What's New at Kimsoft? June 2000


06/21 kww: WHERE NEXT TO MR. KIM? -- Wolf Hable, Brisbane, Australia

06/21 kww: The Inter-Korea Summit: What Lies Beneath - Won-Ki Choi, Editor and Researcher, The Joong-ang Daily

06/20 kww: Graydoves - would like to form a project for North Korea. We have just completed a project for 12 women in Ukraine and are in the process of shipping to 14 women in Turkmenistan. I am looking forward to the possibility of working with North Korea. Please visit our site and, after reading about us, let me know if you think there is a chance for Doves to be of service.

06/20 kww: Korean Book Cyber Store - online search and ordering

06/19 kr-war: THE KOREA VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

06/19 kww:North Korean Kim Myong Chol's Controversial Book Now 4th on Bestsellers List in Seoul.

06/19 kww:Nobel Prize for the Two Kims? (Korea Times) - It has been a truly historical summit with many political surprises and an outcome that raises hopes for a better future on the Korean peninsula, a future that sooner or later may lead to reunification. We have witnessed political developments that may well be called sensational. Let's start with the more prosaic, but nonetheless tremendously important formal aspects.

06/18 kww: Ghosts of Cheju - A Korean island’s bloody rebellion sheds new light on the origin of the war - see also Cheju 4.3 Massacre Not Forgotten

06/18 kww: Scars No One Sees (Newsweek) - A rare look at forgotten survivors of the Korean War — a renegade American in China, a repatriated Chinese POW and the brother of a soldier missing for 47 years

06/18 kww:Newsweek - North and South -- Last week’s historic summit between North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung actually lived up to its billing—it really was historic.

06/18 kww:Who Wins, Who Loses as the Koreas Start Kissing -- Washington, Beijing and Moscow contemplate a changing game as South and North make nice. TIME.com's Tony Karon examines the players' evolving positions

06/18 kww: Separated Family Reunion Help Webs

06/17 kww: Five North Korean Province Home Page

06/15 kww: Koryo Tour Group - Tours to North Korea

06/15 kim-spy:Miliary.com -- Created by members of the military community, Military.com connects you for life to the people, news, and information that matter most.

06/14 kim-spy:Directed Energy Attacks & Mind Assault - A diagram of a neural implant electrode stimulator & reciever connected to a radiowave transmitter. This configuration could be used to extract & input information remotely to a human or animal brain.

06/14 kim-spy:Brain Chip Lets Victim of Stroke 'Talk' Again (Toronto Star) - A Star Trek-type implant is allowing a paralyzed, mute stroke victim to use his brainpower to move a cursor across a screen and convey simple messages such as hello and goodbye.

06/14 kim-spy:Biomagnetism Resource

06/12 kww: Some Comments on "The General Sherman Incident of 1866 and Rev. Thomas' Martyrdom." by Prof. Han Gyu Mu - Thomas J. Belke

06/10 kww:The General Sherman Incident of 1866 and Rev. Thomas' Martyrdom -- An English abstract of the paper (in Korean) by Professor Han Gyu Mu, Kwang-ju University, Korea

06/08 kww: AsiaSource: Special Report on the Historic North-South Korea Summit -- South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung and North Korea Leader Kim Jong-Il will meet face-to-face in Pyongyang at a historic summit on June 12-14. This breakthrough event marks the first meeting between the two countries since the Korea War (1950-53) and opens a flood of expectations for renewed relations.

06/08 kww: Tokdo Is Our Land - Help defend against the Japanese invasion

06/07 kww: The Intercultural Institute of California (IIC) - A nonprofit organization offering a Master of Arts degree in Korean Studies and is an on-line/in-class meeting ground for intercultural dialogue. Located in San Francisco, the IIC also offers certificate programs in ESL, Computer Applications (incl. Cisco's CNNA) and Korean Language and Culture.

06/07 kww: To My Unknown Cousins in North Korea - A South Korean schoolgirl writes to relatives in the North

06/07 kww: What's At Stake In Korea's Historic Summit? (CNN, Time) - As the two Kims prepare for a face-to-face next week in Pyongyang, the world will be hoping for a breakthrough: to resolve hostilities, end the suffering in the North and give millions of divided families a chance at last to reunite

06/07 kww: Rethinking The Nogun-ri Massacre on the 50th Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Korean War - Rev. Sung Yong Park

06/07 kww:Orders To Fire On Korean Civilians? (CBS) - "The Army has requested that we strafe all civilian refugee parties. . . approaching our positions... To date, we have complied." USAF Col. Turner Rogers' memo

06/06 kww: Sinking of the General Sherman and Rev. Robert Jermain Thomas (1840-1866) - A Saintly Martyr or an Armed Pirate? - The US Merchant Mariner General Sherman was sunk in Korea in 1866. But the facts surrounding her sinking and Rev. Thomas's "martyr" are yet to be established.

06/05 kww: The Japanese Emperor's Duplicity - The benefactor of postwar efforts to rehabilitate his reputation, Japanese Emperor Hirohito may have been more well-informed than his apologists would like us to believe.

06/05 kww: After 50 Years: International Response to 'Comfort Women' Issues" - You Are Cordially Invited to this forum. Panelists: Rhonda Copelon,Esq., Director, IWHRLC(US); Yayori Matsui, Chair, Violence Against Women in War Network (Japan); Indai Sajor, Exe. Dir, Malaya Lolas & Asian Center for Women's Human Rights Daisil Kim-Gibson, Director of Film, "Silence Broken" Moderator; and John H. Kim, Esq., NY Coalition on "Comfort Women" Issues.

In addition to the panel discussion, there will be also an art/photo exhibition and reception in honor of guests attending the Beijing Plus Five UN GA Session: Women 2000

Time: June 8 (Thurs), 6-8pm; Place - UN Church Center, 44th St. & 1st Ave., 8th Floor; Sponsors: Women's Caucus for Gender Justice & NY Coalition on "Comfort Women" Issues. RSVP: John Kim, 212-679-3482 or Jhk789@aol.com.


06/03 kww: The Marines of Autumn: A Novel of the Korean War. - written by James Brady, a Korean War veteran who also wrote the excellent non-fiction book, the Coldest War - a masterful, personal account of America's "forgotten war, " which lasted 37 months, yet killed as many Americans as died in 10 years in Vietnam.

06/01 kww: James Hausman: The Ugly American in Korea? - US Army Captain James Hausman, Father of the Korean Army, ran South Korea from 1946 till the downfall of Rhee Syngman. He managed Rhee as if Rhee were his house boy. In fact, Hausman's autobiography is unabashedly titled: James Hausman - The American Army Captain Who Managed the Korean President. An English abstract of his book is given here.

06/01 kww:Engaging DPR Korea through the U.S. Trade - Asaph Young Chun, President, Institute for Strategic Reconciliation, Inc.

06/01 kww: Kim Myong Chol's Controversial Second Book "Kim Jong Il's Reunification Strategy" Published in Seoul


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