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N. Korea:Kim Jong-il Visiting Russia?(A special train crossed(Russo-N. Korean) border)
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 06/23/06 | Lee Ha-won

Posted on 06/23/2006 12:33:16 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

/begin my translation

Kim Jong-il Visiting Russia?

"A special train crossed the (Russo-N. Korean) border"

A VIP train leaving Pyongyang was seen crossing the border in N.E. area (of N. Korea), according to sources on N. Korea on June 22nd.

According to them, there are many who claimed that they saw the Kim

Jong-il's VIP train crossing the border. Considering that the train crossed the N.E. area rather than Shinuiju area, some observers find it highly likely that Kim Jong-il is visiting Russia. If he is visiting Russia, he could be there to talk over the tense situation with U.S. created by (the recent) missile launch event.

A government official, when asked about this allegation, replied, "We are not able to verify it at the moment. The government is looking into it after receiving this piece of intelligence." Kim Jong-il used his special train when visiting Russian Far East in Aug., 2002. He also visited Russia (including Moscow) in 2001 via train.

Lee Ha-won

/end my translation


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: geopolitics; kimjongil; missilecrisis; proliferation; russia; train; visit
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It is really a sad situation when a major newpaper is pressured to bury this kind of important information as a backpage minor article. I have only found out the orginal Korean article on this topic after FReeper Cindy digged it out from an Australian paper.
1 posted on 06/23/2006 12:33:21 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; OahuBreeze; yonif; risk; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 06/23/2006 12:33:59 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

THANKS for that translation TigerLikesRooster.

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3 posted on 06/23/2006 12:52:35 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Maybe Kim is going for more parts.


4 posted on 06/23/2006 12:56:04 AM PDT by familyop ("Either you're with us, or you're with the terrorists." --President Bush)
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To: familyop

Maybe Kim is getting his butt out of Dodge.


5 posted on 06/23/2006 12:58:49 AM PDT by sd-joe
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To: Howlin; Bahbah; MinuteGal

Something to go HHHhhhmmmmmm about! Is he afraid to fly?


6 posted on 06/23/2006 2:00:48 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: TigerLikesRooster

He must have run out of Beluga caviar. As for the peons, "Let 'em eat cake."


7 posted on 06/23/2006 3:25:29 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: TigerLikesRooster

If true, this would be a very interesting development.


8 posted on 06/23/2006 3:35:47 AM PDT by snowsislander
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To: hoosiermama

Didn't someone try to blow up one of 'lil Kim's trains a while back, or do I misremember?


9 posted on 06/23/2006 3:37:18 AM PDT by Bahbah (Democrat Motto: Why not the worst)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Very interesting...especially with Japan's saying that an NK missile launch wasn't 'imminent'.


10 posted on 06/23/2006 3:39:32 AM PDT by hershey
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That was the South Korean government's position.


11 posted on 06/23/2006 4:09:29 AM PDT by gogogodzilla (I criticize everyone... and then breath some radioactive fire and stomp on things.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Is Eric Clapton booked for Moscow? Maybe Kim wants to join his son.


12 posted on 06/23/2006 4:23:32 AM PDT by Reo
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Wow and hmmm..


13 posted on 06/23/2006 4:25:01 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

interesting


14 posted on 06/23/2006 4:25:41 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: hoosiermama

"Is he afraid to fly?"

Yes


15 posted on 06/23/2006 4:26:30 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: snowsislander

Maybe he doesn't want to be around for the launch? Temperature might spike there (due to global warming). ;0)


16 posted on 06/23/2006 4:31:38 AM PDT by cibco (Xin Loi Saddam)
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To: familyop

"The private train of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. A yellow star decorates the front of the bullet and explosive-proof train, which is equipped with state-of-the-art communications equipment and has a bedroom, office, meeting room and dining room"

Better hope that train can float....just blow the right bridge and its glup glup glup...


17 posted on 06/23/2006 7:41:12 AM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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A yellow star decorates the front of the bullet and explosive-proof train, which is equipped with state-of-the-art communications equipment

IMO That star would make a great target!

18 posted on 06/23/2006 8:42:33 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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"Explosive proof!" I wonder about that. Two F-16s, two 500lb bombs. Maybe not.


19 posted on 06/23/2006 9:14:20 AM PDT by Bahbah (Democrat Motto: Why not the worst)
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Didn't someone try to blow up one of 'lil Kim's trains a while back, or do I misremember?

Yes

North Korea train explosion meant for Kim Jong Il PRINT FRIENDLY EMAIL STORY The World Today - Monday, 14 June , 2004 12:18:00

20 posted on 06/23/2006 9:20:41 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePb6H-j51xE&search=Democrats)
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