Word: jong
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Jong Il asked for Albright's e-mail address in order...
...from power after calling an election he felt sure he'd win, and then failing to steal the result from a populace that rose up to guard its rejection of his troublemaking. Another autarch actually took a turn toward benevolence all on his own: North Korea's quirky Kim Jong Il reached out kindly to the previously abhorred, non-communist South, summiting gaily with its leader and making Korea's pacification seem, suddenly, like a living prospect. Changes in Russia were more ambiguous as the blank-faced Vladimir Putin took charge. He was at least a sober antidote...
...medical shortages. Outside a subway entrance a young man squatted beside a steaming pot, gingerly pouring boiling water over the limp corpse of an unskinned dog. In a downtown hospital, all the lights were out except for those in the foyer that illuminated the colorful portrait of Kim Jong Il and his father Kim Il Sung. The D.P.R.K. lost an estimated half a million people to famine in the mid-'90s, and even now, because of this year's spring drought and fall typhoons, many in the countryside must supplement their diet with "wild foods," meaning berries, mushrooms and even...
...Kampin' Korea b The home of Kim Jong Il's son, Li'l Kim c The One Hundred Flowers Blooming Guest House d Red Roof...
...Jong Il asked for Albright's e-mail address in order to: a Include her on "Stupid South Koreans" joke list b Have an e-mail pen pal, since he's one of the few North Koreans allowed to use the Internet c Copy her on petition to bring back Freaks and Geeks d Finish what they started...