 8/28/2003
U.S. has chat with N. Korea in Beijing
By David R. Sands
(THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
KAZAMA 8/28/2003
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
The US-North Korea Dance
Commentary > The Monitor's View
from the August 28, 2003 edition
(csmonitor.com)
KAZAMA 8/27/2003
U.S., North Korea Don't Bend on Arms
No Movement at Nuclear Talks in Beijing
By John Pomfret
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, August 28, 2003; Page A23
(Washington Post)
KAZAMA 8/27/2003
The guys who cried wolf
(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
KAZAMA 8/27/2003
North Korea: No bygones at Yongbyon
By Robert Alvarez
(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
KAZAMA 8/27/2003
As Talks Begin, China Views North Korea as Risk
By John Pomfret
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, August 27, 2003; Page A19
(Washington Post)
KAZAMA 8/27/2003
US gives little away on North Korea talks
By David Pilling in Tokyo, James Kynge in Beijing and Andrew Ward in Seoul
Published: August 27 2003 19:01 | Last Updated: August 27 2003 20:51
(FT.com / World / Asia-Pacific)
KAZAMA 8/27/2003
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Nations Divided on North Korea As Threat
Tue Aug 26, 2:11 AM ET
By KENJI HALL, Associated Press Writer
(YAHOO News)
KAZAMA 8/26/2003
How serious is North Korea's nuclear threat?
World > Asia Pacific
from the August 27, 2003 edition
By Ben Arnoldy
(csmonitor.com)
KAZAMA 8/26/2003
Monday, August 25, 2003
The hermit state heads to the table
World > Asia Pacific
from the August 26, 2003 edition
Five global powers start talks Wednesday with Pyongyang to ease nuclear standoff.
By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
(csmonitor.com)
KAZAMA 8/25/2003
Time to act, China tells N Korea
By Willy Wo-Lap Lam, CNN Senior China Analyst
Monday, August 25, 2003 Posted: 0406 GMT (12:06 PM HKT)
Chinese President Hu Jintao has told North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to halt his country's "constant war-preparation" and to concentrate on building up its feeble economy.
(CNN.com)
KAZAMA 8/25/2003
Sunday, August 24, 2003
S.Korea says no apology planned for anti-North demo (MSNBC News)
KAZAMA 8/24/2003
Saturday, August 16, 2003
North Korea's Trojan Horse
Masashi Nishihara
August 14, 2003; Page A19
Section: Editorial
Word Count: 830
-- It is unfortunate that North Korea's proposal for a "nonaggression pact" with the United States appears to be gaining support among some prominent U.S. policymakers and other influential figures. Such a pact would in fact lead only to a withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea and perhaps even to Japan's justifying the development of its own nuclear weapons.
North Korea believes that its national security has been seriously threatened by a series of .....
(The Washington Post)
KAZAMA 8/16/2003
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Reining in North Korean Leader Not Easy
Wed Aug 6, 7:56 AM ET
By GEORGE GEDDA
WASHINGTON - The United States has been doing the carrot-stick routine with North Korea (news - web sites) for some time, but nothing much seems to work.
(Yahoo! News)
KAZAMA 8/06/2003
Sunday, August 03, 2003
Foiled on the road to freedom
Desperate North Koreans take a perilous route through China in their bid to defect, writes Hamish McDonald.
(The Age)
KAZAMA 8/03/2003
Beijing officially unveils 2008 Olympic Games emblem
(XINHUANET)
KAZAMA 8/03/2003
Abductees cite coercion in kids' letters
(The Japan Times Online)
KAZAMA 8/03/2003
Move on kin of abductees: A ploy or a breakthrough?
(The Asahi Shimbun)
KAZAMA 8/03/2003
Pyongyang tells kids Japan 'detaining' parents
(Mainichi Daily News)
KAZAMA 8/03/2003
Thursday, July 31, 2003
North Korea: How Not to Handle a Tyrant
Where diplomacy is needed, the Bush Administration has opted for name-calling. It's time to drop the insults and start talking
AUGUST 1, 2003
AFFAIRS OF STATE
By Stan Crock
(BusinessWeek online)
KAZAMA 7/31/2003
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Japanese Divided on Iraq Troop Deployment
Tue Jul 29, 3:10 PM ET
By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Writer
KAZAMA 7/29/2003
Monday, July 28, 2003
Can The Government Compel You to Fund Attacks On Yourself?
KAZAMA 7/28/2003
Tax Misery Index
(Forbes via Eschaton)
KAZAMA 7/28/2003
Thursday, July 24, 2003
David Sifry: "An incredible lesson in civics..."
