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According to this view, the Chinese have helped persuade Kim that he need not feel threatened by opening, however cautiously, to the outside world. Beijing has an enduring interest in making sure North Korea is a viable buffer state against the U.S. and its ally, Seoul. Beijing has further stressed to the North that the U.S. views its bilateral relationship with China as far and away its most important account in east Asia, and that it has no interest in toppling Kim or starting a war. That's a tough sell, many in the region say - us-against-the-world...
...South Korea [May 7]. Both articles showcased forgettable events and inaccessible places largely unknown to Koreans. Who cares to step inside a girls' high school or a U.S. Army base? Korean food is as delectable as any in the world. The all-night markets and live-music venues in Seoul are quintessential examples of the breathless Korean pace, and the mountaintop temples show the contrasting serenity of the countryside. It is greatly disappointing to read of the wonders of Asia and have the best of Korea overlooked. Danny Arens, Seoul...
...place of al-Qaeda fighters who are killed in Iraq. If North Korea ever attacks the South, there would not be a million Chinese troops (or anyone else) streaming across the Yalu river in support, as there were during the Korean war. As a senior U.S. commander in Seoul put it me when I was there last month, the next war, if it ever came, "would be one and done...
...Choi belongs to SK Telecom T1, a video-game team whose 20 members practice and live together in two shared luxurious apartments in a skyscraper in Seoul's financial district. For some 350 days a year, the young men wake at 10 a.m, jog for an hour, and then hit their computers or PCs, taking an hour off for lunch and another for dinner, and finally calling it a day at 3 a.m. (The gamers claim they play at their best just after midnight.) They don't spend much time outside their building, and when they do leave...
...COMPETITIONS 1,000 Length, in meters, of a tightrope-billed as the longest ever-strung across Seoul's Han River, as part of what organizers called the world's first international high-wire competition 11 min. 22 sec. Time it took winner Abudusataer Wujiabudula, an ethnic Uighur from China, to cross the tightrope, earning him a prize...