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[OUTLOOK]North is playing a busted hand

We hope the summit meeting between President Roh and President Bush will be a successful one. The two sides have finished their preparation and coordination to ensure the success of the meeting, and both presidents seem to be the type of leader who gets things done once he sets his mind on it. It would be fair to expect that this summit meeting will meet the requirements for a successful meeting. For those who have been feeling considerable …

May 14,2003
[FORUM]Listening to the oppressed

The deaths of laborers were involved in the two most controversial labor disputes of this year, the Doosan Heavy Indus-tries and Construction standoff and the truckers strike. Bae Dal-ho, a 50-year-old member of the labor union at Doosan Heavy, burned himself to death on Jan. 9, leaving a note complaining about the harsh living conditions caused by the provisional seizure of his monthly salary and his property and about the agony of being laid …

May 14,2003
[FOUNTAIN]The ways of a simple man

Early in his term, U.S. President George W. Bush was often mocked as simple-minded and ignorant. His frequent slips of the tongue, stolidity and rudeness were the subject of a book, “The Bush Dyslexicon.” At that time, one of the people on the receiving end of Mr. Bush’s insolence was South Korea’s president, Kim Dae-jung. Mr. Kim wanted to convince Mr. Bush about Seoul’s engagement policy toward the North before the Bush administration shaped …

May 14,2003
[GLOBAL EYE]Heading off a quickie divorce

President Roh Moo-hyun’s visit to Washington is a “working visit.” Of course what matters is the content, not the formalities, of the visit; but from the point of view of most Koreans, it still seems that the Bush administration is being unkind. There are five levels of White House protocol in greeting a foreign head of state: state visits, official visits, official working visits, working visits and unofficial visits. This is Mr. Roh’s first …

May 13,2003
[OUTLOOK]How American thinking changed

A friend visiting from Seoul recently observed that South Koreans do not really comprehend the changes that the 9/11 terrorist attacks provoked in American thinking about the world. I thought I might take a stab at an explanation. The 1990s were a period in which America accumulated unprecedented power, both relatively and in absolute terms. The “unipolar moment” that appeared with the collapse of the Soviet Union has proven to be surprisingl…

May 13,2003
[FOUNTAIN]State, working: Who cares?

When a national leader visits another country for a summit meeting, the visit can have different levels of protocol. It could be a state visit, an official visit or a working visit, among others. President Roh Moo-hyun’s trip to the United States this week is a working visit, but officials here have been quick to explain that his reception would be equivalent to that of a state visit. In the past, the format of a meeting was of the utmost im…

May 13,2003
[OUTLOOK]Spies, reds and unjust charges

The head of policy planning and coordination at the National Intelligence Service, a rank equal to that of a deputy minister, wields enormous power. He is in charge of all administrative affairs of the country’s intelligence agency, including budget and organization. On top of that, he has the authority to gather information from government agencies. He is the most powerful among the powerful in the intelligence service. Recently the presi…

May 12,2003
[VIEWPOINT]Things Roh should do in the U.S.

President Roh Moo-hyun’s visit to the United States will most likely focus on national security and North Korea’s nuclear program. But it should also cover economic and trade issues between South Korea and the United States. The United States is one of the biggest markets for South Korean goods, and South Korea the sixth biggest partner in trade and investment for the United States. But there has been friction between the two countries in th…

May 12,2003
[FOUNTAIN]Follow the trail of footprints

Fade in to a rice paddy in Hwaseong county, Gyeonggi province. Behind the noisy pack of people clustered in the paddy, a glimpse of a woman’s corpse can be seen. Policemen are running back and forth and an inspector slips and falls to the ground. Any footsteps left behind by the murderer are erased by a farmer’s tractor tire marks. This is how the movie “Memories of a Murder,” which recently opened, treats the unresolved serial killings that happ…

May 12,2003
[OUTLOOK]Most important moment for Bush

Dear President Bush, It may seem that you and President Roh Moo-hyun don’t have much in common to talk about in your meeting Wednesday. Your advisers have probably informed you that President Roh is a foreigner and a leftist. Both charges are true. Mr. Roh has been critical of the United States, and you don’t want to hear about some of his economic policies. But if you treat him as an amalgam of the godless Karl Marx and the duplicitous Jac…

May 12,2003

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