Chinese
Police Stop U.S. Boy's Peace Protest
A 13-year-old U.S boy,
Jonathan Lee, who is campaigning for a peace park, was released from Chinese
detention along with his mother, after staging a brief protest near Tiananmen
Square in Beijing.
He is asking the China to support:
1.The end of the Korean War with the signing of a peace treaty between the two
Koreas and the U.S.
2.A nuclear free Korean peninsula.
3.The creation of a Children's Peace Forest in the DMZ. It's motto is Above
Politics, Above Borders, Above Conflicts, Above Ideology. It's all about giving
hope to people and children around the world. More......
China's WTO entry, Olympics boost Korean industry
9-11-01 Korea Herald
Despite Korean pop culture winning wider acceptance in China in recent years, a
recent report suggests that it has yet to hit its peak as China is set to
witness an explosive market expansion in line with the country gaining a WTO
membership and winning the rights to host the 2008 Olympics.
Gov't to designate Busan as duty-free zone
9-11-01 Korea Herald
President Kim Dae-jung said yesterday that the government will designate Busan
as a duty-free zone by the end of this year to help develop the southern port
city into a hub of distribution in Northeast Asia.
17-year-old Filipina a midshipman at Annapolis
9-11-01 ManilaTimes.net
Annapolis, Maryland—This Filipina weighs only 95 pounds, but Rea Dacanay, a
4th-class midshipman at the United States Naval Academy here, can do 60 push-ups
in under two minutes, and follow it up with 65 sit-ups.
Korea Kim wants Japan to ease tension for World Cup
9-10-01 China Daily
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung said on Monday he hoped Japan would take
responsible steps to resolve issues such as the controversy over Japanese
history textbooks ahead of the 2002 World Cup. South Korea and Japan are
co-hosting the soccer finals, the world's biggest sporting event, but relations
between the two countries have frayed because of the textbooks and the visit
last month by Japan's prime minister to a war shrine.
Negotiations for Chinese kidnap victims ongoing: military chief
9-10-01 China Daily
Negotiations are underway to win the release of a Chinese engineer and a
Filipino guide held captive by Muslim gunmen in the southern Philippines, armed
forces chief General Diomedio Villanueva confirmed on Monday.
Passage of no-confidence bill set to wreak havoc in Korean
politics 9-04-01 Kore Herald
The passage of a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Unification Minister Lim
Dong-won is expected to have a huge impact on Korean politics, including the
possible breakup of President Kim Dae-jung's three-way ruling coalition, party
officials and analysts said yesterday.
Unification Minister Lim hit with no-confidence motion
9-04-01 Korea Herald
The National Assembly yesterday passed a no-confidence bill on Unification
Minister Lim Dong-won, dealing a serious blow to President Kim Dae-jung's
"sunshine" policy toward North Korea and casting a cloud over domestic politics.
Friendly ties with DPRK to intensify
9-04-01 China Daily
President Jiang Zemin Monday started his three-day official goodwill visit to
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), expressing support for
reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.
Gas pipes ruled out as cause of Kabukicho blaze 9-04-01 Japan Times
An inspection of the gas pipes in the Meisei 56 Building in Shinjuku where 44
people died in a Saturday morning fire has ruled out the possibility the blaze
was triggered by a gas explosion stemming from corroded pipes, Tokyo Gas Co.
said Monday.
US may
acquiesce to build-up of China's missiles 9-03-01 Taipei Times
The Bush administration, seeking to overcome Chinese opposition to its missile
defense program, intends to tell leaders in Beijing that it has no objections to
the country's plans to build up its small fleet of nuclear missiles, according
to senior administration officials.
Japan,
U.S. agree to new auto talks
09-03-01 JapanTimes
MEXICO CITY (Kyodo) Japanese trade minister Takeo Hiranuma and U.S. Trade
Representative Robert Zoellick agreed Saturday to start a new round of auto
trade talks, a Japanese official said.
Minister Lim's fate set to have impact on N. Korea ties, politics
9-03-01 Korea Herald
The result of today's parliamentary no-confidence vote on Unification Minister
Lim Dong-won will have significant repercussions not only on inter-Korean
relations but on domestic politics also, analysts said yesterday.
Assembly to cast no-confidence vote on unification minister today
9-03-01 Korea Herald
The National Assembly will cast a no-confidence vote on Unification Minister Lim
Dong-won today, with its result expected to have a major influence on Korean
politics.
Fire in Tokyo nightspot kills 44
09-01-02 China Daily
Japanese authorities are checking if a gas leak or arson could have caused an
explosion and fire that killed 44 people in a small nightclub building in
central Tokyo early on Saturday. It was the worst such tragedy in
nearly 30 years.
Indonesia Signs New
Agreement With IMF for Economic Reforms
8-28-01 suratkabar.com
Indonesia's president, Megawati Sukarnoputri,
cleared her first hurdle in rebuilding investor confidence in her troubled
country by reaching a new reform agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
President Jiang to visit North Korea early September
8-28-01
chinadaily.com.cn
Chinese President Jiang Zemin will
visit North Korea from September 3 to 5, announced Yu Hongjun, spokesman of the
International Department of the CPC Central Committee. The goodwill visit
will take place at the invitation of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il, said the
spokesman.
U.N. to conduct nutrition survey on N. K. children in 2002 8-28-01
Korea Herald
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and Children's Fund (UNICEF) will
conduct a joint nationwide nutrition survey of North Korean children next year,
the visiting head of WFP said in Seoul yesterday. Catherine Bertini said
she reached an agreement with senior Pyongyang officials on the survey plan
during her visit to the communist country Aug. 18-21, her fourth trip to North
Korea.
