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Gomes publicly revealed that he was gay in 1991, after the conservative student journal The Peninsula published an issue denouncing homosexuality...
...levered his way from small-time communist hack to political power by tapping into the most potent vein of historical juice in the Balkans: nationalism. Elected President of Serbia in 1990, he set out to unify the odd and unstable jumble of nationalities that crowd the Balkan peninsula--not by propagating a compelling vision for the future but by broadcasting a kind of radiant hate that warmed some Serbian hearts and, by reflection, brought out the worst in some Croats, Muslims and others eager to defend themselves from his baleful ambitions. In four wars, he fought to expand his control...
Closely related to Japanese Zen Buddhism, the main school of Korean religious thought is Son. Practiced on the peninsula for 1,600 years, the faith went into decline after World War II. But Son has enjoyed a recent revival. In a reaction to the Westernization that accompanied rapid economic development, South Koreans are now rediscovering their identity. The renewed interest has seen a return to the mass pilgrimages of the past and huge donations for temple repair...
...empire with cheap debt and political favors, and Korea's economic crash in 1997 discredited the formula. By then Chung was dreaming of driving his bulldozers north. Taking one last audacious turn in the driver's seat, he poured millions into North Korea, hoping his money could bridge the peninsula's divisions. Chung once said he wanted to live to be 150. He may have lived too long. Today his empire is in tatters, his heirs are squabbling and his flagship construction company is choked with debt. But last week, many Koreans were saddened by the passing of a larger...
...apparent Bush policy to abandon our efforts to improve North Korean relations is one that is misguided and will only serve to exacerbate tensions on an already nervous peninsula. It will also bring grave dangers for the North Korean people, who have endured a series of deadly famines because of the policies of their dictatorial government and their limited access to the outside world...