David Sifry talks with me for a half hour here about his Technorati page.
(via Scripting News)
KAZAMA 7/24/2003
Monday, July 21, 2003
A blog for everyone
By Mark Ward
BBC News Online technology correspondent
KAZAMA 7/21/2003
Walking Into Trouble
Spy flights prove North Korea is making plutonium. It may have four nukes already. But don't panic ... yet
By Richard Wolffe and B. J. Lee
NEWSWEEK July 28 issue, 2003
KAZAMA 7/21/2003
North Korea may have second nuclear plant
North Korea may be producing plutonium for atomic bombs at a second, underground nuclear reprocessing plant, according to intelligence officials in Seoul and reports in the US.
By Andrew Ward in Seoul
FINANCIAL TIMES/Asia-Pacific
Published: July 20 2003 13:19 | Last Updated: July 20 2003 13:19
KAZAMA 7/21/2003
Friday, July 18, 2003
Matsui gives Yanks a walk-off win
NEW YORK -- Hideki Matsui opened the second half of the season in dramatic fashion, hitting a walk-off home run to lift the New York Yankees to a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
(New York Yankees News)
KAZAMA 7/18/2003
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
N. Korea Drops Insistence on Bilateral Talks, Officials Say
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 17, 2003; Page A09
(The Washington Post)
KAZAMA 7/16/2003
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
U.S., N. Korea Drifting Toward War, Perry Warns
Former Defense Secretary Says Standoff Increases Risk of Terrorists Obtaining Nuclear Device
By Thomas E. Ricks and Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, July 15, 2003; Page A14
(The Washington Post)
KAZAMA 7/15/2003
U.S. under fire over N. Korea
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States is checking claims Pyongyang has enough plutonium to make half a dozen nuclear bombs, as it fends off criticism its North Korean policy is ineffective.
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 Posted: 12:09 AM EDT (0409 GMT)
CNN.com/U.S.
KAZAMA 7/15/2003
US admits intelligence uncertain of N Korean declaration
By Andrew Ward in Seoul and Guy Dinmore in Washington
Published: July 16 2003 5:00 | Last Updated: July 16 2003 5:00
FINANTIAL TIMES
KAZAMA 7/15/2003
Breakthrough 'close' in North Korea crisis
After months of diplomatic stalemate over North Korea's nuclear programme, analysts are predicting that the crisis is approaching a pivotal phase.
By Andrew Ward
Published: July 15 2003 17:20 | Last Updated: July 15 2003 17:20
FINANTIAL TIMES
KAZAMA 7/15/2003
US war plan to topple Kim Jong-il
The United States has begun drawing up a military plan designed to topple the North Korean Government that could provoke war with the communist state, according to new reports.
July 15 2003
By Shane Green
Tokyo
THE AGE
KAZAMA 7/15/2003
Monday, July 14, 2003
Fearful Symmetry: Washington and Pyongyang
By John Feffer
FPIF Policy Report
July 2003
KAZAMA 7/14/2003
Sunday, July 13, 2003
Files show a stubborn North Korea
Communist bloc archives reveal that aid to North Korea gave its old allies little influence.
By Jasper Becker | Special to The Christian Science Monitor
from the July 10, 2003 edition
KAZAMA 7/13/2003
Thursday, July 10, 2003
In Japan, U.S. Expat Fights the Yankee Way
TOKYO -- Don't call me a foreigner, the green-eyed native New Yorker tells a Japanese sharply.
(By Doug Struck
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, July 5, 2003)
KAZAMA 7/10/2003
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Arsenal Of The Axis
North Korea already supplies missiles to rogue states. Now it poses a new threat: nuclear proliferation
BY JOHN LARKIN AND DONALD MACINTYRE / SEOUL
(TIME ASIA - July 14, 2003 Vol. 161 No. 27)
KAZAMA 7/09/2003
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
You Want Statins With That?
It's summertime and the eating is easy. As you throw more red meat on the grill, you know that little pill will keep your cholesterol down. But could it also stop Alzheimer's?
By David Noonan
NEWSWEEK - July 14 issue
Update: statin n.
Any of a class of lipid-lowering drugs that reduce serum cholesterol levels by inhibiting a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of cholesterol.
KAZAMA 7/08/2003
Monday, July 07, 2003
Something To Prove
Pedro Martinez and Mike Mussina were two prominent All-Star Game snubs. But both were dominating Monday before the Yankees emerged with a 2-1 win. The winning run was scored by Hideki Matsui, but is he an All-Star? Bob Klapisch argues Matsui earned his selection, while Sean McAdam says no way he's among the AL elite.
