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...finally figured out the reason for North Korea's bizarre behavior of late: some time last year, in a still top-secret caper, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld must have convinced North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to switch sides and sign on to the Pentagon payroll. Okay, I admit this is far fetched. But it might just explain the series of self-defeating plays Kim has made on the strategic chessboard since President George W. Bush's "axis of evil" speech. Of course, Pyongyang's approach to statecraft has always appeared a tad peculiar, its international posture unapologetically savage...
...Remember Kim's "confession diplomacy" with Japan last fall? His unprecedented admission of North Korea's past kidnapping of Japanese citizens was supposed to pave the way for normalization of relations?and juicy normalization payments from Tokyo. But then Kim lowballed the victim total and let it be known that most of the unfortunates had already died and that autopsies would be impossible since their graves had somehow disappeared. Thanks to the ensuing explosion of popular outrage back home, anti-North Korean circles in Japan no longer have to worry about "normalization in our time...
...director general of their Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau. Officials of that rank can, at best, serve as one-way broadcast machines for prerecorded messages from Pyongyang. Just to make sure the Chinese and Americans didn't miss the snub, Pyongyang also arranged for General Jo Myong Rok, Kim's No. 2, to be in Beijing when Kelly arrived?but unavailable for the talks...
Janeway passed away in New Haven, Conn. on April 12. He is survived by his wife, H. Kim Bottomly, also a professor of immunobiology at Yale, three daughters and three sisters...
After opening rounds of 75 and 74, however, Klein shot a final round 79 to finish tied for sixth, six strokes behind Yale’s Brian Kim, the tournament’s eventual winner...