Korea rules against song-sharing
8-27-01 CNN
A South Korean court has ordered the operator of a defunct file-sharing Web site
to pay $75,300 ($98 million won) to two local record labels for violating
copyrights.
Koizumi's China visit linked to conciliatory pledge 8-27-01 JapanTimes
BEIJING (Kyodo) China said Saturday its acceptance of Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi's proposed visit to Beijing depends on whether Japan takes real action
to restore the trust of the people of Asian countries victimized by Japanese
aggression in the last century.
Korean boxer fights for unified homeland 8-27-01 Asahi.com
For Masamori Tokuyama, there was more
at stake than just boxing when he defended his World Boxing Council Super
Flyweight title in Seoul on May 20. The ethnic Korean, born and raised in
Japan, successfully defended his title for the second time in what he
considers his real homeland. On that night in Seoul he was declared winner
under his birth name, Hong Chang Su.
IOC President looks
forward to superb Olympiad in Beijing 8-27-01 China Daily
Though thinking Beijing will face many challenges to organize an Olympiad,
Jacques Rogge, newly-elected President of the International Olympic Committee
(IOC), expressed his full confidence that the Chinese capital will put on a
successful Games in 2008.
Korean Government reacts coldly to Koizumi plan to visit Korea 8-27-01
Korea Herald
The South Korean government has given a lukewarm response to Japanese Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to visit Seoul before a meeting of Asian and
Pacific leaders in Shanghai in October. "It is difficult to
anticipate a summit meeting between the two countries unless Japan takes action
to cultivate a favorable atmosphere for his visit," said a government official.
Megawati Asserts Her
New Authority, Surprising Many Critics in Indonesia
8-13-01 Suratkabar
JAKARTA, Indonesia (SuratkabarCom) - As Indonesia's new President
Megawati Sukarnoputri settles into her job, there is growing evidence
that she may have been underrated.
S. Korea vows strong action if Koizumi visits shrine 8-13-01
Korean Herald
South Korea will take strong action if
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits a controversial war
shrine, Seoul officials said yesterday. They said it would make little
difference even if he selects a date other than the Aug. 15
anniversary of the end of World War II.
Tokyo police raid
anti-textbook HQ 8-13-01 CNN
Police have raided the headquarters of a Japanese ultra-leftist
faction in connection with last week's bomb attack on the office of
nationalist history textbook authors.
Thai floods claim 73 as search intensifies 8-13-01 CNN
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Officials began using dogs and heavy machinery
Sunday in the grim search for further victims of a flash flood in
northern Thailand which claimed at least 73 lives.
China: US offer on spy plane "unacceptable" 8-12-01 China Daily
China said Saturday that the "decision" made by the US side to pay
$34,000 in support costs for its spy plane is unacceptable, and China
has expressed the utmost dissatisfaction with the US side.
13
pandas expected to give birth 8-12-01 China Daily
Thirteen pandas in China's southwestern province of Sichuan are likely
to give birth in the next few months, expert at China's Giant Panda
Breeding Technology Commmittee said.
Central Taiwan counting the
cost of Typhoon Toraji 8-02-01 Taipei Times
Government officials touring the worst-affected areas have promised to
pull out all the stops in an effort to help those who suffered during
Taiwan's most devastating typhoon in four decades
Japanese public schools yet to adopt rightist textbooks
8-02-01 Korea Herald
Not a single public middle school in Japan has adopted the
controversial history textbook authored by a group of rightist
scholars as of the end of July, a major Japanese daily newspaper
reported yesterday.
Up to 300 may be trapped in tin mine accident
08-02-01 ChinaDaily
Authorities in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
yesterday confirmed a reported water leak in a tin mine in Nandan
County but refused to say how many people were trapped inside.
Indonesian landslide toll 'at least 100'
08-01-01 CNN
Relief workers fear
that at least 100 people have been killed by floods and landslides
that have crushed several villages on a remote Indonesian island
popular with surfers.
Typhoon kills
46, leaves 150 missing in Taiwan 7-31-01 China Daily
At least 46 people have
been killed and 150 are missing in Taiwan after Typhoon Toraji caused floods,
mud and rock slides, and devastated farmlands in eastern and central parts of
the island, officials said on Tuesday.
Asia's Power Women: Indonesia's Megawati and the Philippines' Arroyo
07-30-01 CNN.com
Less than twelve uncertain hours after her controversial predecessor declared a
state of emergency, Indonesia's Megawati Sukarnoputri faced the nation's top
lawmakers and swore an oath of office making her Indonesia's fourth president in
the past three years.
Chinese swimmer crosses English Channel
07-30-2001
China Daily
Swimmer Zhang Jian became the first
Chinese person to swim cross the English Channel early Monday morning as he
successfully landed in Calais, France, after a 12-hour journey from Dover,
Britain.
IOC delegates voted in Moscow to award the 2008 Games to Beijing
07-13-01 CNN
Thousands flee as Philippine volcano erupts
06-25-01 CNN
Shanghai spirit may yet haunt Asia
06-23-01AsiaTimes
The Shanghai Five mechanism, which actually comprises six nations, seeks to
maintain stability in central and east Asia while acting as a non-ideological
counterpart to American influence...
Mongolia's
former rulers sweeping back to power 05-18-01 TaipeiTimes
Record
Breaking Snow Blankets Four Asian Countries 1-09-01 CNN
China, Japan, Korea were hit with the record snowfall with Mongolia hit by
their worst snowstorm in fifty years... Asian News
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