(ESPN Baseball)
Matsui Definitely Deserves His Star
EXCELLENT CHOICE: Yankee leftfielder Hideki Matsui got lots of support from Japanese fans but there is no doubting that he belongs on AL All-Star team. Jeff Zelansky
(By Jay Greenberg - New York Post Sports)
KAZAMA 7/07/2003
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Scholars who blog
The soapbox of the digital age draws a crowd of academics.
By DAVID GLENN
(From the issue dated June 6, 2003
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Research & Publishing)
KAZAMA 7/02/2003
Tokyo Cemetery Plots Priced at $86G
Wed Jul 2, 2003
By KOZO MIZOGUCHI, Associated Press Writer
(Yahoo News)
KAZAMA 7/02/2003
Israel boycotts BBC after network's coverage "verges on anti-Semitism"
Israeli officials have decided to sever all ties with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in protest of the network's broadcast of a documentary critical of Israel's unconventional weaponry.
By Ellis Shuman June 29, 2003
(israelinsider)
KAZAMA 7/02/2003
Sunday, June 29, 2003
Tokyo Lost-And-Found Keeps Eye on GoodsOn any given day, about 800,000 items pack the four-story warehouse, with 5,000 new ones trucked in every morning for an annual haul of 220,000 articles of clothing, 30,000 mobile phones, 18,000 eyeglasses and 17,000 wallets.By HANS GREIMEL, Associated Press Writer
Jun 29, 2003
(Yahoo! News)
KAZAMA 6/29/2003
Friday, June 27, 2003
Feeding the dictatorFrom The Guardian newspaper, UK: Food aid to North Korea only props up Kim Jong-il's grotesque regime.Special report: Korea
By Fiona Terry
August 6, 2001
(Medecins Sans Frontieres - MSF)
KAZAMA 6/27/2003
Thursday, June 26, 2003
The price of peaceThe special prosecutor's recognition that the South Korean government paid a cash reward to the North for the 2000 summit has dealt another blow to the badly bruised Korean peace process.(The Korea Herald)
KAZAMA 6/26/2003
Why South Korea won't listen to Bush.
(Honor Guard by Eric Weiner
Post date: 01.23.03
TNR Online)
KAZAMA 6/26/2003
Monday, June 23, 2003
Bloggers Rate the Most Influential Blogs
(GLASER ONLINE - OJR)
KAZAMA 6/23/2003
Secret Lives
For two decades, Sung Hae Rang lived behind closed doors with the despot said to be the world's most dangerous madman. This is her exclusive tale.
By Adriana S. Lee
(TIME ASIA)
KAZAMA 6/23/2003
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Whale commission future 'in jeopardy'
The world's whales seem little safer, despite all the work and expense involved in the four-day-long International Whaling Commission's meeting.
(By Alex Kirby.
BBC News Online environment correspondent in Berlin.)
KAZAMA 6/19/2003
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
News in Depth / North Korea
(Financial Times)
KAZAMA 6/17/2003
Journalists and Their Fathers
(Poynter Online)
KAZAMA 6/17/2003
Monday, June 16, 2003
Know your War Profiteers Card Deck
(The Ruckus Society via MadKane.com)
The Deck of Weasels
The Pentagon's Iraqi Most Wanted "Deck of Death" playing cards was a huge hit with Americans.Now, NewsMax.com is raising the ante - with the Deck of Weasels, depicting the 54 worst leaders and celebrities who opposed America and were key members of "The United Nations of Weasels."
KAZAMA 6/16/2003
Thursday, June 12, 2003
While the Japanese are the world's leading newspaper buyers, China holds the world daily circulation record of 82 million, followed by Japan, India and the United States, a report said.
(ABC Online)
KAZAMA 6/12/2003
Crisis in Rangoon
Secretary Powell can send a lifeline to the suffering Burmese.
By Senator John McCain
June 11, 2003
(NRO)
KAZAMA 6/12/2003
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
N. Korean Defector Tries for U.S. Visit
SEOUL, South Korea - Six years after fleeing one of the world's most repressive regimes in search of freedom, Hwang Jang Yop remains confined to South Korea.
