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...plight of North Koreans fleeing their destitute homeland has garnered some sympathy in America, but until last month it was tough for a North Korean to get political asylum there. Because the Korean War never formally ended?only an armistice was signed in 1953?Seoul and Washington have treated North Koreans as South Korean citizens, and that's where most refugees have ended...
...about the impending legislation spread in recent months. At least 140 asylum seekers have stormed embassies and foreign schools in Beijing since early September. "For North Korean defectors in China, America is the land of freedom and the most powerful country in the world," says Park Sang Hak, a Seoul-based refugee activist and former defector...
...reason to believe North Korea's explanation is its willingness to show outsiders the area, says Baek Nam Soon, a North Korea expert at the Sejong Institute in Seoul. "If you see a guy named North Korea coming out of a store, you think he must have stolen something," says Baek. "They didn't want that to happen again." In any event, the International Atomic Energy Agency was directing more of its concern last week toward Iran, which was ordered to stop working on uranium enrichment, and South Korea, which admitted conducting nuclear experiments and other possible violations...
...store has catered to platter fiends for over 25 years. The shop carries mainly house, hip-hop and soul, and twice a week hosts a DJ school. "Somebody walks in here, and when he leaves he can do a rave for 20,000 people," boasts owner Claudio Donato. www.goodymusic.it. SEOUL Livingsa, in the financial district's Hoehyeon Underground Mall, is a record-album mecca. The tiny shop is so tightly packed with its 150,000 records that customers shuffle sideways around the store. The eclectic catalog includes 1950s Korean folk collections, live Nat King Cole recordings, Eddie Murphy stand...
...thing is clear: this story isn't over. Earlier this month, an IAEA team left Seoul after taking more samples at the TRIGA Mark III reactor. According to the Geneva-based diplomat, "There is more to come...