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Jessica Weckhorst

North Korea rejects liaison office proposal from South Korea - Boston.com - 0 views

www.boston.com/...fice_proposal_from_south_korea

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shared by Jessica Weckhorst on 28 Apr 08 - Cached
  • North Korea rejected a proposal from South Korea's new conservative president to establish liaison offices in both countries
  • SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea rejected a proposal from South Korea's new conservative president to establish liaison offices in both countries calling it a public relations exercise aimed at covering up deteriorating ties on the divided peninsula.
  • The proposal was Lee's first overture to the communist nation.
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  • Lee made the offer in an interview with the Washington Post last week during a visit to the United States for talks with President Bush, saying the countries need a better channel of communication.
  • Relations between the divided Koreas have chilled since Lee took office in February with a pledge to get tough on Pyongyang. Lee says he opposes unconditional assistance to the North and calls for its nuclear disarmament as a precondition for economic cooperation.
  • North Korea has bristled at the hard-line stance, and since late last month has expelled South Korean officials from a shared industrial complex, test-fired missiles, and threatened to reduce the South to "ashes." The Korean War ended in 1953 with a truce, not a peace treaty, which means the two sides technically remain at war. Relations improved significantly under Lee's two liberal predecessors -- Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun -- who pursued detente with North Korea with massive aid and concessions
staci fink

Soc 202 - Current Events: North Korea vs. South Korea - 0 views

soc202events.blogspot.com/...orth-korea-vs-south-korea.html

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shared by staci fink on 02 Jun 08 - Cached
  • staci fink on 02 Jun 08
     
    According to analysts, the attitude taken by the North Korean government is a direct response to South Korea's recently-toughened attitude, which has urged de-nuclearization and sided with the U.S. government on a number of political issues. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--> <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->Their rocky relationship is nothing new; they have been, at least, in a state of semi-war since the Korean War ended in 1953. <!--[endif]--> <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->The South Korean Defense Ministry said North Korea "was intentionally interpreting Seoul's objectives and remarks by its officials in a malicious manner." <!--[endif]--> To an uninvolved citizen of a relatively separatist state, this news, although new to me, isn't personally provocative. While I hope that their issues are resolved peaceably (which seems unlikely), I remain, for the moment, relatively ignorant and thus uninvolved.
Matt Brodzik

NEAS - Resources, North/South Korea - 0 views

neas.miis.edu/sources-korea-north-south.html

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shared by Matt Brodzik on 14 Feb 08 - Cached
  • current research interests include real interest rates in Korea
  • 1) the period of Malthusian stagnation up to 1910, when Japan annexed Korea; 2) the colonial period from 1910-45, when the country embarked upon modern economic growth; and 3) the post colonial decades, when living standards improved rapidly in South Korea, while North Korea returned to the world of disease and starvation.
brittanyb

Current Events: U.S.: North Korea - 0 views

en.allexperts.com/...North-Korea-1.htm

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shared by brittanyb on 08 Feb 08 - Cached
  • brittanyb on 08 Feb 08
     
    Current Events- war in Korea (mainly north)
devont

Economy of North Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Economy_of_North_Korea

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shared by devont on 25 Feb 08 - Cached
  • devont on 25 Feb 08
     
    north korean economy
devont

Media and Communications Society : North Korea : Selected Internet Resources (Portals t... - 0 views

www.loc.gov/...northkorea-society.html

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shared by devont on 25 Feb 08 - Cached
  • devont on 25 Feb 08
     
    another website on north korea society with links
puppies4life

Despite Tremendous Odds, Religion Survives in North Korea - 0 views

www.voanews.com/...on-Survives-in-North-Korea.cfm

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shared by puppies4life on 25 Feb 08 - Cached
  • puppies4life on 25 Feb 08
     
