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| | February 18, 1997 HWANG DEFECTION: 'DANGEROUS' CRISIS FOR KOREAN PENINSULA |
 | | The situation on the Korean peninsula, with the possibility of triggering nuclear, chemical, biological or conventional conflict on a frightening scale, is perhaps the most dangerous and fraught in the world today. |
 | | For the communist regime and its leader Kim Jong Il, his desertion to the South is a grave blow and means a loss of authority. |
 | | In the power play in the East Asian region, with the Americans more than wary after their experience during the disastrous Korean War, the key to peace is held by the Chinese, who backed the North Korean communists in spectacular fashion, and the Japanese who have vainly wooed the peninsula. |
| www.fas.org /news/dprk/1997/97021802.htm (5213 words) |
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