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[EDITORIAL] A Diplomatic Error

President Vladimir Putin of Russia must have had a satisfied smile on his face as he flew to Vietnam yesterday after his three-day stay in Korea. Mr. Putin's visit showed the world that Russia has her share in the Korean Peninsula issue and accomplished some substantial diplomatic and economic results. Mr. Putin brought Korea around to agreement on the need to maintain and strengthen the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which amounts to joining …

Mar 01,2001
[EDITORIAL] Don't Abandon Our Prisoners

Radio Pyongyang confirmed that two South Korean prisoners of war met their family members in the third reunion of separated families. A POW met his family at the second-round reunion, but it was kept under wraps. By publicizing the reunion this time around, the North seems to be aiming at two effects; accepting the South's assertion to include South Korean POWs in the "comprehensive category of separated families" and at the same time sticking …

Mar 01,2001
[OUTLOOK] 3 Neighbors, a Superpower and 2 Koreas

The year 2001 is expected to become a year of the two Koreas. The strong powers in Northeast Asia are pursuing diplomatic activities more dynamically than at any other time in the past. Following this week's Korea-Russia summit, South Korea and the United States will hold summit talks in Washington on March 7. Kim Jong-il, chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, is scheduled to visit Russia in April, and Chinese President Jiang…

Mar 01,2001
[VIEWPOINT] Women's Movement Needs More Funds

The women's movement in Korea still has a long way to go. In order to eliminate gender discrimination, the women's movement must be strengthened to change the misconceptions still abounding in our society. Women's movement associations have the capability to initiate measures to solve gender problems, including issues such as women in slum areas, sexual harassment, household violence, burdens of women farmers and the patricentric family act…

Mar 01,2001
[THE FOUNTAIN] Modern Day Dogmatic Purge

When Hui-yuan, a famous Chinese Buddhist priest of the Chin Dynasty (265-420), was living an ascetic life in the Lu Mountains, celebrated poet Tao Chien (also known as Tao Yuan-ming) and Taoist priest Lu Hsiu-ching visited him. Hui-yuan, who delighted in his conversations with the two, walked with them toward the temple door to say farewell after their meeting, although it was forbidden for the Buddhist priest to step outside of the temple durin…

Mar 01,2001
[EDITORIALS]Let Kim Be Kim on Television

President Kim Dae-jung will hold another "Conversation with the People" on March 1. This is the fourth such event and the first in a year. Holding face-to-face conversations with the people amid difficulties and confusion in the country and abroad is indeed meaningful in regaining the people's trust in the president himself and in his policies. We hope it will be an opportunity for the people to express their grudges and hopes and for the head o…

Feb 28,2001
[EDITORIALS]Storm Over Kim Jong-il's Apology

With the anticipated return visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in mind, a ruling camp figure has suggested that Mr. Kim is not responsible and does not need to apologize for a series of actions the North has committed toward the South, including the Korean War and the bombing of a Korean Airline plane. On Tuesday, at a breakfast meeting for National Assembly lawmakers, Hwang Tae-yon, professor of Dongguk University and a deputy director …

Feb 28,2001
[EDITORIALS]What Is the KBS Task Force For?

News companies, be they newspapers or broadcasters, have been delegated "the people's right to know" when they cover news. If a company forgets this principle and abuses journalistic functions for selfish reasons, it has to be the target of "media reform." On Monday, Grand National Party Assemblyman Park Jong-hee disclosed in the Culture and Tourism Committee that the Korean Broadcasting System has formed an "urgent task force" in its news bureau…

Feb 28,2001
[OUTLOOK]Japan's Reluctance to Change Course

History Textbook Controversy Fundamentally Rises From Japan Being a Small-minded Nation On February 21, the Asian regional preparatory meeting in Tehran for the World Conference Against Racism, which is chaired by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, adopted a draft declaration. A passage from the declaration reads that states, which pursued colonialism or any other forms of occupation or rule over a foreign country, slavery,…

Feb 28,2001
[VIEWPOINT]To Function, Banks Need Stable Profits

If Banks Are to Modernize and Maintain Capital, Those Pesky Fees Are Needed to Cover The Costs Criticism broke out recently when Korea First Bank announced that it would charge fees to maintain deposits, and other banks prepared to follow suit. This is nothing out of the ordinary. Voices of complaint always make themselves heard when banks establish new fees or raise existing fees and also when the banks raise lending rates without rais…

Feb 28,2001

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