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In the News (Tue 1 Dec 09)

  
  Neutron Bomb - Canada's Aerospace and Defence Weekly - TWR - Editor: Micheal J. O'Brien
Kim was born in P'yongi, near P'yonyang in 1912.
Kim Jong-il's early years were marked by tragedy.
By 1980, Kim Jong-il's father designated him as his successor and he was given senior posts in the politburo, the military commission and the party secretariat.
www.thewednesdayreport.com /kim_il_sung.htm   (0 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Kim Ui-seop, who has been running his business since 1968, said, "we had only about 30~40 stores here at that time, people all knew each other, we're so friendly with the US Army guys.
Itaewon is located at the south foot of Nam Mountain, next to Banpo St. Since there used to be the station called Itaewon, the area had this name.
However, the station disappeared a long time ago, and the village with the name 'Itaewon' was formed at northeastern Yongsan.
yongsan.go.kr /eng/guide/c_body.asp   (0 words)

  
  South Korea Foots Bill for 'Strategic Flexibility' - Worldpress.org
It seems that the government wants to emphasize that the issues on assuming the command are related to the relocation of the U.S. military bases from Yongsan, the G.P.R., and strategic flexibility, and therefore they are not irrelevant.
Before the remarks of You, however, the government argued that South Korea demanded the relocation of the military bases from Yongsan for the sake of national pride, shaken during the Roh Tae Woo administration, and therefore should pay all expenses for the relocation.
The alliance between South Korea and the U.S. is at risk because the two governments are hiding the truth from their own people (not because of the independent approaches of the incumbent government of South Korea, as conservative groups argue).
www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=2598&dont=yes   (1259 words)

  
  Kim Young Sam - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Kim Young Sam
In 1997 his reputation was damaged by a financial scandal related to the failed Hanbo conglomerate, and in October 1997 his son Kim Hyum Chul was fined $1.5 million and jailed for three years for bribery and tax evasion.
He was replaced as president by the veteran opposition leader Kim Dae Jung, following elections which he was unable to contest as a result of Korea's term-limit rules.
A member of the National Assembly from 1954 and president of the New Democratic Party from 1974, he lost his seat and was placed under house arrest in 1979 because of his opposition to the authoritarian President Park Chung Hee.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Kim+Young+Sam   (310 words)

  
  1969 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service - Kim Hyung Seo
KIM also had "to meet and overcome" misunderstandings created by competitive leaders of other projects whose supporters in government circles objected that "the work was taking too long, the project was too large, and too many resources were required." MHSA, however, continued to give food, provide equipment, and pay both administrative and material costs.
Of the 127-hectare project manager's share that revated to KIM when he took over, 77 hectares were given at his request to families of veterans, and proceeds from sale of produce from the remaining 50 hectares are to be deposited in a scholarship fund for needy students chosen by the gun-su (county headman).
When the 450-meter dike was completed in January 1969, KIM wrote to the gun-su and the Korea Committee of the FFHC to enlist their cooperation in developing 100 of the 250 arable chong bo of the total of 350 reclaimed as a model livestock farm.
www.rmaf.org.ph /Awardees/Biography/BiographyKimHyu.htm   (6358 words)

  
 Yongsan Army Garrison
Yongsan Garrison is located in the heart of the capitol city of Seoul, South Korea.
Yongsan and surrounding installations is populated by all segments of the USFK team, soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, as well as Department of the Army civilians, Embassy personnel, and invited contractors.
Yongsan serves as the entertainment hub for the peninsula with thousands of US Military and civilian personnel coming to The Dragon Hill Lodge, 121st General Hospital, Yongsan Commissary, Army and Air Force Exchange Service facilities, as well as the numerous Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities provided.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/yongsan.htm   (1649 words)

