Mending Seoul's foreign ties

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South Korea's foreign policy has always focused on relations with the US, as this country guarantees South Korea's security. Relations with the US are very positive, and relations with China, one of the other countries regarded by South Korea as very important, are improving. Similarly, progress is being made in relations with Japan, where South Korean President Kim Dae Jung is due to make a state visit in Oct 1998. However, relations with Russia have been negatively affected by conflict over the expulsion of diplomats.

South Korea, Column

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Vietnam: who won the war? Hanoi is acting more like the vanquished than the victor

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Vietnam's recent actions toward the US paint it more as the loser of the Vietnam War than as the winner, and the rest of the region's vibrant success in the past 20 years suggests that is the true case. The US has now recognized Vietnam diplomatically, with the latter doing all it can to meet US demands, and Vietnam has joined Asean, a group formed in opposition to the communism whose outpost was in Hanoi. Vietnam has embraced its former enemy's ideology and joined its foes to confront its former friend, China.

Membership, Vietnam, Communism, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Communism and international relations

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North Korean pride blocks aid

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North Korea's reaction to recent floods shows a need to blame others for misfortune and a lack of both personal and national self-confidence, as well as a dangerous pride. While insisting to its own people that all is well and that Kim Jong Il will prevent all harm, Pyongyang is seeking international aid to cope with a massive disaster, and blaming the floods on greenhouse gasses released by the US and Japan. S Korea will send significant aid only if asked, which remains unlikely.

Natural disasters, North Korea, Disaster relief

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