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SEOUL: Beijing is on the spot now that Hwang Jang Yop, a key member of North Korea?s ruling party and a close confidant to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, has launched an attempt to defect to South Korea via China. In Japan at a North Korean-sponsored international seminar, Hwang reportedly changed planes and departed Tokyo for Beijing. Hwang, 72, is a relative of late North Korean President Kim Il Sung and a prize product of the system, a graduate of North Korea's elite Kim Il Sung University and Moscow University in the late 1950s. Hwang would...
...North. According to the Hankyoreh Shinmun newspaper, the U.S. and South Korea will begin shipments shortly after the deal is finalized sometime next week. In return, North Korea would attend talks with U.S. and South Korea on signing a peace treaty to officially end the 1950-1953 Korean War. If true, the move would mark a significant turnaround for South Korea, which previously has refused to link food aid to negotiations. Any aid carries painful political baggage for North Korea, which was forced to back down earlier this week from its official "socialist paradise" ideology with a public admission that...
...legal immigrants. Governors of states with heavy immigration, such as California, Florida and New York, remain concerned that the bureaucratic backlogs delaying the granting of citizenship to legal immigrants is leaving thousands of legal residents of the U.S. in a benefits no-man?s-land. Says 59-year-old Korean native Chul Baek, a resident of Los Angeles who depends on federal benefits for treatment of his mental illness: "I have no idea how I'm going to live without this...
SEOUL: For the first time, North Korea told the world just how hungry its people are, and asked for help. North's Korean Central News Agency quoted an official as admitting that because of devastating floods, the country harvested only 2.5 million tons of grain last year, barely half the grain it needs to feed its population. The plea comes as the U.N. World Food Program is preparing its third appeal in a year for the country?s aid. U.N. officials called North Korea a nation "in the throes of a life-threatening food shortage," noting that its current state...
According to an e-mail message announcing the conference, there will be a mixture of cultural and professional workshops. The seminar topics will range from Korean Drumming, Sushi Making and Asian Drinking Games to career planning and approaches to leadership...