May 22, 2009

DNI called for hard look at PLA's 'growing roles' in China and globally

Dennis Blair disclosed his views on China prior to taking the post of director of national intelligence in a report made public last month by the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. “I believe an understanding of the PLA’s growing roles, both within China and internationally, is of critical importance to the United States,” he wrote   (FULL STORY)
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair
INSIDE NORTH KOREA

N. Korean official reportedly executed for detente policies toward the South

SEOUL — North Korea's increasingly belligerent Kim Jong-Il regime executed a key official who had pushed for reconciliation with South Korea, according to reports here. Choe Sung-Chol, who served as the high-profile point man on South Korea as vice chairman of the Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, was executed last year for mishandling relations with Seoul before and after its new conservative government took office, the South's Yonhap News Agency reported on May 19.  (FULL STORY)
South Korean Vice Unification Minister Lee Kwan-se, left, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Choe Sung Chol in Kaesong, North Korea, on Aug. 14, 2007.   AP
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