2005.11.26

DPRK-CNN (Reuters) North Korea claims CNN aired a fake DPRK execution to boost sagging ratings. 2005.11.26

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ROK-Samsung (Yonhap) Lee Yoon-Hyung, 26, youngest daughter of Samsung chairman, now said to have hanged herself in Manhattan and did not die in a car accident, as previously reported. 2005.11.26

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Japan-Hollywood Media Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reportedly banned non-Japanese media from attending their news conference Monday in Tokyo where they are making a quick stop to flog their latest film. Toho-Towa, the Japanese distributor for Mr. & Mrs. Smith, says the demand to bar foreign media comes from the couple's publicists in the United States. Pitt and Jolie have been romantically linked for months and the tabloids around the world have been in tow. Pitt has a track record for playing censor -- during his trip here in January to promote a previous movie -- at a time he had just broken up with Jennifer Aniston, non-Japanese reporters and photographers were also not permitted to attend his news conference. Even more odious, Japan-based media invited to Monday's presser are being asked to sign a document vowing not to ask personal questions and to not sell their reports or pictures outside Japan. The couple is scheduled to attend a premiere for their movie Monday night at Virgin-Toho Roppongi Hills. 2005.11.26

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DPRK-USA (AP) North Korea expresses doubt that the United States really recognizes sovereignty of the Stalinist state. 2005.11.26

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Japan-Judicial Scandal (Mainichi Daily News). Judge fesses up to online shenanigans that clearly violate law overseeing judicial ethics. 2005.11.26

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USA-Japanese (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Seattle loses icon of Japanese-American history. 2005.11.26

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Japan-Building Scandal (NY Times) Scandal involving structurally unsound buildings continues to shake Japan. 2005.11.26

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Japan-Fujimori (Washington Post) Former Peruvian president and Japanese citizen Alberto Fujimori could be headed for modern-day version of Spanish Inquisition. 2005.11.26

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Japan-DPRK (Asahi Shimbun) Japan to demand repayment from North Korea for scrapped nuclear reactor project. 2005.11.26

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Japan-Aum (Japan Times) Japan's shadowy Public Security Intelligence Agency wants to extend legal surveillance of sarin gas cult. 2005.11.26

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Pat Morita dies at 73 (AP). Japanese-American "Karate Kid" actor Pat Morita dies in Las Vegas. 2005.11.26

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Japan-Space (Kyodo) Updated Japanese space probe relands on asteroid and apparently able to scoop rock samples. 2005.11.26

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