Word: koreas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While he had reached the rank of sergeant in the U.S. Army, Switzler said, he never served as a captain and had never been a formal member of the U.S. Army Special Forces as claimed. While he did serve in Korea, Switzler said, he only visited Vietnam instead of serving there as claimed...
...Class of '61 was, like most, a reflection of the times. Our four years came during the second Eisenhower term and it was a time of rest. We were between Korea and Vietnam, and, like the country as a whole, it seems, floated on a quiet stream...
...unjustifiable, unreasonable or discriminatory trade policies or practices." In such cases, the President would be required to open negotiations to reduce the trade imbalance with that nation by 10% annually. The bill is aimed at such countries as Japan (1985 surplus with the U.S.: $49.7 billion) and South Korea ($4.8 billion), which have long put restrictions on American imports. If no agreement was reached in the trade talks, the President would be required to take retaliatory action, such as raising tariffs or tightening import quotas...
...Baltimore last week, the twosome said that they had been kidnaped by Kim Jong Il, 45, the son of North Korea's strongman Kim Il Sung, 74. The younger Kim, they said, is a film buff with 20,000 reels in his personal collection. According to Shin and Choi, he has taken over much of the work of governing. They further claim that anyone caught criticizing the Kims is summarily thrown in prison...
...South Korea, the reappearance of the two film stars was greeted with public expressions of delight. In North Korea, officials issued contradictory statements. One declared that they were thieves whose only goal was to embezzle North Korean funds. The other brought the incident full circle, insisting that the couple had been "kidnaped by the South Koreans and the Americans...