What's New at Kimsoft? February 2003 |
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02/27 kww: Iran & North Korea Will Be Next Targets - Mahathir -- Western powers are using terrorism as a pretext to conquer the world and will target Iran and North Korea once they succeed in Iraq, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Sunday. Leaders of the developed countries have become "like a people of the Stone Age where for them, the solution to a problem is by killing people.
02/26 kww: Roh Moo Hyun Becomes South Korea's New President -- In his inaugural speech, he regrettably toted the Bush line on North Korea: namely, North Korea must renounce its nuclear program before US military threats and economic sanctions would be lifted. What North Korea has been demanding is negotiated tradeoff of its nuclear program for security. If North Korea is to give up its nuclear security blanket first, who would guarantee its security?
02/25 kww: North Korea Informed Japan of Missile Tests -- North Korea gave the Japan Coast Guard an advance notice of anti-ship cruise missile tests, but the Coast Guard failed to pass on the advance notice to other Japanese government agencies. North Korea fired an anti-ship cruise missile in the morning of February 24th but the missile failed the test and another was fired in the afternoon successfully.
02/24 kww: Bush's Next War - North Korea: A War Scenario -- It is likely that Kim Jong Il and most of his troops would die in a new war but there would be enough hardcore troops left alive to carry on the fight. Millions will die in Korea. Kim will see to it that many more millions will die in Japan and in the United States. Bush's generals apparently believe that beating Kim will be a cake-walk. Bush may not have to wait long to learn the truth.
02/24 kww: Iran & North Korea Will Be Next Targets - Mahathir -- Western powers are using terrorism as a pretext to conquer the world and will target Iran and North Korea once they succeed in Iraq, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Sunday. Leaders of the developed countries have become "like a people of the Stone Age where for them, the solution to a problem is by killing people."
02/23 kww: Coping With North Korea -- The Bush administration's de facto policy of "hostile neglect" toward Pyongyang has been a fundamental source of the current crisis. Although North Korea's uranium-based program began well before Bush took office, the current administration bears responsibility for inciting acceleration of Korea's nuclear program and for fostering the fragile conditions under which the program's revelation quickly precipitated a complete breakdown of U.S.-North Korea relations.
02/23 kww: South Korea Joins the Axis of Independence -- Secretary of State Colin Powell is heading to to the inauguration of Roh Moo Hyun, the incoming South Korean president. Roh is part of a trend that raises the hackles of the Bush administration: outspoken and uncowed allies. Roh joins an axis of independence that includes France's Jacques Chirac and Germany's Gerhard Schroeder. With friends like these, the Bush team laments, who needs an axis of evil? What's bad for Bush, however, is a boon for the rest of the world and particularly for the Korean peninsula. Roh Moo Hyun is the world's best hope for avoiding war in East Asia.
02/23 kww: HIGH TIME FOR CONDI, COLIN TO GO (Niagarafalls) -- Bush should can Colin Powell and Condi and do it right now! They have failed the president, the nation and humanity and firing the two would help restore some fragment of respect and credibility for the United States around the world. The Secretary of State and the National Security Adviser are the worst combo we've had since Henry Kissinger effectively held both positions with alternating titles.
02/22 kww: Newsweek interviews President Roh Moo Hyun -- South Korea's new president Roh vows he would never “kowtow” to America, but would demand to be treated as an equal. Major U.S. media and government officials are mentioning the possibility of attacking North Korea. It is a life-or-death issue for the Korean people.
02/22 kww: China Rejects US Appeal on North Korea -- Chinese officials rejected Secretary of State Colin Powell's appeal Monday for a regional approach to the North Korean nuclear standoff and called for direct talks between the United States and Pyongyang to resolve concerns over the communist nation's nuclear weapons programs.
02/22 kww: NAM Slams ‘Axis of Evil Tag’ -- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is to deliver a sharp rebuke to U.S. President George W. Bush by rejecting his "axis of evil" description of three of its members, Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
02/22 kww: US mulls how Iraq may use chemical-biological arms -- U.S. officials are trying to assess how Iraq would use chemical and biological weapons in the case of war, with experts saying targeting civilians in a nearby state may be deadlier than attacking invading troops.
