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Google News: Bloggings on Political Asylum
[ILW.com] - Writing for the Korea Times, Donald Kirk reports on the asylum case of Kim Ki-sam, a South Korean intelligence agent who blew the whistle on the NIS and former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. Mr. Kirk also served as an expert witness at Kim
Google News: Question time for North Korea
[Asia Times Online] - By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON - North Korea stands to be a major winner if Israeli hotheads lose patience and drive Israel into attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. With Iran said in some quarters to be only months away from emerging as the world's 10th
Google News: Victory for 'Sunshine' policy whistleblower
[Asia Times Online] - By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON - A former agent for South Korea's multi-tentacled National Intelligence Service (NIS) has defeated an intensive United States government bid to have him extradited to Seoul and imprisoned for revealing the payoffs to North
Google News: Prodigal son riles Pyongyang
[Asia Times Online] - By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON - The big brother of North Korea's fledgling "supreme leader" Kim Jong-eun is in hiding, on the run and fearful of losing his life as a result of his persistently critical view of what's happening in his native land.
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