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Sunday, June 29, 2003

 
Tokyo Lost-And-Found Keeps Eye on Goods
On 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)

Friday, June 27, 2003

 
Feeding the dictator
From 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)

Thursday, June 26, 2003

 
The price of peace
The 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)
 
Why South Korea won't listen to Bush.
(Honor Guard by Eric Weiner
Post date: 01.23.03
TNR Online)

Monday, June 23, 2003

 
Bloggers Rate the Most Influential Blogs
(GLASER ONLINE - OJR)
 
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)

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.)

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

 
News in Depth / North Korea
(Financial Times)
 
Journalists and Their Fathers
(Poynter Online)

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."

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)
 
Crisis in Rangoon
Secretary Powell can send a lifeline to the suffering Burmese.
By Senator John McCain
June 11, 2003
(NRO)

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)

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)
 
A Defector's Story
My escape from North Korea--and South Korea.
BY BOK KU LEE
Thursday, June 5, 2003
(Opinion Journal )
 
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)

Monday, June 09, 2003

 
Colonial-Era Wounds Unhealed: Roh
By Shim Jae-yun
Korea Times Correspondent
(The Korea Times 06-09-2003)
 
'Japan's militarism still haunts Asia'
(The Korea Herald - June 10, 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)
 
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)
 
Roh asks Japan to face its past
Asia �edoubtful, concerned,�f about Tokyo, he tells Diet
(JoongAng Daily - 2003.06.10)

Sunday, June 08, 2003

 
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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 installation

More 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)

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)

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)
 
Sosa's bats are clean, but he's not off the hook
(Associated Press via ESPN.com - June 5)

 
Complete Coverage: Say It Ain't Sosa
(July 10 - Updated: June 5 - ESPN.com)
 
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)

Tuesday, June 03, 2003

 
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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)

Monday, June 02, 2003

 
More about "Kibbutz"
 
Yesha leaders may agree to evacuate empty outposts
By Aluf Benn, Nadav Shragai and Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondents: 02/06/2003
 
U.S. wants timetable from Israel for removing outposts
JERUSALEM - 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)
 
They've been here before
Israelis are too optimistic to be realistic.
(By Joel Mowbray - NRO June 2, 2003)
 
Pyongyang not misusing food aid: expert
North 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)

Sunday, June 01, 2003

 
Aid lifelines continue to reach to North Korea
Holt 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)
 
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)