The Left-Right Confrontation in Korea – Its Origin -- A short history of modern Korea as seen from a Korean nationalist’s eye. How did the Red-phobia in Korea began and why does it still persist? The Korean version of this article is available at: 한국에서의 좌익과 우익의 대립 - 그 기원(起源)
02/21 kww: Rumsfeld
was on ABB board during nuclear deal with North Korea -- The Swiss-based ABB
on Friday told swissinfo that Rumsfeld was involved with the company in early
2000, when it netted a $200 million contract with Pyongyang. The ABB contract
was to deliver equipment and services for two nuclear power stations at Kumho,
on North Korea’s east coast.
02/20 kww: North Korean MIG19 Crosses the NLL -
Provocation or Accident? -- At least one North Korean MIG-19 jet crossed the
Northern Line of Limit (NLL) at about 10:30 AM today (Korea Time) near the
Yonpyong island in the West Sea. This intrusion may be North Korea's
opening shot at resolving the disputed NLL.
02/19 kww: Captain James Hausman, US Army Military Advisor to Korea, 1946-48: The Intelligent Man on the Spot. by Clemens, Peter -- Abstract: Highlights the impact made by James Hausman in the development of the Korean Constabulary, which later became the South Korean Army, between July 1946 and July 1948. Personal information on Hausman; Implications for U.S. military policy; Accomplishments of Hausman.
02/19 kww: James Hausman- The Ugly American in Korea -- A Korean view of Capt. Hausman, the Father of Rhee Syngman's Army.
02/18 kww: Understanding North Korea (InTheseTimes.com) -- While the United States chases mobile weapons labs across the Iraqi desert, the looming crisis with North Korea moves forward by the minute.
02/18 kww: Japan threatens North Korea (Daily Telegraph, Australia) -- Japan is prepared to launch a military strike against North Korea if Tokyo finds evidence that the rogue communist state is about to attack with a ballistic missile.
02/17 kww: U.S. plans sanctions against Pyongyang (Japan Times) -- The United States is planning sanctions against North Korea in the event that Pyongyang continues to develop nuclear weapons.
02/16 kww: North Korean Scud Freighter Crew Tell Their Story -- Captain Kang and his crew attempted to set the ship on fire and scuttle it, but they were overwhelmed by over 60 Spanish commandos.
02/15 kww: Tonghak Revolution and Chundoism -- Chundo-gyo is a religion indigenous to Korea. Chundo-gyo ('chun' = Heaven, 'do' = path or ways, 'gyo' = religion or 'ism' = Heavenly Way) is often mistaken for Chunju-gyo ('chun' = Heaven, 'ju' = master referring to Christ - Master in Heaven, i.e., the Catholic Church). With the revival of Korean nationalism, this Korean religion is becoming more and more popular in North and South Korea.
02/14 kww: Korea WebWeekly Editor Interviewed -- The editor of Korea WebWeekly was recently interviewed by a Western new organ.
02/13 kww: Roh Moo Hyun says: No War in Korea in No Way -- Better to stand up to America than to get us killed in war. In case of war, the US military will control South Korean military and Roh, as South Korea's president, will have no power over his own military.
02/12 kww: Bin Laden Iraq tape- Full Text (BBC) - Bin Laden sees US war on Iraq as an opportunity to crank up his war on America. Audio experts say this tape is a forgery - a dirty CIA trick.
02/12 kww: Tenet- North Korea has ballistic missile capable of hitting US - US CIA and DIA admit that North Korea has ICBMs that can deliver nukes to the US homeland. It is not clear why this old intelligence is being released now.
02/12 kww: North Korea's Next Move- Test-Flights of ICBMs with MIRVs - North Korea tested a 3-stage ICBM in 1998.
02/12 kww: How Many Nukes in North Korea's Arsenal? -- It is now accepted that North Korea has the technical expertise and the parts to make nuclear weapons. What is not clear is if North Korea has any nuclear weapons already assembled and ready to go. The US CIA estimates that North Korea has 'one or two' nukes - but this estimate is faulty. North Korea may in fact has several scores of nukes.
