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09/28 - The Beauty of Hanbok (Chosun) - People say that Hanbok -- Korean traditional clothes -- is more comfortable than they thought. How about having the whole family dressed in Hanbok this Chuseok? Hanbok designer Kim Hye-soon shares with the readers on how to wear Hanbok properly.
09/28 - 'This Korean Holiday Has Deep Meaning' (OhmyNews) -- [Photo essay] Chuseok gives foreign students a chance to learn traditional Korean culture.
09/28 - Why do the U.S. Right and LeftShare a Hatred of North Korea (OhmyNews) -- Despite various good points we cannot ignore, the United States is a society in need of enlightenment in several ways. The rashness of first thinking that people in turbans and beards are terrorists, the simple mindedness of conceptualizing the world into a Christian "civilization" and non-Christian "anti-civilization," and the dichotomy of regarding nations that are ideologically different from the United States as "evil," are examples of this.
09/21 `Seoul Too Weak in Talks With US' (Korea Times) -- South Korean negotiators in talks with the United States over the relocation of the U.S. military base in Yongsan, Seoul, were ``too submissive,’’ according to a government report leaked to the media on Tuesday.
09/17 N. Korea Blast Said Not Caused by Nukes (NYT) -- Video footage of the area where North Korea said a huge explosion occurred showed dozens of workers swarming around a dusty construction site resembling a large dam project, while a foreign diplomat who visited the site said Friday he found no sign the blast was nuclear.
09/15 North Korea and Nuclear Weapons- The Declassified US Record (NSA) -- The declassified intelligence documents show the evolution of intelligence concern about the North Korean nuclear program. Initial identification of the program by the CIA in the early 1980s was not immediately followed by concern that North Korea was seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
09/15 North Korea's Nuclear Weapons- How Soon an Arsenal (US State) -- The CIA assessed that North Korea could produce 5-6 weapons by mid-2003, to add to the 1 or possibly 2 weapons it might already have.
09/15 The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions (Part 4 of 6) (Princeton U) -- In the past four decades, nuclear weapons have evolved into highly sophisticated and specialized devices. Throughout this evolution, the nuclear testing program has played a major role in developing new weapon systems and determining the effects of nuclear explosions.
09/12 Blast, Mushroom Cloud Reported in N. Korea (Yahoo) -- A large explosion rocked the northern part of North Korea, sending a huge mushroom cloud into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Sunday. Experts have speculated that North Korea might use a major anniversary to conduct a nuclear-related test.
09/12 Reports May Indicate N.Korea Nuclear Test-NY Times -- One senior intelligence official noted that preparations the North knew could be detected by the United States might be a scare or a negotiating tactic by North Korea, while other officials speculated a test could be intended to influence the U.S. presidential election in November.
09/08 Police Announce 43 Active Pro-North Korean Websites (Donga) -- The police have caught 43 pro-North Korean websites that advertise the North Korean regime or praise Kim Jong-il and his late father Kim Il-sung. The police have also discovered that the North Korean government has recently started to fully utilize those websites.
09/08 Gando New Source of Friction (Korea Times) -- Recently, 59 lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties submitted a resolution to nullify the Gando Agreement signed by Japan and China in 1909. Under the agreement, Japan ceded territorial rights of Gando, which belonged to the Choson Kingdom before it was colonized by Japan, to the Qing Dynasty of China for exclusive rights to build and control a railway in the area. The Gando area covers much of what is now Jilin and Liaoning provinces in China, near the border with North Korea.
09/04 Will the South's Uranium Enrichment Test Affect the North Korean Nuclear Issue? (OhmyNews) -- With not even the start to a solution of the issue of North Korea's secret nuclear program using enriched uranium in sight, controversy is blowing over the revelation that South Korea conducted a uranium enrichment experiment four years ago. In particular, when one considers the point that the U.S. has applied the nuclear non-proliferation regime it has led discriminately according to how friendly the nation in question is with Washington, the incident may very well lead to controversy over the equality of the non-proliferation regime.
09/03 Washington, Seoul Play Down Nuke Experiment (Korea Times) -- The Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry on Friday played down the significance of a secret uranium-enrichment experiment conducted four years ago by South Korean researchers but refused to comment on whether Seoul had violated international nuclear safeguards.
09/03 Resolution to Nullify the Gando Agreement Submitted (Donga) -- On Friday, 59 lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties, including Rep. Kim Won-woong of the Uri Party, submitted a “resolution to nullify the Gando Agreement.”
09/01 Wartime Massacres of Civilians to Come to Light (Korea Times) -- The Defense Ministry said Wednesday it recently launched a fact-finding panel to look into massacres of civilians during the 1950-53 Korean War and questionable past activities by military authorities.
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