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FBIS3-46324_6 | Patten Urges Standing Up to China | responsibilities to Hong Kong. They are incorporated in the Joint Declaration. When ministers signed the Joint Declaratio n-- and Parliament endorsed it -- they took the view, reasonably enough, that it meant what it so eloquently said. The gradual development of democracy in Hong Kong has been a consistent aim of the ... |
FBIS3-46340_2 | `Charter' Signatories Criticize Qin Yongmin Arrest | right to make proposals on the state system within the limits allowed by the Constitution. The persecution of the "Peace Charter" drafters in any form is to rudely trample upon and ruthlessly mock the laws in our country. 2. The purpose of the "Peace Charter" was to promote peaceful changes. Democratic politics and the... |
FBIS3-46379_0 | MOFTEC's Wu Yi Speaks at News Conference Overseas Businesses Taking Shape | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Beijing, January 28 (XINHUA) -- Wu Yi, Chinese minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation (MOFTEC), said here today that by the end of last year China had set up 4,497 enterprises abroad with a total investment of 5.16 billion U.S. dollars. At a press conference held by... |
FBIS3-46390_0 | Water Conservancy Project Preparation Nearly Done | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Beijing, January 28 (XINHUA) -- Preparatory work for Xiaolangdi Water Conservancy Project on the Yellow River, the second largest of its kind in China, is nearing completion. The preparatory work, which began at the end of 1991 and is expected to be completed eight months ahead... |
FBIS3-46413_0 | Yearender Views Relations Among CIS Nations | Language: Chinese Article Type:BFN ["Year-End Report" by reporter Zhu Chengjun (4555 2110 6511): "Relations Among CIS Nations Are Still Evolving" -- XINHUA headline] [Text] Beijing 18 Dec (XINHUA) -- It has been two years since the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS]. This year, various CIS nation... |
FBIS3-46416_0 | Beijing University Letter Protests Rights Encroachments | Language: Chinese Article Type:BFN [By reporter Teng Mei-ling (6772 5019 3781): "Beijing University Teacher and Student Issue a Letter of Appeal Jointly Signed by People From All Walks of Life, Calling for an End to Encroachment of Civil Rights"] [Text] Yuan Hongbing, deputy director of the Beijing University Law Depar... |
FBIS3-46427_7 | Article Reviews China's Foreign Relations China Plays an Active Role in the Multipolar Arena The United States Will Shift Its Target for an Economic Boost to Asia Kohl Returns Home With Fruitful Results, Having Entered Into Business Contracts Worth $2.8 Billion ASEAN Leaders Take Large Groups of Entrepreneurs To Visit ... | and crisp air, Prime Minister of Singapore Goh Chok Tong, President of the Philippines Ramos, and Prime Minister of Thailand Chuan Likphai visited China one after another after they took office. Sultan Hassanal of Brunei visited Beijing after his country established diplomatic relations with China. Prime Minister of Ma... |
FBIS3-46431_1 | Column Criticizes U.S. on Radio Free Asia, Chemical Sales | Zemin to visit Seattle, the U.S. Administration's attitude toward China has tended to be realistic; ties between officials of the two sides have markedly increased; their mutual understanding has been greatly enhanced; and the momentum of development has been sound. However, anyone can see that there is always some ele... |
FBIS3-46431_2 | Column Criticizes U.S. on Radio Free Asia, Chemical Sales | Due to the U.S. economic recession, the United States is having difficulty making ends meet in its financial situation; the U.S. Federal Government has already received complaints from Los Angeles earthquake victims because it is unable to provide Los Angeles more money for relief purposes. Nevertheless, at this partic... |
FBIS3-46433_0 | XINHUA Reports U.S. Deputy Attorney General Resigns | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Washington, January 27 (XINHUA) -- Deputy Attorney General Philip Heymann, the No. 2 official in the U.S. Justice Department, resigned today because of different "operating and management styles" with Attorney General Janet Reno. Yet, in a joint press conference, neither elabor... |
FBIS3-46475_0 | Prime Minister Delivers New Year Message | Language: English Article Type:BFN [By Nuraina Samad] [Text] Kuala Lumpur, Fri [31 December] -- Datuk Sri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed said Malaysians must not run away from challenges facing the country and warned them not to make greed and excessive personal wants the driving force for moving ahead. The Prime Minister said t... |
