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Political Funds Must Be Included in Anti-Money Laundering Bill

The government has decided to push for legislation to prevent money laundering. Because the international flow of money will be made much easier next year with the liberalization of foreign exchange policies, the enactment of such a law cannot be delayed any longer. According to a recent survey conducted by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, money laundered in Korea in 1998 is estimated to have been between 48 trillion won…

Aug 20,2000
Real Reconciliation Needs Wise Prisoner Repatriation

The South Korean government yesterday sent through the Panmunjom liaison office the list of 62 unswerving former long-term communist prisoners to be repatriated to the North on September 2. The repatriation of these unconverted ex-prisoners was one of the issues on which the two Koreas had reached a specific agreement during the inter-Korean Red Cross talks at the end of June, together with the exchange of separated families on August 15 and the …

Aug 18,2000
Next Steps after the Reunions

The North Korean delegation of separated family members leaves for Pyongyang today, August 17, aboard a Korean Air plane. The delegation from the South will return to Seoul on this same plane. A four-day reunion after 50 years apart was simply too brief after such a long wait. The government‘s of the two Koreas must ensure that this does not become a one-time event. The key to this lies in institutionalizing reunions and lines of communication be…

Aug 17,2000
Together at Last: for Better Future Reunions

Although the reunion of separated families drew Seoul and Pyongyang together in an emotional event, a close analysis of the process reveals quite a number of problems. We cannot help lamenting why we did not have the foresight to avoid some of the problems in advance. The deficiencies should not be overlooked as slight flaws in an otherwise perfect occasion, if we are to expand and institutionalize the reunions. The Koreas must make concerted eff…

Aug 16,2000
Viva the Reunion Drama!

The profoundly moving ＂reunion drama＂ of the separated family members began yesterday, Korea’s first Liberation Day of the new millenium. Most South Koreans were glued to their TVs all of yesterday evening, watching the tearful reunions. There seemed to be no end to the tragic and heart-rending stories. There was the mother in the last stages of terminal cancer who checked out of the hospital to greet her son from the North. There was anoth…

Aug 15,2000
Reconciliation Starts with Reunion

An Air Koryo aircraft, which leaves Pyongyang this Tuesday morning, will land in Kimpo Airport with 100 North Korean separated family members. It will then leave for the North carrying 100 South Koreans. The separated families will be unable to control their beating hearts and will wonder whether they will be able to recognize the long unseen faces. Finally they have a chance to reconfirm their family ties as they talk about the agony and har…

Aug 14,2000
New Japanese Textbook ＇Liberal＇ with the Truth

The Committee for a New History Textbook is a group of Japanese right-wing historians who have been calling for a new historiography in secondary education textbooks that will cultivate national pride in students＇ minds. After several years＇ work, they have published a new textbook and will apply for authorization from the Japanese Ministry of Education to allow its use. A single glance is enough to see what it is up to. The overall impression…

Aug 13,2000
Continuing Need for Tong River Environmental Movement

The plan to build a dam on the ecologically important Tong River in Yongwol, Kangwon Province, was canceled only two months ago, after many twists and turns. However, the river itself is now dying. Now that the summer vacation season has arrived, the river is literally swarming with thousands of visitors and vacationers. Peddlers abound, bringing with them heaps of garbage and indiscriminate rafters. How can the Tong River survive such extreme co…

Aug 11,2000
Time for Doctors to Accept an Olive Branch

The government yesterday came up with a set of reform measures aimed at improving the nation＇s healthcare system and the controversial medical bill on separating the overlapping roles of doctors and pharmacists. These new measures, which were devised to prevent a complete walkout by the medical community, address many of the issues that doctors have been disputing. The medical community should bear in mind that if it refuses to accept even this l…

Aug 11,2000
Time for Doctors to Accept an Olive Branch

The government yesterday came up with a set of reform measures aimed at improving the nation＇s healthcare system and the controversial medical bill on separating the overlapping roles of doctors and pharmacists. These new measures, which were devised to prevent a complete walkout by the medical community, address many of the issues that doctors have been disputing. The medical community should bear in mind that if it refuses to accept even this l…

Aug 10,2000

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