2003.08.13

DPRK-Six Way Talks (VOA) Putting the latest rhetoric from Pyongyang in context... 2003.08.13

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Japan-Blaster Worm (update)   Setagaya-ku (ward) office in Tokyo says 100 of its computers hit by Blaster worm. 2003.08.13

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U.S. Weighs Reward if North Korea Scraps Nuclear Arms [New York Times: International News] 2003.08.13

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N. Korea Demands U.S. Normalize Ties [AP World News] 2003.08.13

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Okinawa Governor to U.S. Marines: `Get Out of Here` (Stars & Stripes)   This is all posturing. The Marines and the rest of the U-S military are going to stay on Okinawa as long as the central government in Tokyo wants them there. And they will want them there as long as there is a concrete regional threat. And there is a big one for the foreseeable future: the so-called Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. 2003.08.13

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Mah-jong Online War          Ni Channel is the most popular rumor-mongering site in Japan. It seems a rare  outlet for the incredible frustration of Japanese saddled with a docile mainstream press but, of course, much of what is written in this uncontrolled environment is unfounded, slanderous and libelous. 2003.08.13

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