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...always managed to play off against each other. Pyongyang's sense of vulnerability was only sharpened when the Soviets, who account for 50% of North Korea's trade, established full diplomatic relations with South Korea in September. China, meanwhile, enjoys $3 billion a year of trade with Seoul, at least three times more than with its ostensible ally to the north...
...year, North Korea is being forced to swallow its principles and make friends with the countries it has long loved to vilify. September saw the first high-level meeting between North and South Korea; a second round of talks was conducted last month. And just days before the Moscow-Seoul accord, Pyongyang asserted its eagerness to normalize diplomatic relations with Japan, its bitterest enemy of all since the brutal Japanese occupation of the peninsula from...
...twist arms in Tokyo and Bonn the first time around, and would encounter strong resistance if it asked for more. Even some of the smaller allies are not chipping in eagerly. Washington asked South Korea, itself once a victim of aggression from the north, to contribute $450 million. Seoul stalled until it was warned that the U.S. Congress would remember that the next time it considered funding for U.S. troops based in South Korea. The Koreans then came up with some money -- half of what Washington had requested...
...Jackson, Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: John Borrell Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney Rome: Robert T. Zintl Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Latin America: John Moody Mexico City: Laura Lopez...
...Jackson, Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: John Borrell Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney Rome: Robert T. Zintl Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Latin America: John Moody Mexico City: Laura Lopez...