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...movie split at Cannes. Tsui Hark is invited to serve on the jury; yet not one of his (or any other Hong Kong maestro's) action movies ever appeared in the competition. Nor did exceptional films by India's Mani Ratnam, Japan's Takashi Miike and Korea's Chang Yoon Hyun. It seems not to have occurred to Cannes that a continent containing nearly half the world's population?and many of its most avid moviegoers?might be producing some movies worth watching, and cheering, at an international film festival...
...South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Young Kwan has said he is expecting "a long process for settlement, rather than being too optimistic or pessimistic about the outcomes of the first round of talks." Because of the antipathy between Washington and Pyongyang, negotiations could last years. But some believe they might be over before they even begin. "I worry the Americans are only negotiating to show they tried diplomacy but wouldn't mind seeing the talks break down," says Zhang Tuosheng, director of research at the Foundation for International Strategic Studies in Beijing. Ultimately, Zhang fears, the Bush Administration wants...
...Chung might have actually channeled $21 million into the fund. Former President Kim isn't currently under investigation for the slush fund or the summit pay-offs to North Korea; with Chung's death, he might never be. At a wake for Chung, a teary Hyundai Asan president Kim Yoon Kyu was heard in a TV news broadcast to say: "The chairman fell on his sword to end this whole thing...
...largest trade partner and donor and its closest ally, is as afraid of a nuclear-armed North as it is of refugees. Beijing was infuriated by the North's obstreperousness at the Beijing talks, which China had gone out on a limb to sponsor. South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Young Kwan said Kim's nuclear declaration represented "a very serious matter that endangers peace on the Korean peninsula and stability in Northeast Asia...
...seems that Dr. Yoon has written himself a prescription for success: Harvard students. His English school, which specializes in intensive language study, plans to exploit Harvard’s prestige in a television ad to increase enrollment...