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	Seoul - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The city served as the capital during the Baekje and Joseon Dynasties.
		Upon the establishment of the Republic of Korea in 1948, Seoul became the capital once again and was designated the nation's only Special City.
		Seoul's transportation boom dates back to the era of the Korean Empire, when the first streetcar lines were laid and a railroad linking Seoul and Shinuiju was completed.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Seoul,_Korea (2442 words)

	Informat.io on Seoul
		As the Three Kingdoms competed for this strategic region of the Korean Peninsula, control passed from Baekje to Goguryeo in 392 (then called "South Pyongyang"), and from Goguryeo to the Silla-Baekje alliance in 551.
		On August 11, 2004, President Roh Moo-hyun's administration announced plans to move the capital to the Gongju area, approximately 120km south of Seoul, to ease the population pressure on Seoul and to get the government to a safer distance from North Korea.
		On October 21, 2004, the Constitutional Court ruled that the special law relocating the capital was unconstitutional.
	www.informat.io /?title=Seoul (2594 words)

	Seoul Summary
		The region was also called Hansong, and to ensure auspiciousness and longevity for the new Choson kingdom, the city was carefully planned according to geomantic principles, which dictate the proper placement of man-made structures among natural surroundings.
		As the Three Kingdoms competed for this strategic region of the Korean Peninsula, control passed from Baekje to Goguryeo in 392 (then called "South Pyongyang"), and from Goguryeo to the Silla-Baekje alliance in 551.
		On October 21, 2004, the Constitutional Court ruled that the special law relocating the capital was unconstitutional.
	www.bookrags.com /Seoul (3164 words)

	Daily NK - Shinuiju Special Administrative Region Plan Propelled Once Again
		A high-level internal source in North Korea reported on the 12th that North Korea is in the process of restarting the development of Shinuiju Special Administrative Region.
		In September of 2002, North Korea announced Shinuiju as the Special Administrative Region and nominated Yang Bin, president of Ouya Group at the time, who was the invited minister of the Shinuiju Special Administrative Region.
		South Shinuiju is located about 3 km away from downtown Shinuiju and when Shinuiju becomes a Special Administrative Region, administrative work will be divided and South Shuinuiju will take charge of provincial administrative work.
	www.dailynk.com /english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=565 (629 words)

	North Korean Economy Watch » Sinuiju (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The special region plan is to develop a particular region by dividing it into a concerned area and an outskirt.
		Because of this, regional officials are still influenced by the temperament of local and central party politics while being faced with increasing pressure from city authorities to transfer power to them.
		A source stated that the administrative authority of the city security bureau in charge of relocating residents is undermanned and takes different measures to direct different groups of residents, while pressing for the expulsion of what it deems as “lesser” or unemployed people.
	www.nkeconwatch.com /category/economic-reform/special-administrative-regions/sinuiju (5873 words)

	Seoul Encyclopedia Article @ 216.92.11.26 () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The city served as the capital during the Baekje and Joseon Dynasties.
		Upon the establishment of the Republic of Korea in 1948, Seoul became the capital once again and was designated the nation's only Special City.
		Seoul's transportation boom dates back to the era of the Korean Empire, when the first streetcar lines were laid and a railroad linking Seoul and Shinuiju was completed.
	216.92.11.26 /encyclopedia/Seoul (2312 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		North Korea's recent designation of Shinuiju as a Special Administrative Region was preceded by long-time preparations.
		Economic officials subsequently frequented China to undergo "special administration regiom studies," in the course of which rumors spread that Chinese businesses planned to establish an industrial park in Shinuiju.
		A report also had it that Pyongyang in preparing to make the border city into a special zone, was moving some citizens of the city to new towns built south of Shinuiju.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200209/200209240010.html (209 words)

	kalkigaur - 47 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The force relocation of Buddhists into special villages, and redistribution of Buddhist lands to Christian refugees from North Vietnam, was later copied by Cannibal Pol Pot who murdered 2,000,000 Cambodian Monks and Buddhists.
		Non-agricultural economy of mountainous regions, based on low population density, cannot support large cities and large population base that civilizations require.
		It is an astounding sum in a region with an annual per capita rural income of less than $500, in a village that recently shut its elementary school for lack of funds.
	kalkigaur.googlepages.com /47 (18096 words)

