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...clear day you can see the North Korean coast from Yeonpyeong. But an ocean boundary line is hardly as clear cut as the dmz that splits the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang has never officially recognized the U.N.-imposed demarcation line in the sea. Three years ago, a North Korean gunner opened fire on a South Korean ship, triggering an exchange that left at least 30 North Koreans dead and nine South Koreans wounded. That dispute occurred at the height of the crab season. Last week, the South Korean navy changed the rules of engagement, allowing it to react more quickly when...
...breezy stretch of the North Sea 14 km off the west coast of Denmark, the world's largest offshore wind farm is under construction. When the installation at Horns Rev is completed later this year, it will have 80 towering windmills, each producing about 2 megawatts of electricity. That's enough to power 133,000 households. More important, the addition of Horns Rev and a second offshore wind farm will boost Denmark's output of wind-powered energy next year to 21% of the country's total electricity production, the highest in the world. "Wind power has finally entered...
...windmills. But since the government decided that wind power should be priced according to the market two years ago, construction of new turbines has fallen sharply. One of the beneficiaries of Denmark's early move into wind power is Vestas Wind Systems, based on the North Sea coast in Ringkobing. Originally a maker of farm equipment, Vestas began manufacturing windmills as a sideline and sold them to farmers. The company, which now makes only wind turbines, is the largest manufacturer of them in the world, claiming a 24% market share. Starting with 60 employees after a bankruptcy filing...
...island of Selayar is largely unsullied by human development, the same cannot be said of its surrounding coral reefs. It only takes a quick peek below the surface of the island's tranquil waters to see the devastating consequences of unfettered local fishing practices. The sea floor off the coast, once heralded as one of Sulawesi's richest reefs, is now a barren, white wasteland of shattered coral, eerie stillness and craters the size of a child's inflatable wading pool. The effects of dynamite fishing are hard to miss...
...TIME: What about gambling kingpin Tomy Winata? You were with him in the Thousand Islands off the coast of Jakarta in April, right? Taufik: It's a nice island that happens to be owned by Tomy Winata. If the President's family goes there for holiday, it's natural that he would be there...