May 15, 2008

China not invited to U.S. Navy exercise that its observers attended in 2006

Chinese military observers will not be present at the upcoming large-scale naval exercises known as Rimpac, for Rim of the Pacific, China’s state-run news service disclosed recently. The China News Service, the official press agency for overseas Chinese, reported April 26 that U.S. concerns about technology leaks to China were the reason the PLA was not being invited. (FULL STORY)
Seven Pacific Rim nations participated in RIMPAC 2006, in waters off Hawaii. Photo by SN James R. Evans, USN
INSIDE NORTH KOREA

Kim Jong-Il’s wish is no longer North Koreans' command

SEOUL -- Now is the time for rice planting and farm road repairs in North Korea. Each year, villagers have been mobilized for such tasks and have faithfully obliged. Not this year, according to North Korean informants. “Unlike in the past, villagers are not willing to offer free labor because they have to get food to feed themselves,” residents in North Hamkyong Province told a magazine published by defectors.
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A propaganda poster showing former North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong-Il at a farming commune outside Pyongyang.    AFP/Mark Ralston
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