	Seoul - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This, along with its position as the capital of one of the world'slargest economies, has boosted it to the status of a global city, playing a special role as the greatest metropolis to ever risefrom the ashes of a former colony and a war-torn nation.
		On October 21, 2004, the Constitutional Court ruled that the special law for the relocation of the capital isunconstitutional since the relocation is a serious national matter requiring national referendum or revision of the constitution,thus effectively ending the dispute.
		Seoul's transportation boom dates back to the era of the KoreanEmpire, when the first streetcar lines were laid and a railroad linking Seoul and Shinuiju was completed.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Seoul (1835 words)

	Ghost in the Shell -- Known Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Her specialty was using her unparalleled psychological profiling skills to anticipate the enemy's tactics and movements, using the tactic to neutralize them with a minimum use of armed forces.
		Because of his connection to the American-Russian Alliance and the Tohoku Autonomous Region, known as a sort of New Religion commune, the opinion that he was 'executed' seem to be prevalent.
		The increase in independent states and sovereign regions grew from the chaos that was the last thirty years.
	www.serenadawn.com /GITS-KnownEvents.htm (6051 words)

	data contents > Studies on the North Korea > [NOVEMBER 2004 VOL. 27 NO. 11] ■ STUDIES
		A regulation regarding the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region has yet to be announced because of a delay in the development of the district.
		The special banks deal with foreign exchange business in a limited scope as approved by the Finance Ministry, such as opening and settling accounts for both domestic and foreign clients.
		In special economic zones, such as the Shinuiju Special Administrative Region, Kaesong Industrial Zone, the Mt. Kumgang Tourist Zone and the Rajin-Sonbong Zone, specific foreign currency management systems are applied.
	www.koreascope.org /gnuboard/bbs_en/board.php?bo_table=resource_eng_studies&wr_id=1122&page=5 (4598 words)

	NK Missions - The World Network for North Korea Missions
		According to the source, a mass number of the residents were moved to rural areas, set up plans to move administrative offices and carrying out road to Dandong, China is under expansion construction.
		The source reported, gThey are planning to move the Shinuiju residents of about 7,000 families (25,000 to 30,000 people) to close cities and rural areas.
		South Shinuiju is located about 3km away from downtown Shinuiju and when Shinuiju becomes a Special Administrative Region, administrative works will be divided and South Shuinuiju will take provincial administrative works in charge.
	www.nkmissions.com /forum/threads.php?id=2280_0_15_0_C (664 words)

	KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - 8th FW (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sinuiju which was the first to be bestowed with its special status among the three guarantees voting and labor rights to its residents as well as freedom of media, publication, rally, religion and other kinds of gatherings.
		The Bush administration, stunned by the admission, dispatched envoys to the region yesterday to consult with allies and called on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to halt the weapons project.
		Administration officials have struggled with the North Korean policy since Bush took office, with some officials advocating a much more demanding approach than the engagement policy of the Clinton administration and others urging continued diplomatic flexibility.
	kalaniosullivan.com /KunsanAB/8thFW/Howitwasb11cxa.html (16275 words)

	Nautilus Institute Policy Forum Online: Current Developments on the Korean Peninsula: Are There Grounds for Hope?
		Even though the Chinese, who urged Pyongyang to make Shinuiju a special economic zone to begin with, reportedly told the North Koreans that they have no complaints about the project as such, the arrest of its first governor could not help but pour cold water on the enthusiasm and prospects for the initiative.
		Since the significant portion of the project is expected to be completed by May 2005, they argue that North Korea should have started to allow such an inspection already, and that KEDO should not be pouring concrete for the construction of the light water reactors.
		Even though the Bush administration has not bought this argument yet, it has kept its options open by exercising a waiver on its certification to Congress that the Agreed Framework is fully implemented by North Korea.
	www.nautilus.org /fora/security/0220A_Han.html (2954 words)

