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Wednesday, October 15, 2003 |
Creating new category: North Korea I no longer believe any of the announced candidates for President have the guts and the wits to address violence in our world, in ways that shunt our primitive reactions to fear and modern responses of combat, long enough to develop a lasting diplomacy and peace. Peace requires a relationship of trust, a transaction absent of fear and threat. Consider the basics - clean air, clean water, and food. What did North Koreans wake up to this morning?
I'm not sure either, but I'm going to find out. Mea culpa.
5:43:36 PM permalink
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The Carter Center: North Korea North Korea > mediating conflict and increasing food production
Snip from the Carter Center: (bold is mine)
In June 1994, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter became the first people to cross the demilitarized zone from South Korea to North Korea and back again since the two were divided following the Korean War. President and Mrs. Carter had been invited by then-President Kim Il Sung to visit North Korea and went as representatives of The Carter Center with the hope of defusing a serious issue related to North Korea's nuclear program.
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In April 1999, the Center joined several relief and development agencies to undertake a pilot initiative to boost potato production and improve food security in North Korea. The group purchased 1,000 metric tons of potato seed and oversaw its planting in May on farms in a southeastern North Korean province. Agencies included Adventist Development and Relief, Amigos Internacionales, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Church World Service, Korean American Sharing Movement, and Mercy Corps International.
Hmmmm... nuclear program and food security. Think there might be a connection?
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