2003.10.05

Visit DPRK (BBC)   A BBC'er takes a holiday in North Korea. And there's even a travel guidebook now for the Stalinist nation.   2003.10.05

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Report Tracks N. Korean Defectors (AP). Nearly 4,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War, three quarters of them in the past five years, South Korea's Unification Ministry said in a report submitted Sunday. [Yahoo! News - World]   2003.10.05

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Japan to offer 5 billion dollars over four years to Iraq [The Japan Times] Japanese government officials are in final talks to allocate funds for the reconstruction of Iraq. 2003.10.05

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Japan-Swaziland (Johannesburg Sunday Times)   Swaziland's government last week was run by remote control from a Tokyo hotel room.   2003.10.05

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Getting Off the SOFA (Stars & Stripes)   UPDATED     2003.10.05

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