After Kim Jong Il
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200505/henry
Kim Jong Il Receives Congratulatory Letters from Russian & Cuban
Presidents
Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) -- Chairman of the DPRK National
Defence Commission Kim Jong Il received a congratulatory letter from
Russian President Dmitri Anatoliyevich Medvedev on Monday on the
occasion of the 60th founding anniversary of the DPRK.
The letter said:
Please accept my heartfelt congratulations to you on the occasion
of the 60th founding anniversary of the DPRK.
A new sovereign state, which had a geographically and historically
close relation with our country, was founded in the land of Korea on
September 9, 1948.
For the past several decades since the significant day, we have
gained weighty and positive experience in the mutual cooperation and
implemented a lot of common plans conducive to the welfare of the
peoples of the two countries.
It is my belief that the traditional good-neighborly relations
between our two countries will continue to grow stronger in the
future, too, and thus make a distinguished contribution to ensuring
peace, stability and security in the Korean Peninsula and the rest of
Asia.
Your Excellency Kim Jong Il,
I wish you good health and greater success in your responsible
state affairs and the friendly DPRK peace and prosperity.
Yours Sincerely.
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"(...) the Russians are helping the Burmese government to mine uranium
(...), with the North Koreans waiting in the wings to supply nuclear
technology. The Burmese junta craves some sort of weapons-of-mass-
destruction capability to provide it with international leverage."
'(...) from Ethiopia and Somalia across the water past India, and then
north up the Bay of Bengal, through the heart of Burma, to China’s
Yunnan province. “This map is just an example of how CNOC [the Chinese
National Oil Company] sees the world.'
'This whole development is part of the Chinese navy’s “string of
pearls”'
'India has been “aghast” to see the establishment of Chinese listening
stations along Burma’s border with India.'
Lifting the Bamboo Curtain
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200809/burma