  
 SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT
Yongsan is not just any subway station; your train is just one of the many train cars that come, go, and leave for the military base.
Yongsan's former military land was perfect for this purpose: not only was it a long-lost loan to foreign military troops, but also the port of landing for the Sino-Japanese War.
Gone is the normal pinstripe suit; her hair is cropped short, and the vintage eyeglasses remind one of Kim Gu, the Korean independence movement activist in the early 20th century.
english.seoul.go.kr /today/infocus/specialreport/1238009_5093.php   (1691 words)

  
 The Day We Found the Tunnel
Kim's previous assignment was as a battalion commander of a ROK infantry battalion behind the DMZ.
Kim went to the field and visited the men who had reported the sounds and then went to that location himself with them.
Kim quickly theorized that the North Koreans were digging a tunnel under the DMZ into South Korean territory.
www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,Defensewatch_090803_Tunnel,00.html   (2391 words)

  
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Kim graduated in May 1915 and was assigned to the 617th Regiment of Osaka, the 4th division of the Imperial Army.
Kim was promoted to a major and was relocated to the 78th Regiment, 20th division stationed in Yongsan, near Seoul.
Kim was made a brigadier in April 1949 and put in charge of the 1st infantry division.
www.kimsoft.com /2002/kimsukwon.htm   (2369 words)

  
 Wisdom of Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kim Il-Sung was a member of an anti-Japanese guerrilla group, but he was the first one to run away as soon as he heard a gun-shot noise.
Kim Il-Sung was the supreme commander, Choi Young-Geun was the defense minister, and Kang Kun was the chief of staff.
Kim was one of Moh's closest friends, and was important enough for Moh to write about Kim in detail in her memoir.
www2.physics.umd.edu /~yskim/wisdom/wk00b.html   (18245 words)

  
 Welcome To Korea Now !!!-Politics & Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Yongsan Garrison, standing on 810,000 pyeong of land in the heart of Seoul, will be turned into a large-scale public park when the U.S. military pulls out of the area by 2007.
The Yongsan area continued to be used by members of the U.S. forces, which advanced to the Korean Peninsula to accept the surrender of the Japanese forces at the end of World War II in 1945.
The Yongsan compound has been under control of the U.S. military ever since, giving birth to a common expression that those who rule Yongsan are the masters of the peninsula.
kn.koreaherald.co.kr /SITE/data/html_dir/2004/01/24/200401240003.asp   (523 words)

  
 • Yongsan Garrison   (Site not responding. Last check: )
United States Army Garrison - Yongsan is in the heart of Seoul.
Although Seoul boasts a population of more than 11-million, Yongsan Garrison enjoys the lifestyle of a suburb of a small city.
Yongsan Garrison is home to the United Nations Command, U.S.-ROK Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, 8th U.S. Army and the Installation Management Command - Korea.
ima.korea.army.mil /area2/sites/installations/yongsan.asp   (100 words)

  
 The Korea Times : Yongsan Base Relocation to Be Delayed Until 2013   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The relocation of the U.S. base in Yongsan, Seoul, is likely to be postponed until 2013 because of a delay in the construction schedule, government sources said Wednesday.
In a 2004 deal with South Korea, the United States was supposed to relocate its main base, Yongsan Garrison, in downtown Seoul and the 2nd Infantry Division near the border with North Korea to Pyongtaek, which has a population of 350,000, over the next three years.
The high-profile presence of the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, which houses 8,000 U.S. military personnel and their families, has been a constant source of anti-American protests by civic activists.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/nation/200612/kt2006121317074211990.htm   (473 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com
Kim's New Korea Party (NKP) was tipped to do poorly in the legislative elections before the president's vigorous prosecution of two ex-presidents from his own party (then known as the Democratic Liberal Party) gave him a needed boost in opinion polls.
Kim Dae Jung's son is running for the assembly from the family's Cholla bastion.
Kim Young Sam's supporters dominate the southeastern city of Taegu and the surrounding province of North Kyongsang, whose people have formed the core of the country's ruling establishment.
www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/96/0412/nat9.html   (893 words)

