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...Courting Kim Jong Il So what if the U.S. is not amused as the two Koreas try to resolve their decades-long standoff with minimum military tension? TIME's story [June 21] seemed to be focused more on U.S. concerns in the region than on the ultimate benefits that North and South Korea can bring about. Apparently part of the U.S.'s strategy is to create clouds of fear that any country it brands a rogue nation, such as North Korea, could strike at any time. Lowell Allan Estepa Puerto Princesa, the Philippines...
...attitude of Asians toward North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has changed because he has tried to do a lot for the region. Now it is time for the Bush Administration to change too and do something practical. North Korea wants diplomatic recognition and a noninvasion treaty. On your cover you show a proud Kim who is smiling, but in fact he still feels threatened. Cheol-Ho Jang Yongin, South Korea...
...Many of the posters trumpet Kim Jong Il's "Army First" propaganda that touts the military not only as a fighting force but as a model of devotion and discipline. (Not coincidentally, it is also a key power base for the Dear Leader.) In one poster, a rifle-toting soldier leads a miner, a steelworker, a farmer and a scientist, urging, "Behind the Army First Flag, Forward March!" The backgrounds of posters like this typically feature icons of North Korean modernity-missiles, smokestacks, construction sites, dams, electricity towers, desktop computers and walkie-talkies, which seem to possess the kind...
North Korea's "Teflon Dictator" "Kim Jong Il seems to be pushing for the unification of North and South Korea while lobbying against America's influence." Min Jeong Koh Jeju, South Korea...
...North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il seems to be pushing for the unification of North and South Korea while lobbying against America's influence. Kim has been increasingly successful in strengthening his position in Asia and the world, as you correctly reported. South Korea's conservative opposition Grand National Party (GNP), once staunchly anticommunist, has changed. Many of the older generation of politicians were expelled, and its leaders are insisting that the GNP should not disturb inter-Korea projects, as the party once did. Has the North been trying to infiltrate the party? The GNP might be the last remaining...