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...club of proven nuclear powers, North Korea watchers say the potential fallout with its ally China could stay Pyongyang's hand. But President Bush isn't taking any chances. He urged China's President Hu Jintao last week to rein in his irksome neighbor. And in case Kim Jong Il doesn't get the message, the U.S. is rotating Stealth bombers and fighter jets through Guam, where they are within striking distance of North Korea. --By Donald Macintyre. With reporting by Elaine Shannon
...Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill was clearly frustrated last week when a reporter in Seoul asked him why Washington isn't offering a "bold solution" to convince North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to abandon his nuclear-weapons program. "Why are you blaming me?" asked Hill. "You should be blaming Kim Jong Il." Hill later told TIME: "Frankly, it is time to give Kim Jong Il a bit of a kick...
...that the North may now be capable of putting nuclear warheads atop missiles that can reach Japan and perhaps even America's West Coast. Bush commented: "We don't know if he can or not, but I think it's best when dealing with a tyrant like Kim Jong Il to assume that...
...diplomacy is mounting. North Korea has already declared itself a nuclear power, one that is entitled to formal disarmament talks like any other nation with nuclear arms. It is impossible to verify if Pyongyang really has the Bomb, but neighboring countries think it unwise to test whether Kim Jong Il is bluffing. So getting Pyongyang back to the negotiating table?the "six-party talks" that the North walked out of last June?becomes more urgent by the month. Recently, the apparent shutdown of a reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear power plant has increased anxiety that Pyongyang might...
...pressures of Korea's competitive school system, a lack of supervision by working parents, and the ready availability of violent video games and Internet pornography. Kids copy bad behavior out of curiosity, particularly when they can hide behind a group identity, says police juvenile-crime expert Kang Dae Il. Says Kim Yang Young Hee, a counselor at the Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center, a Seoul-based NGO: "Kids think sexual violence is a game...