  
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Yongsan Movement outrage in this issue is one very useful, long term tactic, and the environment is even better.
Kim Ji-tae, director of the ministry's political coordination division, said that cross-comparisons between samples from Noksapyeong Station and Yongsan base showed no match and therefore, it cannot be said that the polluting element was discharged from the base.
Kim said that the samples from Noksapyeong Station contained kerosene and very little or no gasoline; whereas the two samples taken from holes drilled in Yongsan were both gasoline.
www.usinkorea.org /issues/yongsanwaste/index.htm   (2434 words)

  
 Stars & Stripes: Sergeant gets eight months for shoving soldier into stove
Kim, who is Asian, has been counseled by his chain of command since the July 4 incident for his choice of words, according to court proceedings.
Kim joined the teasing and said his father had told him white people have more hair than Asians because white people are less evolved, both Davis and Kim recalled in court proceedings.
Kim looked down and saw his hand was white and shriveled, and part of his jersey was seared into his skin, he testified.
www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=40422   (750 words)

  
 Future of the Alliance Policy Initiative
Kim Sook, Director General from the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
We've worked toward these two agreements, the agreement on the relocation of Yongsan and the American troops in the Seoul metropolitan area to south of the Han River and the relocation and consolidation of the Second ID Division, over ten Future of the Alliance meetings.
The Yongsan relocation project incurs $3 to $4 billion, and where in discussions with the U.S. side, we've been putting utmost efforts to minimize the cost which will be borne by the citizens of ROK, by the ROK nationals.
fpc.state.gov /fpc/34662.htm   (3345 words)

  
 kim raver   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kim Howells Dr Kim Howells (born November 27, 1946) is a Labour politician in Wales, and member of Parliament for Pontypridd.
Kim Yongsan Kim Yongsan (born 1922) is a Korean businessman.
Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is a writer initially identified as a leading member of the "humanist", or literary, camp of science fiction authors in the 1980s, but whose Mars trilogy is a solid example of hard science fiction.
www.searchtermtrends.com /terms/kim+raver.html   (997 words)

  
 Kim Dae Suk   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kim was born in 1883 in North Korea.
Huh Hyong was assigned to Yongsan Station and Kang Wu Gyo was at the Seoul Station.
In 1938, Kim forced 15 Korean students to enlist in the Japanese Army.
www.kimsoft.com /2004/kimdaesuk.htm   (248 words)

  
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Kim's friend since high school, told a reporter from the sports daily on June 24th, "Sun-il thought out a plan to marry her, and even sent me her picture.", according to the daily.
Kim are reportedly insisting they committed the murder because their request for a pullout of Korean troops in Iraq was not accepted.
Kim, an evangelical Christian, was slain after his government refused to grant the demand of suspected al Qaeda terrorists that the government cancel its planned deployment of 3,000 troops to help rebuild Iraq.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=kimsunil   (5007 words)

  
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In general terms, the 34th Infantry held the area west of Yongsan in the Naktong Bulge, while north of it the 21st Infantry held the area west of Changnyong.
The situation was confused south of Yongsan on 11 August, at the very moment Task Force Hill's attack was being thrown back a few miles westward.
General Walker's decision on the 15th is only one of many that could be mentioned to illustrate the command problems he had to face during the two and a half months of the continuing battles of the Pusan Perimeter.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/BOOKS/KOREA/20-2-1/sn17.htm   (14656 words)

  
 28 Jul 04 - U.S. Embassy Seoul, Korea
Kim lauded the agreement as "a symbol of a successful ROK-U.S. alliance" and noted that the move of U.S. troops from Yongsan in Seoul, the South Korean capital, is estimated to cost $3-4 billion.
KIM: Through ten rounds of FOTA consultations in 14 months, we have concluded an agreement on the Yongsan relocation and amended LPP.
KIM: I'd like to add some comments on the second question regarding the -- which side will assume the cost, the subject of the cost and the GPR (Global Posture Review) plan -- GPR.
seoul.usembassy.gov /jul_28_2004.html   (3559 words)