By KENJI HALL, Associated Press Writer
(YAHOO! News)
KAZAMA 6/11/2003
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Home the Hard Way
Hundreds of South Koreans have been abducted by the North over the decades, and only a handful have ever escaped. For those that do return, Seoul is providing less than a hero's welcome. A TIME Special Report
BY Donald Macintyre and Kim Yooseung
(TIME ASIA)
KAZAMA 6/10/2003
A Defector's Story
My escape from North Korea--and South Korea.
BY BOK KU LEE
Thursday, June 5, 2003
(Opinion Journal )
KAZAMA 6/10/2003
Roh seeks relationship free of history's shadows
South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun told the Diet on Monday that Japan and South Korea should be "free of the shadow of historical issues" and should emphasize future-oriented ties.
By REIJI YOSHIDA
Staff writer
(The Japan Times: June 10, 2003)
KAZAMA 6/10/2003
Monday, June 09, 2003
Colonial-Era Wounds Unhealed: Roh
By Shim Jae-yun
Korea Times Correspondent
(The Korea Times 06-09-2003)
KAZAMA 6/09/2003
'Japan's militarism still haunts Asia'
(The Korea Herald - June 10, 2003)
KAZAMA 6/09/2003
Where Does the ULD Leader Belong, South Korea or Japan?
Kim Jong-pil, president of the United Liberal Democrats party raised a controversy regarding his remark over the passage of a wartime contingency bill by the Japanese parliament.
JUNE 09, 2003
by Sung-Won Park
(The Dong-A Ilbo)
Roh Administration Falling in Line, or Out?
The two leaders of South Korea and Japan had summit talks a couple of days ago. They both issued joint statements. But the statement seems like a compromise covering up the delicate differences between the two leaders over North Korea`s nuclear ambitions. President Roh and. .....
(The Dong-A Ilbo Editorial - June 08, 2003)
KAZAMA 6/09/2003
Summit of Stumbles
President Roh Moo-hyun said at the end of his Japan visit on Monday that he had mixed feelings about the trip. But people watching him felt more than confused - frankly, they felt furious and ashamed. .....
(The Chosun Ilbo Editorial - June 10, 2003)
KAZAMA 6/09/2003
Roh asks Japan to face its past
Asia �edoubtful, concerned,�f about Tokyo, he tells Diet
(JoongAng Daily - 2003.06.10)
KAZAMA 6/09/2003
Sunday, June 08, 2003
spencer tunick
Tunick beats Melbourne's nude photo record
The crowd keeps still for Spencer Tunick at Maria Cristina avenue in Barcelona.
June 9 2003
Barcelona
(The Age)
7,000 pose for nude art installationMore than 7,000 people have taken part in Spencer Tunick's largest nude art installation to date - a sea of bodies stretching across a Barcelona street.
(Ananova - ©Associated Press
Story filed: 13:00 Sunday 8th June 2003)
KAZAMA 6/08/2003
Friday, June 06, 2003
Matsui helps Yanks avoid sweep
By Mark Feinsand / MLB.com
(New York Yankees Gameday Recap
06/05/2003 10:24 PM ET)
KAZAMA 6/06/2003
Thursday, June 05, 2003
Sammy Sosa says, "Al Quaida corked my bat!"
(Metapop - June 05, 2003)
Ex-teammates question Sosa's explanation
BY MIKE TULUMELLO
East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.)
(San Jose Mercury News - Posted on June 05, 2003)
KAZAMA 6/05/2003
Sosa's bats are clean, but he's not off the hook
(Associated Press via ESPN.com - June 5)
KAZAMA 6/05/2003
Complete Coverage: Say It Ain't Sosa
(July 10 - Updated: June 5 - ESPN.com)
KAZAMA 6/05/2003
Sosa's legacy could be broken beyond repair
By Jayson Stark
(June 2 - Updated: June 4 - ESPN.com)
Sosa takes the blame for being ejected in first
(June 03 - ESPN.com)
KAZAMA 6/05/2003
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Welcome to Daw Aung San Suu Ky'is Pages
Myanmar ignores calls to free Suu Kyi
Minister says Nobel peace laureate is 'perfectly fine', but nations put pressure on ruling junta by lodging protests
(The Straits Times Interactive JUNE 4, 2003)
New Push for Sanctions Against Burma Regime Likely
by Jim Lobe
(Published on Monday, June 2, 2003 by OneWorld.net
via Common Dreams NEWS CENTER)
KAZAMA 6/03/2003
Monday, June 02, 2003
More about "Kibbutz"
KAZAMA 6/02/2003
Yesha leaders may agree to evacuate empty outposts
By Aluf Benn, Nadav Shragai and Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondents: 02/06/2003
KAZAMA 6/02/2003
U.S. wants timetable from Israel for removing outpostsJERUSALEM - The United States wants Israel to submit a timetable for the evacuation of more than 100 unauthorized outposts in the West Bank. Israeli officials and Western diplomatic sources said the Bush administration regards the dismantling of the outposts as the first major Israeli obligation in connection with the so-called roadmap. Last week, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved a U.S.-sponsored plan for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian war and the establishment of an interim Palestinian state by the end of the year.(Special to World Tribune.com
MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE - Monday, June 2, 2003)
KAZAMA 6/02/2003
They've been here before
Israelis are too optimistic to be realistic.