	[No title]
		The 1991 establishment of the Free Economic Trade Zone, located in an isolated region of Rajin-Sonbong, initiated a flurry of legislative activity, suggesting a shift from a reclusive and tightly controlled economy toward some form of liberalization in economic policy. These efforts, however, have met with relatively little Western enthusiasm to date.
		A majority of the legal concepts governing relations among private parties and between private parties and the state derive from the principle that the law is a tool for proletariat revolution. In this regard, there is very little meaningful distinction between laws pertaining to public order and laws governing strictly private relations.
		Special courts exist for the military and railroads.
	www2.law.columbia.edu /course_00S_L9436_001/2005/class.doc (4434 words)

	North Korea fuel train explosion is reported - The Boston Globe
		The secretive North Korean government declared a state of emergency, cutting international phone lines in the region in an apparent attempt to block details of the explosion from filtering out, South Korean media reported.
		North Korea's ruler, Kim Jong Il, had passed through the area on a specially fitted train only nine hours earlier en route back to the capital, Pyongyang, after a surprise four-day summit in Beijing.
		The explosion took place near North Korea's Shinuiju Economic Zone, a region of factories that in the past two years has sought with limited success to spur development with foreign partners.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/04/23/north_korea_fuel_train_explosion_is_reported (613 words)

	CIS and North Korea_12
		Today, the Bush administration's apparent aim in pursuing an international approach is to rally pressure from multiple capitals to force North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program, even to the point of "breaking" the regime with punitive sanctions.
		The special train exclusively for the highest-level use has one car designated for the State Security Agency, and the North Koreans used this particular car for drug export.
		Eastern regions of Russia, while rich in potential resources and boasting a favorable geopolitical location, have problems attracting foreign investors and the technology required for the development of raw materials and minerals.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/champion/65/cis_nk_12.htm (11246 words)

	paisjon - CULTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		If approved by parliament, Han Myeong-sook is expected to use her moderate image to patch up a stormy relationship between the government and opposition parties ahead of local elections.
		Nowadays, many native English speakers are increasingly in demand in Korea as provincial and municipal governments vie to establish English immersion camps and schools are trying to hire instructors as part of strengthening their English education programs.
		Particularly, the institutes in southern Seoul, better known as Kangnam - an affluent business and residential region - are struggling to hire English speakers who are graduates of Ivy League universities in the U.S. and other English-speaking countries, to appeal to students and their parents who demand high-quality instruction.
	paisjon.googlepages.com /moreculture (4722 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Huge Blast Reported in N. Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		North Korea's ruler, Kim Jong Il, had passed through the area on a specially fitted train only nine hours before en route back to the capital, Pyongyang, after an unannounced four-day summit in Beijing.
		Kim met with President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders and agreed to "push ahead" to seek a peaceful resolution to the standoff, the KCNA news agency and central television network reported on Thursday.
		Correspondent Philip P. Pan in Guangzhou, China, special correspondent Joohee Cho in Seoul and staff writer Bradley Graham in Washington contributed to this report.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A33814-2004Apr22?language=printer (1146 words)

	Defectors_5
		We agreed upon holding the next hearing in the mid January." "Immigration court is dealing her case not as a special case but as a case of illegal forgery of document and smuggling.
		From the perspective of North Korea, however, the region is "the delivery room of hope." Sinuiju, North Pyongan province; Manpo, Jagang province; Hyesan, Yanggang province; Musan, Hyeoryong and Onsong, North Hamgyong province, dubbed "the border region," offer an atmosphere quite different from that of the inland area.
		The Committee also expressed special concerns in the report of the evaluation on the political asylums that China has rejected to admit them as refugees even though the UNHCR had confirmed their refugee status.
	members.fortunecity.com /leonid7/defectors_new_5.htm (8963 words)

