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After reports in early September that North Korea's Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, may have suffered a debilitating stroke (which North Korean officials deny), Pyongyang confirmed on Sept. 19 - again, without Kim present -that it was preparing to restart its nuclear reactor. With North Korea a fragile state whose population hovers constantly on the brink of famine and with no clear successor to Kim in place, the only thing more frightening than a rogue nation with him at the helm could be one without...
Rangel is a lifelong Harlem resident. After dropping out of high school and being wounded in the Korean War, he went on to get a bachelor's degree from New York University and a law degree from St. John's University. After working as an assistant U.S. attorney, he was elected to the New York State Assembly and then Congress in 1970. He was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and has championed many causes in the House, including low-income housing in urban communities and divestment from U.S. companies operating in South Africa during apartheid...
...North Korea Dear Leader in Decline? After Kim Jong Il failed to attend a parade marking the country's 60th anniversary, rumors began circulating that the secretive North Korean leader's health was deteriorating. State media have not reported a public appearance by Kim since Aug. 14, though Western intelligence officials say the 66-year-old dictator has manipulated such reports before. White House officials could not confirm the rumors but said they are monitoring the "opaque" nation amid stalled talks over its nuclear program. The Dear Leader assumed power in 1994 after the death of his father, North Korea...
...fact, almost nobody was happy with the rule—not the large South Korean contingent who claimed they were being discriminated against because of their frequent wins; not the number one women’s golfer in the world, a Mexican who despite speaking fluent English called the rule “a little drastic”; not the numerous socially conscious citizens across the country who blogged about the rule’s unfairness for foreign players and questioned why the rule only applied to female golfers. Their perplexity is understandable. As reported by the press, the rule...
...player is teamed up to play a game with a corporate partner, the goal being that after a couple of putts, funny anecdotes, and friendly slaps on the back, sponsors will be buttered up enough to donate. The system requires mutual understanding on both sides. Unfortunately, a nice, shy Korean-speaker with an interpreter isn’t the ideal candidate for this kind of buddy-buddy fundraising. Nor will she rack up viewers in interviews on the major television networks, another large source of sponsorship. From a strictly business perspective, the English-only rule makes a lot of sense...