Pyongyang's ploy

Article Abstract:

North Korea's renunciation of a 1953 armistice and its subsequent brinksmanship appear to have backfired. Following the events on the eve of the April 11, 1996 elections in South Korea, the US refused to negotiate a new treaty, Pyongyang's former allies warned it, and President Kim of S Korea drew the electorate together in a call for a strong and stable government. The ploys, reminiscent of a 1987 terrorist bombing of an airliner, may also have been intended to distract a restive and ill-fed populace in the North.

Political activity, Political aspects, International relations, North Korea, Kim Young Sam

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Not on my island: South Koreans slam nuclear-waste plans

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Plans to site S Korea's first permanent nuclear-waste dump site on the island of Gurupdo seem likely to incite a fierce reaction from anti-nuclear activists. The island houses nine villages and is 80 km from the city of Inchon and its 2 million inhabitants. More than 40% of S Korea's electricity comes from nuclear reactors, a proportion likely to rise, and 50,000 drums of low-radioactive waste now sit in temporary storage, along with 2,000 tons of high-radioactive material. Previous plans have resulted in riots.

All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Nuclear Wastes, Energy policy, Radioactive wastes

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Deadly dioxin; South Korea's Agent Orange victims want justice

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South Korean veterans of the Vietnam War have filed suit against seven US chemical companies that produced dioxin-based defoliants linked to cancer including Agent Orange. A $240 million settlement made in 1984 for victims of Agent Orange in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US did not compensate South Korean victims. More than 7,000 South Korean veterans of the Vietnam war are suffering from medical problems linked to the use of defoliants.

Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing, Agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Defoliants, Health aspects, Military aspects, Dioxin, Dioxins, Agent Orange-related diseases, Agent Orange related diseases

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