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...slightly different emphasis," although the goal of a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula is the same. "For the people of the Republic of Korea, the Demilitarized Zone is right at their doorstep," noted Green, senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council. "Seoul is as close to the DMZ and North Korean artillery as the White House is to Dulles Airport. So it's very much a clear and present threat for the people of the Republic of Korea, and the President is fully aware of that...
...winter of 1998 I was a young soldier, serving on the DMZ in South Korea,” he said in his graduation speech, now available for viewing on Manatee’s website. “In a field exercise one night, I found myself bedded down without so much as a poncho to protect me from the elements. I woke for guard duty at about 3 a.m., stiff and shivering, to find the sky had opened up and was snowing on my face...
...state of peaceful modernity. Sure, the six-party talks on the future of the peninsula achieved something of a breakthrough in September, when Pyongyang seemed to agree to forego its nuclear ambitions in return for economic assistance. But the South-desperate not to see a collapse north of the DMZ-would like to give the North more aid, and sooner than Washington contemplates. From Korea, Bush flies to Beijing, where he will meet with the leaders of a nation which, however much its economic future may be linked to that of the U.S., is certainly not an ally...
...Many are seemingly trivial-a hotel worker slowly crushing a fly underfoot, a propaganda truck blaring encouragement to construction workers-but when seen through the keen eye of a man who spent his workdays pondering the facial expressions of animated bears, they give rare insight into life beyond the DMZ...
...rolling south from Pyongyang toward Kaesong near the DMZ, searching for signs of economic life in North Korea. Pyongyang, the capital, was like a ghost town?its spotless streets scrubbed clean of the messy bustle that defines most Asian capitals. The highway to the country's second-biggest city is nearly deserted. But our government handlers have promised to show us the Kaesong industrial park, where North Koreans are churning out watches, shoes and kitchenware in newly built South Korean-owned factories. After a two-hour drive, the bus stops on a bridge in the middle of nowhere. No industrial...