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</strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030402122722/http://www.atimes.com/koreas/DB21Dg01.html"><strong>Background to a troubled peninsula<br> </strong></a></font><font size="2"> </font></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br>   </font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><font color="white"><strong>A QUESTION OF LEVERAGE</strong> <br> By Jaewoo Choo<br> <br> </font><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EB28Dg01.html"><font color="white">Part 1: China's role in the Korea crisis</font></a><font color="white"> <br> <br> </font><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EC01Dg03.html"><font color="white">Part 2: Sorry, not interested</font></a><font color="white"> <br> <br> </font><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EC04Dg02.html"><font color="white">Part 3: A matter of principle</font></a><font color="white"> <br> </font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table 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And if anyone should know, it's Russia. - <b>Sergei Blagov <font color="#999999" size="1">(Apr 1, '03)</font></b></font></font></font> </font> </font> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br><br><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/ED01Df02.html "><strong>Korean brands invade India</strong></a><br>South Korean brands are storming in and taking over the markets in each of their product categories in India as firms such as Hyundai Motor, Samsung and LG Electronic use innovative strategies to catch the Indian consumer's eye. <b>- Indrajit Basu</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 31, '03)</font><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EC28Dg01.html"><strong><br>North Korea: Door to diplomacy still open<br></strong></a>Obstinate, self-isolated North Korea remains in a diplomatic backwater, resorting as in the past to blackmail to get what it wants. The United States has understandably resisted, but there are precedents for appeasing Pyongyang, and the diplomacy of previous US administrations paid off. The clock, however, is ticking. <b>- Phar Kim Beng</b> <br></font><font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 27, '03)</font><br><br></font></font> </font></font></font> <a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EC26Dg01.html"><strong>North Korea next? Not likely</strong></a><br> Pyongyang has been warned that if doesn't stop provoking Washington with its nuclear program it will face "serious consequences". Now that Iraq is learning the meaning of "serious consequences" in all their fury, Koreans - especially in the South - are very nervous. But there are several good reasons to believe that the US will deal with the Korea problem differently. <b>- Jaewoo Choo</b> <font color="#999999" size="1"> (Mar 25, '03)</font><br></font> <br><strong><font color="#ff0000" size="2">PYONGYANG WATCH</font></font><br></strong> <a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EC22Dg01.html"><strong>Sow corn in your enemy's field</strong></a> <br> While blasphemers kill in God's name in the Middle East and world leaders unleash fire and brimstone in an effort to out-evil evil, others quietly pursue a more profound wisdom. South and North Koreans are still officially foes, but their hands are reaching out to each other across their fortified border as never before. <strong>- Aidan Foster-Carter</strong> <font color="#999999" size="1"> (Mar 21, '03)</font></font><br> <br><strong><font color="#ff0000" size="2">SPEAKING FREELY </font> <br></font></strong> <a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EC20Dg01.html"><strong>Why the US won't attack North Korea</strong></a><br> Concerns about the "danger" that the United States might launch a preemptive attack on North Korea, as it is about to do against Iraq, were raised in this space recently. But the situations in Iraq and Korea are totally different, and US action will be different as well. <b>- Brian Johnson</b> <font color="#999999" size="1"> (Mar 19, '03)</font><br></font></font> <br><font color="#ff0000" size="2"><strong>JAPAN'S GRAND GAME</strong></font></font><br> About 80 percent of Japanese oppose war in Iraq, but about 100 percent are worried about North Korea. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is hoping to turn those numbers to his advantage, by siding with US policy in both areas. <b>Purnendra Jain</b> reports that Tokyo is missing an opportunity to enhance its status as a diplomatic force in the region, and <b>J Sean Curtin</b> notes that while Koizumi has indeed bought into a high-stakes poker game, the Japanese PM is a shrewd and seasoned player. <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 17, '03)</font> <br> <br>    <img border="0" hspace="0" src="/web/20030402122722im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif"><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EC18Dh01.html"><strong>Japan's wrong-headed Korea move</strong></a> <br> <link to jain>   <img border="0" hspace="0" src="/web/20030402122722im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif"><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EC18Dh02.html"><strong>Koizumi trades Baghdad for Pyongyang</strong></a> <link to curtin-csis><br></font></font><br> <strong> <font color="#ff0000">ANALYSIS</font><br> </strong><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EC15Dg01.html"><strong>Miscalculation the greatest Korea war risk</strong></a><br> Numerous, perhaps most, wars in history have started as the result of misestimation of enemy intentions and strength, uncontrolled and reckless escalation of tension, or sheer accident. Should war break out again on the Korean Peninsula, it will be no different. In the conclusion of a two-part series, <b> Marc Erikson</b> debunks the myth that North Korea is a military paper tiger. <font color="#999999" size="1">(Mar 14, '03)</font> <br> <br> <bullet>   <font color="#ff0000"> SPEAKING FREELY</font> <br>   <img border="0" hspace="0" src="/web/20030402122722im_/http://atimes.com/atimes//images/arrow.gif"><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EC15Dg02.html">Fellow Koreans, see the danger </a>  </div> </td> </tr> </table><br> <div align="center"> <table align="left" border="3" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="" id="table1" style="HEIGHT: 301px; WIDTH: 308px" width="191"> <tr> <td align="left" bgcolor="gainsboro" bordercolor="darkorange" class="" height="0" valign="top"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><font size="2"><strong>NOTES and QUOTES<br></strong></font><font color="#000000"><font size="2">Reports of the test-launch of a North Korean cruise missile contradicted one another, with the United States saying it happened, South Korea saying it didn't, and Japan saying it wasn't sure.</font></font></font></p> <p><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><strong>"We are aware that North Korea launched an anti-ship cruise missile from its west coast. While we are not alarmed by this, it is not particularly helpful, either."</strong>  <em>- Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant-Commander Jeff Davis</em></font></font></font></p> <p><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><strong>"We are still trying to confirm information including whether or not a launch took place."</strong> <br><em>- Japanese Self-Defense Force official Shoei Yamanaka</em></font></font></font></p> <p><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><strong>"This just proves that Japan's ability to verify data isn't reliable."</strong> <br>- <em>Tetsuya Ozeki, director of ATWI research institute</em></font></font></font></p></td></tr></table></div> </td> <td width="36%" valign="top"> <table width="184" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="51" align="middle" valign="center"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/others/pyongyang.html"><img border="0" height="85" src="/web/20030402122722im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/korea_banner.gif" width="184"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img height="5" src="/web/20030402122722im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="1"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <table width="184" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#ff9900" style="HEIGHT: 361px; WIDTH: 184px"> <tr> <td align="middle" valign="top" bgcolor="#fdf0c6"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><img height="5" src="/web/20030402122722im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/1pix.gif" width="1"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><img height="22" src="/web/20030402122722im_/http://atimes.com/images/f_images/bin_korea.gif" width="174"></div> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"></div> <table width="174" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br><font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20030402122722/http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/ED03Dg03.html "><strong>WTO complaint mulled</strong></a><br>The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it will adopt strong measures against the United States' tentative decision to impose high punitive tariffs on Hynix's exports of dynamic random access memory chips. 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