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SEOUL: Even as tensions rose between the two countries over North Korea's decision to accept nuclear waste from Taiwan, South Korea appears ready to begin shipping desperately needed food aid to the North. According to the Hankyoreh Shinmun newspaper, the U.S. and South Korea will begin shipments shortly after the deal is finalized sometime next week. In return, North Korea would attend talks with U.S. and South Korea on signing a peace treaty to officially end the 1950-1953 Korean War. If true, the move would mark a significant turnaround for South Korea, which previously has refused to link...
...South Korea, which was part of a Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945, the daily Kyunghyang Shinmun expressed outrage at Okuno's "chauvinistic psychology." China's People's Daily called for "effective measures" to counter Okuno's message. After initially hesitating, Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita on Friday demanded and received Okuno's resignation...
...partly a mob bent on destruction. While commandeered Jeeps and vans carried the wounded off to city hospitals, regiments of students, most of them still unbelievably clinging to their satchels full of books, continued to advance on the palace. By now, the building of the pro-government newspaper, Seoul Shinmun, was burning, and so was the headquarters of Rhee's bullyboy Anti-Communist Youth League. From behind the heavy gates of Lee Ki Poong's home, police guards were firing into the crowd. Outside the city hall, students were beating two policemen to death with lead pipes...
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