  
 Removing Yongsan - or Not
”The decision to relocate Yongsan base is up to the Korean government and the United States does not oppose this, as even if it is relocated, the deterrent force against North Korea will still be present as long as the 2nd Infantry Division remains in its current position.
Kim Dae Jung spoke out for the need for housing --- but not until 2002 and only after the fires of anti-Americanism had risen too high to continue to ignore it --- after so many Korean political figureess supported it.
city and Yongsan District officials complained that the facility, in the middle of a major route from the city’s center to eastern suburbs, blocks city development and causes traffic congestion.
www.usinkorea.org /issues/yongsanrelocation/index.html   (3878 words)

  
 NAPSNet Week in Review, September 5, 2003
The bespectacled Kim, 61, nodded nonchalantly from a platform as 670 legislators stood in unison, wildly clapped their hands and shouted hurrays to voice unanimous support for his new five-year term as chairman of the DPRK's highest governing body, the National Defense Commission.
Kim also replaced two of three vice premiers and sacked five ministers in charge of the state planning commission, and other key economic posts.
Kim, himself, was re-elected to a third five-year term as chairman of the all-powerful commission.
www.nautilus.org /archives/napsnet/wir2002/090503.html   (3855 words)

  
 Stars & Stripes: South Korean doctor donates tools to 121st hospital
Kim Choon-won, a pathologist and former South Korean army officer, was assigned to work with the 121st hospital staff in 1966.
Kim is “a truly great person to have as a friend,” Allgood said Tuesday after a short ceremony to thank Kim for his donation.
Kim has even given a lesson to some of the hospital staff, though acupuncture is not an available treatment at the Western-style Army hospital.
www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=33276   (417 words)

  
 The Korea Times : ‘Pressure Not Solution to NK Human Rights’   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung said Friday it is not outside pressure but gradual reform and openness that could substantially improve the human rights situation in North Korea.
Kim, 82, a lifetime human rights activist and pro-democracy fighter, served as the South Korean president from 1998 to 2003, when he actively pursued an engagement policy called the ``sunshine policy.''
North Korea's human rights problem _ the real situation is not exactly known by the outside world _ has been a thorny issue for the progressives in the South because the conservatives have so far used it to criticize the lukewarm government.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/nation/200611/kt2006112417543711960.htm   (452 words)

  
 SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT
SEOUL - The Seoul City government is one step closer to converting Yongsan Garrison into public parkland when it is returned to the South Korean government, according to government officials quoted in the Dong-A Ilbo newspaper Tuesday.
Kim is vice president of the Yongsan Park Building Promotion Team under the direction of Office for Government Policy Coordination.
While no official plan exists to pay for the park, Kim said proceeds from selling the lots and supplements from the national treasury could be used.
english.seoul.go.kr /today/news/new_abroad/1237663_13495.html   (348 words)

  
 The Korea Times : Korean Democracy Fighters Visit Seoul   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The group called Hantongnyon, or the Korean alliance for democracy and unification in Japan, was outlawed as an anti-state organization in 1978 by the Supreme Court.
Members of the intelligence agency once kidnapped Kim, one of the renowned opposition leaders and attempted to kill him.
Kim Jung-boo, chief delegate of the group, and other members will meet former President Kim Dae-jung on Thursday.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/nation/200410/kt2004101017354411990.htm   (340 words)

  
 KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - 8th FW (2004) (Opinions)
The relocation of the Yongsan garrison was expected to take place more rapidly, but the ROK continued to drag their feet and "renegotiate" at every turn -- and finally resorting to attempts to renegotiate the costs by tying funding to reductions in forces.
Though a Kim Sook, director of North American affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is taking charge of settling issues with the US, even this is at a standstill as Korea is unable to react to the U.S. demand for additional 300,000 pyong of land at Pyongtaek.
This was the Kim Dae-jung administration which had reduced the military defense budget for five consecutive years due to his rapproachment efforts with the North.
kalaniosullivan.com /KunsanAB/8thFW/Howitwasb11e1_f.html   (15589 words)

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