The Foreign Affairs-Trade Ministry plans to express its displeasure to Korean Ambassador to the United States Han Seung-joo for his failure to attend an event hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, apparently giving preference to another meeting involving personal relations Han did not go to the meeting held at Rumsfeld's residence in Washington, Sept.10, local time, where high-ranking U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Colin Powell and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, were also present, instead attending a party celebrating the publication of a book by his wife, a professor at the Academy of Korean Studies.
The dinner hosted by Rumsfeld was not for expressing gratitude to the countries that had sent troops to Iraq as initially reported by local media, but was to commemorate the 9/11 terrorist attacks http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200409/kt2004091715211353460.htm
★A Korean counterfeiter based near Tokyo says he sold 100,000 super copies in Japan alone last year. ★At the same time, working with overseas Koreans in Los Angeles, he has now started shipping his forgeries to the U.S.
★"We tried it for the first time with a Kelly bag in Japan about a year ago," says the Korean counterfeiter who runs seven factories. ★"We thought it looked great so we put it on sale in a discount store ★we work with for about \500,000 ($3,900). We weren't sure what would happen but it sold literally in a day, ★so ever since we've been selling most of our Kelly bags as originals." http://www.asiapacificms.com/articles/korea_counterfeits/
>>915 Saturday, January 15, 2005 Man found frozen on snowboard outing WHISTLER, British Columbia -- The search for a 25-year-old snowboarder ended Saturday when rescuers discovered a frozen body on the shores of the Cheakamus River near the ski resort town of Whistler. His name has not been released. He was from Korea and was a resident of Whistler. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Snowboarding%20Fatal
Report: U.S. seeks Iran sites for air strikes Published January 17, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Since at least last summer, the United States has conducted "secret reconnaissance missions" inside Iran in an effort to identify three dozen or more suspected nuclear, chemical and missile sites that could be destroyed with air strikes and commando raids, according to a report Sunday in The New Yorker magazine.
朝日新聞は嘘しか書きません http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=17&ItemID=6967 http://www.asahi.com/english/opinion/TKY200501040080.html The two countries signed the Japan-South Korea Basic Treaty in 1965. In lieu of reparations, Japan provided economic assistance to South Korea. While Japanese aid contributed to South Korea's economic advancement, many problems were left unsettled, including apology and compensation to former "comfort women" who were forced to have sex with Japanese soldiers. ↑↑↑ 大嘘吐き、書面でも謝ってんだろが↓↓ http://www.csis.org/pacfor/pac0132B.htm In 1995, then-Prime Minister Murayama used the August 15 date to provide one of the clearest, most direct apologies to Japan's neighbors. More recently, then-Prime Minister Obuchi even put it in writing, at least to South Korea, during his 1998/1999 exchange of summits with ROK President Kim Dae-jung
International Herald Tribune Jan 18, 2005 http://www.iht.com/getina/files/219027.html In 1965, in exchange for the money in grants and low-interest loans, the South Korean government agreed not to press Japan for further compensation.
旦那が自殺したのは、「殺すぞ」と言った後に警察に通報した日本の会社が悪いニダ! 有罪判決=強制送還、自殺したのは、通報した日本の会社のせいニダ! 賠償汁ニダ! Korean Man's Widow Sues Firm; Courts: Wrongful-death action says the employer harassed him over his ethnicity before he killed himself. Company calls the claims baseless K. CONNIE KANG. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.: Apr 28, 2000 Junko Lee's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, accuses Nippon Express USA Inc., Japanese supervisors taunted and harassed Lee—about his national origin, mocking his Korean accent while speaking Japanese, and commenting about his breath after eating kimchi, saying that the company’s Japanese customers didn’t like that. The lawsuit also charges that Lee’s supervisors made disparaging sexual comments about his wife, a Japanese American, for marrying someone of Korean descent. On July 9, 1999, Lee was fired and arrested for making death threats, though he never went to jail. Lee, a Korean immigrant, was fired and faced criminal charges for making threats against company officials. Conviction would have forced his deportation. ttp://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/53122551.html?did=53122551&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+28%2C+2000&author=K.+CONNIE+KANG& desc=Korean+Man%27s+Widow+Sues+Firm%3B+Courts%3A+Wrongful-death+action+says+the+employer+harassed+him+over+his+ethnicity+before+he+killed+himself.+Company+calls+the+claims+baseless.
Philippines received the biggest amount in free loans, $550 million, followed by Korea with $300 million, Indonesia with $223.08 million, Myanmar with $200 million and Vietnam with $39 million.
When the credit loan from the Japanese government and commercial loans by the private sector are counted, Korea and Philippines were the biggest recipients with $800 million each.
Both countries invested the money mainly to improve social infrastructure and the public living standard. However, Korea exceeded Philippines in terms of return of investment, according to the report. South Korea spent most of the money establishing social infrastructures, founding POSCO, building Kyungbu Highway and the Soyang River Dam. The report said, “South Korea efficiently spent the reparation with specific plans.
画像有り、中国人テロリスト Four Chinese nationals sought in possible Boston terror threat http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/19/boston.threat/ http://wwwi.reuters.com/images/2005-01-20T124523Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_2_JAPAN-167640-1-pic0.jpg Wednesday, January 19, 2005 (CNN) -- State, federal and local authorities Wednesday were seeking four Chinese nationals wanted for questioning in connection with a possible terrorist threat to the Boston, Massachusetts, area The FBI and the U.S. attorney's office identified the subjects of the search as Zengrong Lin, Guozhi Lin, Wen Quin Zheng and Xiujin Chen. None have appeared on government "watch lists," according to a joint statement.
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American Honda Motors' Honda brand Two :30 spots, one in the first and one in fourth quarter Will launch Honda's first pickup truck, the Ridgeline
his national origin, mocking his Korean accent while speaking Japanese, and commenting about his breath after eating kimchi, saying that the company's Japanese customers didn't like that.
North Korean Ties Complicate Japan's Efforts to Clean Up Banks The Wall St. Journal http://www2.gol.com/users/coynerhm/north_korean_ties_complicate_japan_banks.htm TOKYO -- To the U.S., North Korea is a member of the "axis of evil," but to Tokyo, Pyongyang is also part of Japan's huge banking mess. Japan is under pressure from Washington to get tough with North Korea, including choking off the flow of funds that ethnic Koreans in Japan send to the North. The funds to North Korea come from Japan's chogin credit unions, chogin literally means Korean bank -- which mainly serve the large community of ethnic Koreans in Japan who are loyal to the North. But many Japanese legislators, among others, allege the chogin have funneled billions of dollars to the secretive communist government in the North. But there are diplomatic costs to consider. Leaning on the chogin could fuel criticism that Tokyo is discriminating against Korean residents, an especially touchy subject. Much of that chogin money have been used by the North Korean government to buy weapons, while the populace has been suffering from malnutrition and even starvation for the past several years. U.S. and Japanese experts on North Korea estimate that anywhere from less than a $100 million to more than $1 billion flows from Japan to North Korea every year. In addition to legal remittances by ethnic Koreans, some of the money is undeclared taxable income.