	[No title]
		Special attention will continue to be placed on ongoing activities in the area of social equity, particularly the Korean welfare system, the human rights of migrant workers, HIV/AIDS prevention, and in North-east Asia, promotion of vaccine safety through the creation of large linked databases and international outreach programmes.
		Regional networks among women entrepreneurs and women’s organizations to promote small businesses, cooperative enterprises and employment opportunities for women will have been strengthened, particularly through the use of IT and e-business.
		As such, executing agencies/partners at the local level (e.g., universities, think tanks, local governments or regional authorities) and within the private sector and civil society will be identified to help to design and implement the selected interventions.
	www.undp.org /execbrd/word/rokccf2crkhses1.doc (3650 words)

	Kim Jong Il's Visit to China
		Rajin-Sunbong was a superficial imitation of China's special economic zones, and it only attracted about 140 million dollars of foreign capital as of March 1999.
		According to a well-informed source in China, this announcement was made by the newly appointed mayor of Liaoning Province during an unofficial meeting of the economic and trade reform committee members of Dandong, Shenyang and Dalian that took place from January 21 to 23.
		The complete restoration of the China-North Korea alliance, together with the mood of reconciliation between the two Koreas, is expected to be a big blow to the national interests of the U.S. As mentioned earlier, North Korea is an essential part of the political climate currently dominating Northeast Asia.
	www.chosunjournal.com /nknet2.html (2927 words)

	Pyongyang ITIE
		Compared to other facilities in the region, the cost of using the D.P.R. KOREA’s ports is still relatively inexpensive, further reinforcing its capacity to develop quickly and serve as a major regional maritime hub.
		With the regional markets already entering such a phase, the D.P.R. KOREA is interested to move into this market in a big way to keep up with its Northeast Asian neighbours.
		This is a zone, which is custom-free with autonomous administration, tariff system, judiciary and legislature.
	www.pyongyang-itie.com /info_ec.asp (1734 words)

	Defectors_5
		We agreed upon holding the next hearing in the mid January." "Immigration court is dealing her case not as a special case but as a case of illegal forgery of document and smuggling.
		During the harvest season, all laborers in affected regions are mobilized for the harvesting, setting aside their routine jobs.
		The Committee also expressed special concerns in the report of the evaluation on the political asylums that China has rejected to admit them as refugees even though the UNHCR had confirmed their refugee status.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/champion/65/defectors_new_5.htm (8963 words)

	NucNews - August 11, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Clinton Administration is considering a proposal to deploy a national missile defence (NMD) system that it says would protect the US from missile strikes from rogue states, including North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
		Armitage said in an interview that in 1991 the Bush administration was working under a United Nations mandate and within a broad alliance that might not have supported a crusade against Saddam after the expulsion of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
		The Interior Ministry office for the Navarra region, the capital of which is Pamplona, said he and other EH officials had requested permission Wednesday to hold a demonstration but been turned down.
	nucnews.net /nucnews/2000nn/0008nn/000811nn.htm (20192 words)

	Toloraya Georgy.Collection of Essays on Russian Policy in Korea:1998-2003
		This society has its very special morals and ideologies, which are so distant from universal standards that sometimes cause sheer misunderstanding and mockery (although there's really nothing to laugh about).
		All the regional players are essentially interested in the stable development and progress of North Korea; however, Russia is best placed to make the most significant contribution to this since the second half of the 1990s.
		Moreover, the approach of the US administration, which expressed its willingness to consider the possibility of launching North Korean satellites in exchange for an end to its development of long-range ballistic missiles, shows that this move by the North Korean leader was taken seriously in Washington's corridors of power.
	world.lib.ru /k/kim_o_i/a972.shtml (16431 words)

	NucNews - September 19, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The administration officials said that Russian sales of nuclear technology to Iran had been a longstanding concern, but that the administration grew particularly worried about the laser equipment after an American private fuel provider abandoned the product, deciding that it was not economically competitive in a civilian nuclear program.
		The appeal was framed in the context of the campaign the administration undertook in 1993 and accelerated in 1996 to stop the ``leakage'' of dangerous technology to Iran.
		The Republicans were far from blameless in the Lee affair, since they were the ones demanding that the administration clamp down hard on the weapons labs and were all too ready to accept the prosecutors' claims that they had solved the problem.
	nucnews.net /nucnews/2000nn/0009nn/000919nn.htm (20677 words)

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