(By Joel Mowbray - NRO June 2, 2003)
KAZAMA 6/02/2003
Pyongyang not misusing food aid: expertNorth Korea does not have a military as powerful as is often reported by international media, and there is no evidence that humanitarian aid has been diverted to the military and the country's elite, a British expert on North Korean affairs said Thursday. .....(The Japan Times: May 30, 2003)
KAZAMA 6/02/2003
Sunday, June 01, 2003
Aid lifelines continue to reach to North KoreaHolt International Children's Services, the Eugene adoption agency, sends nutrition biscuits to children in North Korea. Mercy Corps, the Portland-based aid organization, sends apple trees. World Vision, of Federal Way, Wash., helps hungry Koreans raise vegetables. ....(By RICHARD READ - 05/24/03 OregonLive.com)
KAZAMA 6/01/2003
Northern Exposure
The CIA recruited a scientist who worked on North Korea's nuclear weapons program
BY TIMOTHY J. BURGER AND PERRY BACON JR.
(TIME Asia June 2, 2003 / Vol. 161 No. 21)
KAZAMA 6/01/2003
Saturday, May 31, 2003
Japan is an Earthquake-Prone Country
READINESS, DEEP EPICENTER HELPED
This time luck on quake-hit Japan's side
SENDAI (AP) The two earthquakes struck within days of each other, unleashing roughly the same devastating power. The killer quake in Algeria left thousands dead. Its counterpart in Japan left hardly a scratch.
(By HANS GREIMEL - The Japan Times: May 30 2003)
KAZAMA 5/31/2003
Friday, May 30, 2003
East Asia: China Forcibly Returns North Korean Refugees to Death, Torture, and Imprisonment
Washington, D.C., May 29, 2003 The Chinese government forcibly returned tens of thousands of North Korean refugees back to harsh labor camps, torture, and even execution in North Korea during 2002, according to the World Refugee Survey 2003, an authoritative annual report published today by the U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR).
KAZAMA 5/30/2003
Running on Empty
Kim Jong Il's brinkmanship is stoking a humanitarian crisis in North Korea. Will sanctions spread famine?
(BY DONALD MACINTYRE/YANJI
TIME Asia March 24, 2003 / Vol. 161 No. 11)
A Very Expensive Affair
Increasingly, South Koreans see the Sunshine Policy as throwing good money after bad
(BY DONALD MACINTYRE
Time Asia March 24, 2003 / Vol. 161 No. 11)
KAZAMA 5/30/2003
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
[Opinion] 'Roh Moo-hyun' or 'No Mu-hyon'
(The Korea Times)
KAZAMA 5/28/2003
S. China city deals heavy blow at trade in wildlife
(Xinhuanet 2003-05-28)
SARS: The Animal Origin?
(bwg - adventures of a big white guy living in hong kong)
KAZAMA 5/28/2003
A New Eye on North Korea
The CIA lands a well-placed intelligence source.
By TIMOTHY J. BURGER AND PERRY BACON JR
(TIME Magazine Tuesday, May. 27, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/28/2003
Talk Plus Muscle On North Korea
By Jim Hoagland
Sunday, May 25, 2003; Page B07
(The Washsington Post)
KAZAMA 5/28/2003
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
N Korea health disaster warning
28may03
(The Courier-Mail via 1stopKorea)
KAZAMA 5/27/2003
Sunday, May 25, 2003
N. Korea threatens South with disaster
MAY 26, 2003(AFP via The Straight Times)SEOUL -- Communist North Korea on Monday threatened to inflict 'unimaginable disaster' on South Korea which it accused of escalating the danger of war on the Korean peninsula.
Last week, Pyongyang sparked an outcry from Seoul and caused a three-day suspension of inter-Korean economic cooperation talks by threatening to bring 'unspeakable disaster' to the capitalist South.
This time the threat came from North Korea's powerful Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a cabinet-level organisation handling relations with South Korea.
