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Link to Japanese story. Breaking initially from South Korean news organization Yonhap about 30 minutes ago Said former President died in a "mountain climbing" accident. Also speculating suicide.This was the architect of the "Sunshine Policy" of appeasement toward North Korea. Good friend of Clintons. BREAKING

The appeasing liberal government of President Roh Mu Hyon in S. Korea boldly interrupted a plan by anti-Communist Human Rights figures today to launch a number of tiny radios into North Korea from the South, in an effort to expose the people under Kim Jong il's murderous and criminal dictatorship, TRUTH from the outside world. Here is a flash report from the front line today in S. Korea (Friday afternoon East Coast Time):"Flash! South Korean Police Battle North Korean Human Rights Activists Trying To Release Balloons, Cite 'Lack of Permit'. Activist Injured in Scuffle in Cholwon(S. Korean) Police on Friday...

[Report by Freeper "AmericanInTokyo" from the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 31 May 2003.]This is a quick, frontline report for the readers of Free Republic, provided by "AmericanInTokyo". An investigative visit was conducted Saturday (yesterday) by myself and about 25 others to the sensitive/tense Joint Security Area (JSA) just north of Seoul, Korea, which is maintained jointly by the North Koreans and the US/ROK military at the village of Panmunjom on the Korean DMZ at the 38th Parallel.The trip was significant in view of recent escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States (and South Korea) in terms of North...

U.S. To Maintain Frontline (D.M.Z.) Troops in South Korea (Korea Herald Report) The joint statement between the leaders of South Korea and the United States indicates that Washington will not relocate its major combat unit stationed in the vicinity of the heavily-armed inter-Korean border until North Korea's nuclear issue is resolved, defense officials said. They said the summit also helped defuse concerns among South Koreans that Washington will reduce or withdraw its 37,000 troops currently based in South Korea. In an apparent reference to the realignment of the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division, the statement said, "They shared the view...