FBIS3-46487_0 | `Constructive Engagement' With Burma To Continue | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Thailand will continue implementing Asean's constructive engagement policy towards Burma, which has shown positive signs of returning to democracy, Foreign Minister Prasong Sunsiri said. Rangoon had also expressed an interest in participating in Asean activities, including the ... |
FBIS3-46518_0 | Tokyo Urged To Become Permanent UNSC Member | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [Received via Nikkei Telecom Database] [Text] Sadako Ogata, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in an informal meeting with reporters at the Foreign Ministry on 22 December, spoke about Japan's role in the United Nations, and said Japan should increase its voice in the international c... |
FBIS3-46527_8 | Article Views Means To Stimulate Economy | to accept it without due consideration. The yen's rise is nothing but a result of a speculative move made by young speculators. The economic fundamentals of "the yen-valued world," which corresponds to 80 percent of the national economy, are almost not affected by exchange fluctuations. As for "the dollar-valued world,... |
FBIS3-46527_9 | Article Views Means To Stimulate Economy | already living in an age of highly advanced information. This is why the percentage of Americans working for manufacturing industries is decreasing more and more. According to statistics released in 1990, only 16.7 percent of the U.S. working population was employed by a manufacturing industry. Meanwhile, Japan continu... |
FBIS3-46527_14 | Article Views Means To Stimulate Economy | companies; Type A companies versus Type Z companies. Type A is a typical company with top-down decisionmaking. Type Z is a company having a participative approach to decisionmaking: it tries to reach a consensus by listening to what people of minor positions say. Originally, Japanese companies had the same characterist... |
FBIS3-46527_16 | Article Views Means To Stimulate Economy | At that time, I was already stressing the need for income tax cuts in addition to building up a counter argument against the tenacious view that the issue of deficit-financing bonds should be absolutely avoided. Basically, the Government should not issue bonds to cover the budget deficit. This is a matter of common sen... |
FBIS3-46535_0 | Press Review for 30 Dec | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Ulaanbaatar, December 30 (OANA-MONTSAME) -- As the newspaper "ARDIYN ERH" informs, the State Great Hural (SGH) session approved the law on international treaties of Mongolia. The law is to regulate relations connected with the signing and realization of bilateral and multilater... |
FBIS3-46546_1 | Kim Yong-sam Sends Message to Koreans Overseas | the most dynamic center of world growth. I am absolutely sure that the New Korea we are building will play a leading role in the Asia- Pacific age which is certain to emerge in the 21st century. Such a New Korea, with its enhanced international status, will benefit all the 70 million Korean people at home and around th... |
FBIS3-46549_0 | Diplomats Told To Prepare for Trade War | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Seoul, Dec. 31 (YONHAP) -- Foreign Minister Han Sung-chu called on all diplomatic service members in a New Year message Friday to prepare for a trade war and internationalization. "Many nations have shed ideological confrontation to seek reconciliation and cooperation, and at t... |
FBIS3-46593_7 | Kim Il-song Delivers 1994 New Year Address | full capacity and normalize production at a higher level. Ranging the large-scale central light industry from small- and medium-sized local industries and the production of 3 August people's consumer goods, all units and domains should fully produce various people's consumer goods. By so doing, we should increase the t... |
FBIS3-46596_8 | Hosokawa Holds New Year's Day News Conference | we seek to be in by the 21st century. To ensure that society does not lose its vitality from high tax burdens, we are resolved to contain the people's burdens to below 50 percent, even at the aging population's peak time in the 21st century. We must think hard and come up with the best possible ideas. We must implement... |