    good stuff
Sam Gladnick

South Korea - 0 views

www.occhealthnursing.net/korea.htm

alphabet etc. korean religion sputh team

shared by Sam Gladnick on 25 Apr 08 - Cached
  • North and South Koreans speak and write the same language.&nbsp; It is derived from the Ural-Altaic family, which also includes Turkish, Hungarian, Finnish, Mongolian, Tibetan and Japanese.&nbsp; The written Korean language is called Hangeul, consisting of 10 vowels and 14 consonants.&nbsp; King Sejong invented it in the 15th century.&nbsp; Hangeul is considered easy to learn and write, contributing to Korea’s high literacy rates (98% over age 15).
  • Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Constitution in Korea.&nbsp; 50.7 percent of Koreans follow a specific religious faith.&nbsp; Followers of Buddhism and Protestants are in the highest numbers, followed by Catholics.&nbsp; Other practicing faiths are Shamanism, Taoism, and Islam. Confucian tenets or Confucian doctrine is deeply embedded in many Koreans' lives, regardless of religion.
  • Seoul’s subway system is the eight-largest in the world.&nbsp; The railway system includes over 4,000 passenger trains and 13,000 freight trains.&nbsp; In 1998, the nation’s highways exceeded 2,000 km.&nbsp; International airports serve 74 cities throughout the world.&nbsp; Ocean liners, cruise ships, cargo ships and container ships are a frequent site at Korean ports.
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  • Korea, like other countries in the temperate, has four distinct seasons.&nbsp; Spring begins in late March, with occasional drizzle.&nbsp; Summer is hot and humid with monsoon rains beginning in June and heaviest in July.&nbsp; Autumn is rather short, lasting from the end of September to November.&nbsp; Winter is cold and dry from December to February.&nbsp; Spells of cold weather normally alternate with days of warmer weather.
Eric Pearson

South Korea: News & Videos about South Korea - CNN.com - 0 views

topics.edition.cnn.com/...south_korea

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shared by Eric Pearson on 28 Apr 08 - Cached
  • on Sunday, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman. full story
  • Korea on Sunday, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman
  • North Korean soldier defected across the demilitarized zone and sought
staci fink

Paper: North Korea and the South Korean Economy - 0 views

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shared by staci fink on 29 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Financially, South Korea is more integrated into the world economy now than it was in 1994. Foreigners are major players in the capital markets, accounting for nearly 40 percent of stock market transactions, and South Korean residents have greater opportunities to move their funds abroad. The use by South Korean financial firms of off-balance sheet transactions and financial derivatives, which did not exist in 1994, is expanding rapidly. While it is true that the South Korean stock market actually rose during the last crisis, the expanded role of foreign participants and the increased complexity of the financial transactions mean that the market today is far less susceptible to political intervention than it was a decade ago.
staci fink

CNN.com - Voting begins in South Korea parliamentary elections - April 12, 2000 - 0 views

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shared by staci fink on 01 May 08 - Cached
  • oting has begun across South Korea in parliamentary elections that observers say are critical to the country's economic and political future. The elections come amid now-robust economic performance, as well as on the heels of the announcement of improved ties with North Korea. Rival candidates made last-ditch appeals for votes as the world focused on the first-ever summit between the two Koreas.
  • Another pressing issue for Kim's 2-year-old government is the reform of South Korea's inefficient economic systems, especially its family-owned conglomerates, or chaebol. About a dozen of the conglomerates collapsed under debts in 1997, forcing South Korea to accept a record $58 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund.
  • President Kim has publicly said reunions of those separated family members will top the agenda. Only 50 people from each Korea were allowed to cross the border in 1985 for the first temporary family reunions. No further reunions have since been arranged because of military and political tensions. The Korean border, the world's most heavily armed, is sealed with nearly 2 million troops deployed on both sides.
Olivia Statmore

North Korean officer defects to South Korea across heavily armed border - International... - 0 views

www.iht.com/...AS-GEN-Koreas-Defector.php

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shared by Olivia Statmore on 29 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Olivia Statmore on 29 Apr 08
     
    News on South Korea.
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