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...President Chen Shui-bian condemned as a "law of aggression" Beijing's new antisecession legislation, which permits the use of "nonpeaceful means" against Taiwan if the island moves toward formal independence from the mainland. MEANWHILE IN FRANCE... A Piste of One's Own Lee Kun-hee, chairman of South Korean electronics giant Samsung, has avoided colliding with other skiers on his winter vacation in Courchevel by reserving three beginners' slopes for private use - at a cost of €1,500 per hour. Which goes to show that money really can buy piste of mind...
Back in Cambridge, Marx fronted the pop/indie band Usigapop, blending musical influences in songs such as “kar-li,” based on a Korean folk song. As the owner of an extensive collection of 1990s Japanese underground dance music, Marx also called himself “DJ Dokidoki,” spinning Japanese house and loungecore music...
...happens, the foreign agent in question--a group called the Korea- U.S. Exchange Council, funded largely by the Korean holding company Hanwha Group--lists its address as the same waterfront Georgetown office suite as Buckham's lobbying business. Edward Stewart, who not only manages international business for Buckham's Alexander Strategy Group but also is the Korean group's Washington representative, declined to comment on the controversy. Buckham, 46, did not return telephone calls and e-mails seeking an interview. The lawmakers named by the Post, including DeLay, say they were not aware that the group was a foreign agent...
...develop nuclear weapons only as a deterrent to the threatening nuclear superpower of the U.S. President George W. Bush included North Korea in his notorious "axis of evil," along with Iraq and Iran. He invaded Iraq and has now focused world attention on Iran. He said he loathes North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and called him a "pygmy." The U.S. has in the past maintained as many as 40,000 troops at North Korea's border with the South. President Bush needs only to look in the mirror to see the person most responsible for forcing North Korea...
...RESIGNED. LEE HUN JAI, 60, South Korean Finance and Economic Minister; after legislators called for his ouster over suspect real estate transactions; in Seoul. Revelations emerged in January that Lee's wife, Jin Jin Sook, may have flouted residency laws with a 1979 purchase of land in Kwangju, south of Seoul, which she later sold for a profit of $4.6 million. Lee denied any improprieties, but said he would step down because the controversy "could burden the President and be of no help to the economy...