2003.11.01

N. Korea Accuses U.S. of 200 Spy Flights (AP). North Korea accused the U.S. military today of conducting at least 200 spy flights against the communist state in October.   2003.11.01

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Hacker Arrest (Yomiuri) As first reported by Kyodo Friday, here are more details on the Brazilian teen in Japan, part of the Cyberlords group,  arrested for hacking.   2003.11.01

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China Official Elicits Deal With N. Korea (AP). China's second-highest leader returned from North Korea on Friday bearing an agreement "in principle" from Pyongyang to rejoin talks about its nuclear program — a diplomatic prize that will help cement Beijing's position as a regional power.   2003.11.01

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USS Kitty Hawk The USS Kitty Hawk today left Yokosuka port.  It will drill in the Sea of Japan or go to the Persian Gulf depending on which source one is listening to.   2003.11.01

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Defector: N. Korea's Kim Is World Problem (AP).  The only way to combat North Korea's dictator is for the world to unite against him as it has against terrorism, North Korean's top-ranking defector said in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday.     2003.11.01

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Japanese boffins advance quantum computing. [The Register] CNOT milestone   2003.11.01

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Iraq: South Korean Diplomat Kidnapped. via Stratfor: Two armed men briefly abducted a South Korean diplomat at gunpoint on Oct. 27 outside the country's embassy in Baghdad. The incident followed South Korea's agreement to an American request that it send more troops to Iraq. The kidnappers held the diplomat for about five miuntes, warned South Koreans to leave Iraq and then released him unharmed, Foreign Ministry Director-General Lee Kwang-Jae said. [The Agonist]   2003.11.01

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Ishihara-Korea Colonization (Japan Times) No apologies from Tokyo Gov. Ishihara for inflammatory comment on Korean colonization.   2003.11.01

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Japan-Saturday Headlines (Kyodo) Here are the Saturday morning headlines in major Japanese newspapers.   2003.11.01

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