Word: kwang
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...last time the gates of a Bangkok jail were thrown open to journalists, it was to watch a dozen or so drug runners each get a bullet to the back of the head. That was almost two years ago, at Bang Kwang, the infamous Bangkok Hilton. Thailand was in the grip of a methamphetamine binge, and the authorities hoped the bloody scenes would dissuade people from dealing in these "crazy medicine" pills. When Klong Prem's gates creaked open last week, it was to celebrate another kind of madness?where the only shots fired would be on goal...
...football teams will duke it out in the Cup against Muslim countries such as Senegal and Saudi Arabia. Although each host country has pronounced itself ready for anything from bioterrorism to drunken Brits, the prospect of calamity lingers. "Our forces are trained for all kinds of attacks," says Kim Kwang Soo of Korea's National Police Agency Planning Group. To emphasize the point, Korean police have adopted the inspiring slogan "Orderly World Cup, Safe World...
...Kwang-chih Chang...
...renowned expert on China's Bronze Age, Kwang-chih Chang died Jan. 3 from Parkinson's disease...
Just ask Choi Moon Sun, 27, and Kim Kwang Chul, 26. Choi was in a PC room in July 1998, trying to stay awake while waiting to catch the first morning bus back to her home in the suburbs. Kim, a university senior, accidentally clicked on her icon and kept pestering her for a chat. They dated, got married a year later, and are expecting their first child later this year. Says Choi: "PC and the Internet became an important part of our lives...