2006.04.26

ROK-Japan (Korea Times) South Korea's foreign minister miffed that Japanese politicians didn't take the bait after President Roh's Japan-bashing speech. 2006.04.26

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Japan-Architects Scandal (Kyodo) UPDATED Police rounded of eight people today, arresting them amid the scandal over fabrication of earthquake resistance data by architects, inspectors and builders that has rocked Japan. 2006.04.26

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Quarrels Galore Between Japan and PRC, ROK. [IPS] East Asian regional politics, complex at the best of times, is turning even more tense say analysts, commenting on new movements on the North Korean abduction issue, the ongoing territorial dispute with South Korea and the China-United States summit that concluded on April 20. 2006.04.26

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Guam-USA Military (Pacific Daily News) Guam needs a plan to fix long-standing infrastructure woes ahead of the relocation of thousands of U.S. Marines and their families from Okinawa. 2006.04.26

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Japan-U.S. Military (Kyodo) Cost to Japan for realignment of U.S. forces will exceed $26 billion.   2006.04.26

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DPRK Defectors Often Find Life Less Than Ideal in ROK. [VOA] Many in democratic, capitalist South Korea say they have begun looking at the Stalinist North less as an enemy, and more as an impoverished relative. 2006.04.26

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