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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

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.

(AFP via The Straight Times)
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 CRISIS

North 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

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�h

Wrong ..... North Korea has not started a war in five decades. .....

(Foreign Policy May|June 2003)

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 correspondent

SAN 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 Correspondent

SAN 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

Wednesday, May 14, 2003

 
Surly Media Serves No One

- I'm watching a live news conference on CNN, where off camera reporters are questioning Lt. Gen. David McKiernan, the coalition commander in Baghdad. .....

(PhotoDude's Web Log via BuzzMachine)
KAZAMA 5/14/2003

 
THE LIMITS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES :
(From: Daniel W. Drezner May 14, 2003)

Et Tu, Kristol?
By Daniel W. Drezner

Conspiracies are all the rage in world politics these days. A majority of Arabs believe that Israel was responsible for the September 11 attacks. Antiwar activists believe that the U.S. government "created" Saddam Hussein. ..... (TNR Online)
KAZAMA 5/14/2003

 
Pyongyang's dangerous game
By RALPH COSSA
What exactly did North Korea claim or admit to and in what context?
(The Japan Times: May 15, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/14/2003

 
Bleak tales of army life in N. Korea
A defector from an elite women's unit speaks of tight control and fear of 'going soft.'
By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
(from The Christian Science Monitor May 13, 2003 edition )
KAZAMA 5/14/2003

Tuesday, May 13, 2003

 
SARS Watch™ Org
following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome around the globe
KAZAMA 5/13/2003

 
North Korea
Nuclear Program
Updated: May 9, 2003
Why are North Korea's nuclear activities so difficult to detect?
(Source: CFR)
KAZAMA 5/13/2003

 
Ole Eichorn: Google and Blogs.
(Quoted from Scripting News May 11, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/13/2003

 
Sins of the Son
Kim Jong Il's North Korea Is in Ruins, But Why Should That Spoil His Fun?
By Peter Carlson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 11, 2003; Page D01
(Source: washingtonpost.com)
KAZAMA 5/13/2003

Saturday, May 10, 2003

 
Quoted from Scripting News May 8, 2003:

Andrew Grumet: Deep Thinking about Weblogs.

Andrew Orlowski thinks weblogs are going to get the boot at Google. Interesting. How will it tell the difference?

KAZAMA 5/10/2003

Thursday, May 08, 2003

 
The silent birth of a killer virus
By CHRIS TAYLOR
Special to The Japan Times

..... His coughs were like biological bombs, and the infection they spread was unlike any flu virus Liu had seen. He worried that he was witnessing the birth of a new epidemic, and that the authorities were turning a blind eye to it.

(The Japan Times Online May 9, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/08/2003

Wednesday, May 07, 2003

 
Quoted from MetaFilter - May 7, 2003

Impressive monuments, lousy souvenir stands, and lots and lots of vigilant soldiers. An American living in South Korea takes a once-in-a-lifetime trip to North Korea. 11 pages full of photos including a hundred thousand colored pieces of cardboard, and a sampling of the five billion pictures of Kim Il-sung.

KAZAMA 5/07/2003

Tuesday, May 06, 2003

 
What the Bully Wants
Don't panic over North Korea.
By Peter Brookes
May 6, 2003
(NRO)
KAZAMA 5/06/2003

Monday, May 05, 2003

 
Academic View: Extended nuclear deterrence
By Alon Ben-Meir
From the Life & Mind Desk
(UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL)
KAZAMA 5/05/2003

 
Why North Korea should scare you
(The Volokh Conspiracy)
KAZAMA 5/05/2003

 
Australian Financial Review (May 6, 2003):
Nuclear threat 'won't work'
North Korea threatens to end talks
KAZAMA 5/05/2003

Sunday, May 04, 2003

 
Rebecca Blood is [was] being interviewed at the WELL. (Rebecca's Pocket [May 2, 2003])

Hi, Rebecca! We should start by discussing the definition of "weblog." There's many definitions popping up, some emphasizing structure, and others focusing on content. It's such a broad field, I like that you capture the diversity by looking at three broad categories. Could you go over those?

(iNKWELL.VUE 182: Rebecca Blood, "The Weblog Handbook"
#1 of 34: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) 01 May 2003)

KAZAMA 5/04/2003

 
It had long been my understanding that Op-Ed stood for "Opinion & Editorial". In his answer to the readers' question, Mat Alsdorf explains:

Op-Ed: The page in a newspaper where opinion pieces not written by the paper's editorial board appear. It originally stood for "opposite the editorial page." It also refers to the individual articles on the op-ed page (e.g., "Henry Kissinger's New York Times op-ed on the nuclear test ban treaty"). Some op-ed pieces are written by regularly syndicated columnists, and others are submitted to the newspaper unsolicited.

(Source: Explaining Today's Papers - Slate
By Matt Alsdorf
September 7, 1999)
KAZAMA 5/04/2003

 
US' calculated 'chess moves' may be the wrong strategy as N. Korea raises the stakes 'poker-style'
By William Choong
TECHNOLOGY REPORTER
(TheStraitsTimes INTERACTIVE May 4, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/04/2003

Saturday, May 03, 2003

 
The outline of North Korea's "new generous method" put forth during three-way talks held last week in Beijing involving North Korea, China and the United States has become somewhat more clear.
(Asahi Shimbun - Op/Ed)
KAZAMA 5/03/2003

Friday, May 02, 2003

 
Is there an art to blogging?
Hamish Mackintosh (interviewed with William Gibson)
May 1, 2003
Guardian Unlimited Online
KAZAMA 5/02/2003

Thursday, May 01, 2003

 
U.S. sets the bar high in N. Korea talks
By JOHN BARRY KOTCH
Special to The Japan Times

..... the U.S. has set the bar much higher this time around. The 1994 Agreed Framework froze rather than eliminated North Korea's nuclear ambition. It left ambiguous how much nuclear material Pyongyang actually had on hand and what had been done with it. (Now [that] we (that) know North Korea has the bomb and is threatening to prove it.) These issues were to have been resolved before the two promised light-water reactors were actually delivered and made operational.

(The Japan Times online: May 2, 2003)
KAZAMA 5/01/2003

 
NEXT MOVE IN GAME WITH NORTH KOREA MUST BE A SMART ONE
Apr 30,10:02 PM ET
By David M. Shribman

Important overlooked truth: Despite its mindless Marxist rhetoric, Pyongyang has no real dispute with the United States. And the elements of a solution are at hand. The United States has lots of money. North Korea wants some of it. North Korea has nuclear facilities. The United States wants these facilities destroyed. Not too hard to guess how this problem is resolved -- if everyone plays straight.

(Yahoo! News Op/Ed)
KAZAMA 5/01/2003

 
   Can you believe what some people are saying about the North Korean nuclear crisis? See "Kelly's 'fairies' threaten peace" in The Japan Times - Opinion, which says in part:

Kelly has a good track record of listening to fairies, but this time when they told him that North Korea has and is going to test, use and sell nuclear weapons, other people in the room were listening to what the North Koreans were actually saying.

Kelly's fairies are a bigger threat to world peace than Kim.

(The Japan Times Online: May 1, 2003)

Isn't it outrageous?
KAZAMA 5/01/2003