FBIS3-46614_6 | Vo Van Kiet Addresses Assembly Opening 6 Dec | a new stimulus in many sectors and occupational areas, especially agriculture and the rural economy, where the people's manpower and material resources play a key role. Along with the state-provided investment capital generated by the national economy and international development aid, we are now retaining more and mor... |
FBIS3-46614_39 | Vo Van Kiet Addresses Assembly Opening 6 Dec | we must concern ourselves with improving the health of the entire people, ranging from children to mothers to the aged for the sake of our national construction now and for future generation. Along with government guidance and further budget assistance, we must step up physical education and sports activities, prelimin... |
FBIS3-46618_2 | More Responsible Investment in Cambodia Urged | they were the main financial supporters of the Khmer Rouge also did little to help Thailand's assertions that it deserved credit as one of the main forces behind the peace process. In Phnom Penh, Thai businessmen, in particular bar and massage owners were singled out as the worst of the carpet baggers who descended on ... |
FBIS3-46622_0 | Official on Effect of Brain Drain on Diplomacy | Language: English Article Type:BFN [By Somchit Siturongkkhathum] [Text] The Foreign Ministry is drastically short of diplomats qualified to negotiate multilateral trade agreements. The brain-drain to the private sector has gutted the pool of experienced talent. There are at most 10 diplomats able to negotiate at intern... |
FBIS3-46622_1 | Official on Effect of Brain Drain on Diplomacy | be expected that the most experienced people, having already fulfilled their ambitions within the ministry, should look elsewhere for a fresh challenge. "They have fulfilled their career goals. Now that they have honour money and connections they can go into businesses or even take a rest," a mid-level official said. A... |
FBIS3-46700_0 | Foreign Minister Outlines 1994 Policy Goals | Language: Korean Article Type:BFN [Article by Foreign Minister Han Sung-chu] [Text] Many changes took place last year at home and abroad. At home the civilian-led government was inaugurated and new policies and reform were promoted. Internationally, important changes and progress also continued. In particular, as part ... |
FBIS3-46700_2 | Foreign Minister Outlines 1994 Policy Goals | Amid this kind of international environment, we can view some essential points on what direction our diplomacy must move toward for 1994. First of all, we can now embody on a full-scale our "new diplomacy" which has established its frame. The five bases of the new diplomacy is globalization, diversification, pluralism,... |
FBIS3-46701_0 | Research Report Assesses North-South Relations The Atmosphere for Cooperation Among the Four Powers Will Be Maintained | Language: Korean Article Type:BFN [Article by reporter O Yong-hwan on the research report "The Environment for Reunification and North-South Relations," issued on 3 December by the Research Institute for National Reunification, affiliated with the National Unification Board (NUB)] [Text] The World Situation The world o... |
FBIS3-46701_1 | Research Report Assesses North-South Relations The Atmosphere for Cooperation Among the Four Powers Will Be Maintained | of the Uruguay Round (UR) negotiations and the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will promote the free trade system in the international economic order. In addition, as the atmosphere for security and economic cooperation is heightened in international society, international concern and cooperation to... |
FBIS3-46703_0 | Contact With DPRK Religious Figures Approved | Language: Korean Article Type:BFN [Text] The government on 3 January approved the Korean Council of Christian Churches's application filed at the Unification Board on 26 December requesting permission to have a contact with North Korea's Christian figures, including Kang Yong-sop, chairman of the North Korean Christian... |
FBIS3-46721_0 | Framework Discussions on Insurance Held With U.S. National Positions Outlined | Language: Japanese Article Type:CSO [Text] The insurance working-level conference of the Japan-U.S. General Economic Council met for two days on 12-13 October in Tokyo following the first meeting on 19 September in Hawaii. At the meeting on the 12th, the U.S. side demanded correction of "keiretsu" trading which impedes... |
