2003.08.19

South Korea Apologizes to North Korea (VOA)   OK -- figure this out. Last Friday, South Koreans vent their anger about North Korea violating a pact with South Korea on keeping the Korean peninsula nuclear free by burning flags of the DPRK and pictures of "Dear Leader" Kim. Today South Korea's president apologizes to North Korea and says all the members of his cabinet should do the same! All because Pyongyang had asked for an apology yesterday. Mr. Roh will likely go down in the history books as the weakest President in South Korean history. Prediction: He will not serve out his full term. 2003.08.19

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N Korean Ferry To Dock At Niigata Port Monday TOKYO (Kyodo)--The controversial North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 will dock at Niigata port next Monday, according to a notice a pro-Pyongyang Korean residents' group in Japan received from the North on Tuesday. The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan has been urging North Korea since June to resume the ferry service. It runs on an irregular basis between Wonsan and Niigata, carrying cargo and passengers, mostly residents of Japan of North Korean descent. The Japanese government alleges the ship was used by North Korea for illegal activities such as unauthorized transmission of cash, smuggling of banned equipment and espionage. The ship last visited Niigata in January. It canceled scheduled trips to Japan following massive security increases by Japanese authorities and public protests at the port. 2003.08.19

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Enola Gay (Washington Post)   Many years ago when the Enola Gay was reduced to a fuselage in an anonymous hangar in Maryland I got to join an small and unpublicized tour to see the plane. I thought it was amazing that this piece of history (aviation and warfare) was in such a condition and not viewable by the public. An attempt to put it on display in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum got hung up on politics. 2003.08.19

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DPRK to Japan:   As I've said before, Kim Jong Il's puppets in Pyongyang have made chutzpah a Korean word. 2003.08.19

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