'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Text Fwd: Spy Agency Now Regards NK as 'International' Affairs

Korea Times
Oct. 7, 2009
Spy Agency Now Regards NK as 'International' Affairs

South Korea’s main spy agency quietly went through an internal restructuring and has started to deal the North Korean issue not just as an inter-Korean matter, but more from an international perspective, a major daily said on Saturday.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) recently removed its department that specifically deals with North Korea and placed it under another body within the organization that deals with international affairs, Chosun Ilbo reported.

A senior government source told the newspaper that the change reflects President Lee Myung-bak’s view that the North Korean issue should now be dealt more from the international geopolitical perspective.

The change was reportedly made during the visit by the North Korean delegation to Seoul to pay tribute to the late President Kim Dae-Jung this year. At that time, another senior government official was cited to use the term “paradigm shift” in dealing with North Korean issue.

Analysts view the move reflects of an “upgrade” of the North Korean issue.

With the change, the North Korea issue now rests with Kim Sook, a former chief nuclear envoy.

The spy agency declined to confirm the change, citing internal rules, according to the newspaper.

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