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...Only about 300 North Korean refugees made their way to South Korea in the first four months of this year, a drop of almost 40% from the same period in 2004, according to activists (Seoul stopped releasing statistics on refugees earlier this year, citing security concerns). But tighter border controls aren't the only reason fewer North Koreans are getting out. Since the airlift from Vietnam, South Korean officials have publicly discouraged organized efforts to help North Koreans leave. Seoul has also tightened screening of asylum seekers and reduced cash settlements for newly arrived defectors from...
...South Korean officials insist the new measures are aimed at protecting North Koreans from unscrupulous people smugglers. But the policy shift has once again put Washington and Seoul at cross-purposes?legislation passed by Congress last year seeks to lend more assistance to refugees. President Bush is expected in the next few weeks to name a special envoy for North Korean human rights. State Department and Congressional sources say the odds-on choice is Jay Lefkowitz, a lawyer who played a major role in shaping Bush's policy on stem-cell research...
...should say that we have enough nuclear bombs to defend against a U.S. attack." KIM GYE GWAN, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister, talking about Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities in an interview with the U.S.'s abc News...
...Cloned human beings are merely a science-fiction fantasy. I can assure you that on this globe, you'll never bump into a cloned human being, at least within 100 years." HWANG WOO SUK, South Korean scientist who last year was the first to clone a human embryo, on the state of the controversial technology...
...knife will rule. Instead of trying to force democracy where it cannot take root, at a cost of thousands of lives, we should choose our man in the region and make sure he has the longest knife. Peter E. Goldman Surfside, Florida, U.S. The Stem-Cell Breakthrough "Inside the Korean Cloning Lab" [May 30] reported that South Korean scientists have created human stem-cell lines that are perfectly matched to the dna of human patients. That story gave me mingled feelings of delight and worry. Although the whole world is now one step closer to an ideal situation for studying...