02/11 kww: The Left-Right Confrontation in Korea – Its Origin -- A short history of modern Korea as seen from a Korean nationalist’s eye. (An MS Word doc, 1.3 MB - may take a while to download).
02/10 kww: Hyundai's $500 Million Payments to North Korea: A Bribe or Business Deal? -- It is hard to determine if the $500 million paid to North Korea by Hyundai was for the exclusive rights for the 7 mega projects, or rebates, or reward money for the summit. It has been determined that the Seoul government was forced to vouch for Hyundai. It may be that Hyundai, too, wanted the Seoul government to stand behind on such a large venture and used the summit to its own advantage.
02/10 kww: Pyongyang needs nuclear bargaining power (Financial Times) -- North Korea's objective is the acquisition of a sizeable nuclear arsenal in the next few months.
02/09 kww: A Letter from the Independent Task Force on Korea to the Administration (Council of Foreign Relations) -- Our view is that US policy on this issue of such importance to us and our close Asian allies should have bipartisan support here and the support of our allies abroad.
02/09 kww: Misperceptions Fuel Korean Crisis (Japan Times) -- Millions of lives could be at risk in the Korean crisis if North Korea makes good on its threat to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" and decides to "go nuclear" and randomly strike Japan with missiles. Up to 100,000 American soldiers would die.
02/08 kww: Fear of attack builds on streets of Pyongyang (The Christian Science Monitor) -- The diet of the residents of Pyongyang is short on rice and meat. But there's never a dearth of patriotic war music - on the radio, television, and from loudspeakers in the subways and streets.
02/08 kww: US threatens blockade of North Korea (Pakistan Daily Times) -- The United States will mount a naval blockade of North Korea and impose sanctions if it begins to make nuclear weapons-grade plutonium, says a high-ranking Bush official.
02/08 kww: Korean school girls are harassed by Japanese (Japan Times) -- Parents and teachers from the Tokyo Korean Junior and Senior High School urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday to prevent harassment of students attending schools that support North Korea.
02/07 kww: Korea's Incoming President Takes Steps to Reassure Foreign Investors (NY Times)-- "A small contingent probably is anti-American," said Tami Overby, executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce here. "It's Koreans expressing their desire for independence. Unfortunately, it's making people nervous."
02/07 kww: How Many Nukes in North Korea's Arsenal? -- North Korea claims that it has no nuclear weapons and that it has no plan to make nuclear weapons – but it will fight back with nukes if the United States and its allies attacked. It is now accepted that North Korea has the technical expertise and the parts to make nuclear weapons. What is not clear is if North Korea has any nuclear weapons already assembled and ready to go. Or how many nukes can North Korea hustle up in case of war.
02/06 kww: Test-firing likely for new missile that can reach US - North Korea may test-fire this year a long-range Taepodong-2 missile which could be capable of reaching parts of the continental United States.
02/05 kww: Countdown to Armageddon -- North Korea may strike US forces preemptively rather than wait for an US attack after a war with Iraq.
02/05 kww: Alleged North Korean spy held in LA -- A South Korean immigrant who became a naturalized American citizen was allegedly also an unregistered agent of the North Korean government who tried to obtain classified information and recruit a ring of other prospective spies.
02/04 kww: US military will reinforce Korea.(Times Online). The build-up could include nearly three dozen bombers and an aircraft carrier, sent as a warning to Kim Jong Il, the North Korean dictator, not to exploit Washington’s focus on the Gulf.
02/01 kww: ]“J. Kelly Failed to Produce ‘Evidence’ in Pyongyang”; Framed up “Admission” Story (People's Korea) -- During the first official DPRK-U.S. talks after the Bush administration started, which was held in Pyongyang in early October last year, Bush’s special envoy James Kelly failed to show any hard “evidence” that Pyongyang was developing a uranium enrichment program to produce nukes, said O Song Chol, bureau director of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, in an interview on January 18.