KAZAMA 5/25/2003
Thursday, May 22, 2003
70-year-old claims Everest record
A 70-year-old Japanese man has become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest.
(BBC NEWS)
KAZAMA 5/22/2003
THE KOREA CRISISNorth Korea is not crazy, near collapse, nor about to start a war. But it is dangerous, not to mention dangerously misunderstood. Defusing the threat that North Korea poses to its neighbors and the world will require less bluster, more patience, and a willingness on the part of the United States to probe and understand the true sources of the North�fs conduct.
By Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang
�gNorth Korea Belongs in the �eAxis of Evil�f�h(Foreign Policy May|June 2003)No. ..... Although it does nasty things like sell drugs and make counterfeit money, North Korea has not engaged in terrorism in the last 16 years, and .....
�gKim Jong Il Is Crazy, Unpredictable, and Undeterrable�hWrong ..... North Korea has not started a war in five decades. .....
Is that right? Professor Cha is said to be Korean-American.
KAZAMA 5/22/2003
Inter-Korean economic meeting deadlocked: media
(Xinhuanet 2003-05-21)
KAZAMA 5/22/2003
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
North Korean Defectors Wearing Masks Testified Before US Senate
(Donga Ilbo May 21, 2003)
North defectors tell of drugs, missiles
(JoongAngDaily 2003.05.22)
KAZAMA 5/21/2003
Pyongyang Issues First 'How Dare You?'
by Kim Min-cheol (mckim@chosun.com)
(The Chosun Ilbo)
KAZAMA 5/21/2003
Korean talks suspended
Inter-Korean talks in Pyongyang have been suspended after the North's warning that Seoul faced "unspeakable disaster" if it sided with Washington in the nuclear crisis.
(BBC NEWS May 21, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/21/2003
Monday, May 19, 2003
U.S. Must Be Ready to Blockade N.Korea - Experts
Mon May 19,12:12 AM ET Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo!
By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
KAZAMA 5/19/2003
May 19, 2003 - Without urgent action on an agreed coalition strategy, recent developments on the Korean Peninsula suggest that we could soon face a fully nuclear-armed North Korea with the capacity to export nuclear fissile materials, or even bombs, concludes a Council-sponsored Independent Task Force, Meeting the North Korean Nuclear Challenge.
(Source: Press Release - CFR Publications)
KAZAMA 5/19/2003
Miss Universe beauty pageant to open in Panama
..... Tight foreign exchange controls in Venezuela have blocked one of the South American country's most famous exports, candidates for the Miss Universe beauty pageant. ....
(Xinhuanet 2003-05-19 10:37:59)
KAZAMA 5/19/2003
Saturday, May 17, 2003
Tracing the Spread of SARS
Faulty Drains Led to Outbreak at Hong Kong Apartment Complex
(From: NPR)
KAZAMA 5/17/2003
NPPA: The Best of Photojournalism 2003
(Poynter Online)
KAZAMA 5/17/2003
North Korea U.S.-Japan Relations
Updated: May 15, 2003
How will the North Korea crisis affect U.S.-Japan relations?
(Source: CFR)
KAZAMA 5/17/2003
Friday, May 16, 2003
Roh shifting N. Korea strategy
By Hwang Jang-jin Korea Herald correspondentSAN FRANCISCO - President Roh Moo-hyun indicated Thursday South Korea may cut or slow down exchanges with North Korea if Pyongyang continues with its nuclear saber rattling.(Korea Heralds May 17, 2003)
Roh Hints at Change in NK Policy
By Oh Young-jin Korea Times CorrespondentSAN FRANCISCO _ President Roh Moo-hyun on Thursday said South Korea will deal with North Korea with more reciprocity so that Seoul is no longer subject to Pyongyang's whims in inter-Korean affairs.(Korea Times May 16, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/16/2003
Is the kibbutz, Israel's unique society, an endangered species?
By israelinsider staff May 13, 2003
Kibbutz What, Why, When, Where
November 2002
by Jon Fidler, journalist, member of Kibbutz Beit Ha'emek
(From: israelinsider)
KAZAMA 5/16/2003
Group Photos:First group of SARS patients discharged from Xiaotangshan hospital
(Source: Xinhuanet 2003-05-16 07:35:59)
KAZAMA 5/16/2003
Thursday, May 15, 2003
Where Next for al-Qaeda?
Tuesday's suicide strikes in Saudi Arabia may be the start of a campaign to hit U.S. targets in the Arab world
By TONY KARON
(From: TIME.com May 13, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/15/2003