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Roh Moo Hyun may have come into office with a grand vision for South Korea based on equality and peace but his Administration has shattered his grand vision with unprofessional, three stooges like performances, they are horribly unqualified for their positions to have the ear of the President.
James T. Morris, executive director of the WFP, also said last month that the best way to help the most vulnerable North Koreans by rice aid would be to funnel it through the U.N. agency, as it has better monitoring capabilities.
Another great editorial from Chosun Ilbo
The U.S. administration is on high alert now President George W. Bushs approval rating has fallen to 41 percent. The Korean presidents approval rating has plummeted to 20.6 percent: He has urgent business in hand trying to recover a driving force that can sustain the national government for the remaining two-and-a-half years of its term.
Attack on McArthur is an attack on the United Nations and the thousands of foreigners who died for South Korea's independence
By attacking his statue and his memory, these protestors are also denigrating ALL those foreign soldiers under the UN command, who came to fight alongside South Korea in that war. There were men and women from more than 20 nations involved, including my own. Tens of thousands of them gave their lives so that South Korea should remain free and independent.
Lawyers doing good for Human Kind? Now I have seen everything
The group rejected silence about North Korean human rights for the sake of economic cooperation or to avoid upsetting the North, and affirmed its belief that only international cooperation and active efforts to improve human rights in the North can lead to peaceful unification. It added the Bar Associations 5,000 members prayed that North Koreans will soon see an end to public executions and forced labor camps.
Here we go again!
When the U.S. provides us with a light-water reactor that can be the basis of bilateral confidence. It said Pyongyang was fair and square, consistent and deep-rooted like a rock. The U.S. should not even dream of asking us to give up the nuclear deterrent we already have before providing a light-water nuclear reactor.
NK will see this as a broken promise
A high-ranking Seoul official said in Beijing, asking not to be named, that the government does not think there is any possibility of providing electricity and a light-water reactor to North Korea at the same time. Thus, the six nations have to discuss providing a new reactor to the energy-starved country.
A seasoned politician would never make a stupid mistake like this except a politician with less than 5 years experience
The lawmaker said the president will first show his willingness to resign, unveiling his plan to change the Constitution. As the ruling and opposition parties are expected to fail to agree on the proposal, Roh will step down to call for an early presidential election.
The world must face some hard questions about North Korea
They are responsible for the longest state of misery and despair the Korean people have ever experienced, even longer than the Japanese occupation of Korea. The dictatorship's ruthlessness and stubbornness has resulted in their refusal to acknowledge faults.
This is great news for South Korea, but whether North Korea will keep it's word is another matter
The breakthrough came after the United States softened its stance of opposing the North keeping even a civilian nuclear program, citing its past history of diverting research facilities for weapons development in violation of international agreements, including one in 1994.
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