2005.03.30

Marianas-Betel Nut (Saipan Tribune) Fungus taking its toll on the Marianas' betel nut industry. 2005.03.30

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UN-Ecosystems (VOA) The United Nations goes on the offensive about -- no, not Kofi Anna -- but the world's beleaguered ecosystems. The first of nine news conferences to be held on the subject today took place in Tokyo to unveil a four-year, $22 million report that includes no new research and no specific recommendations. 2005.03.30

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UN bird flu expert visits DPRK. [BBC News] The world body's senior bird flu expert goes to North Korea to try to prevent the spread of the virus. 2005.03.30

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DPRK-Soccer (Reuters) UPDATED A near-riot breaks out in Pyongyang's football staidum after the home team loses a World Cup qualifier to a fellow traveler in the "Axis of Evil." 2005.03.30

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Tokyo News Pod-Mar30 The Tokyo News Pod for March 30, 2005. The United Nations releases a monumental and unprecedented report on the state of the world's eco-systems... but will anybody do anything about it? 2005.03.30

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DPRK-Nukes (Secrecy News) South Korean conglomerate Hyundai helped fund North Korea's secret nuclear weapons development program. 2005.03.30

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Japan-Bank (Mainichi) Mizuho Bank says it has lost confidential data of 270,000 customer accounts. 2005.03.30

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ROK bars secret video of the DPRK (The Christian Science Monitor).  On a bleached and scratchy video image smuggled out of Kim Jong Il's closed regime, blindfolded prisoners are tied to white posts on a rocky landscape, shot three times, and dragged away. The rare video footage of summary executions in North Korea - a practice considered routine in the North but never captured on film - was taken by hidden camera March 1 and 2, and smuggled through China to South Korea. 2005.03.30

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