FBIS3-46722_7 | Framework Discussions on Insurance Held With U.S. U.S. Official Holds News Conference Trade Sanctions Will Not Be Applied Despite Unattainment of Figures; Concern About 2-Percent Foreign Share in Japan | postal insurance in Japan, the denominator becomes larger when postal insurance is included, and the share become lower than 2 percent. Compared to the other G-7 nations, Japan's insurance market is really closed. The share of foreign companies in Britain is 25 percent, 33 percent in Italy, and 10-13 percent even in th... |
FBIS3-46736_0 | Economic Cooperation in Russian Far East Viewed | Language: Japanese Article Type:CSO [Article by Susumu Yoshida, managing director, Nissho Iwai: "Economic Cooperation and Characteristics of Russian Far East; Resources and Industries of Far Eastern Region"] [Text] The area of Russia's Far East region is 16 times that of Japan and its population is 8 million, so its po... |
FBIS3-46736_1 | Economic Cooperation in Russian Far East Viewed | Reform In a speech in Vladivostok in July 1986, Secretary General Gorbachev stressed that economic development of the Far Eastern region was inseparable from the strengthening of economic cooperation and trade relations with Asian nations. Keenly sensing that if carrying out the "Program for Far East Regional Developme... |
FBIS3-46748_0 | Auto Association Reports 6-Year Low in Sales | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tokyo, Jan. 5 KYODO -- Reflecting the prolonged recession, domestic auto sales in 1993 dropped from the year-before level for the third straight year to hit a six-year low, an industry association said Wednesday [5 January]. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association said sales o... |
FBIS3-46755_0 | Bishop Discusses Human Rights, Democratization | Language: English Article Type:BFN ["Excerpt" of interview with Monsignor Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, bishop of East Timor, by correspondent Yacob Herin in Dili; date not given] [Excerpt] Question: During your trip to Australia, did you pass on any message to the Catholic people there? Answer: First of all I appealed t... |
FBIS3-46755_4 | Bishop Discusses Human Rights, Democratization | was OK. There should be input from all sides, from the press, from the people themselves. Groups should be brave enough not to keep on defending their own interests. In the Portuguese language, we have the word tacho; it connotes a person who has achieved a good position, has accumulated a lot of wealth, but then defen... |
FBIS3-46776_0 | Veterans Reject Settlement on Agent Orange | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Seoul, Jan. 5 (YONHAP) -- Some 200 South Korean veterans of the Vietnam war have rejected an out-of-court settlement in their class-action suit against seven American chemical companies, a spokesman for the Association for Agent Orange Victim Veterans of the Vietnam war said We... |
FBIS3-46779_5 | Daily Predicts Changes in DPRK in New Year | This is because the pro-North Korean Japanese Social Democratic Party has the majority of seats in the Hosokawa coalition cabinet and because North Korea is in need of reparations from Japan to overcome its economic difficulties. In the meantime, North Korea will likely strive to improve relations with China and Russia... |
FBIS3-46795_0 | 1993 Overseas Construction Orders Reported | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Seoul, Jan. 4 (YONHAP) -- South Korean construction companies gained 96 overseas orders worth 5.11 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 83.9 percent from 74 worth 2.78 billion dollars in 1992, the Construction Ministry said Tuesday. The rise was caused by governmental and industr... |
FBIS3-46796_0 | Commentary Reviews Human Rights Achievements | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Station commentary] [Text] Prominent and obvious achievements obtained by Vietnam in 1993 were recognized by the world. In addition, it is an undeniable fact that human rights have been ensured and improved. For the Vietnamese people, the rights to live in independence and freedom ar... |
FBIS3-46818_3 | Foreign Minister on 1993 Accomplishments | each country's law and customs. The Cuban people face acute difficulties. Vietnam provided material aid to our Cuban friends and positively supported the Cuban people's struggle against the U.S. embargo. Our party and government delegation's official visit to Cuba in July 1993 was a vivid manifestation of the tradition... |
FBIS3-46825_0 | MITI on Plan To End Car-Export Restraints | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [Text] On 27 December, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry [MITI] made firm its plan to discontinue voluntary restraints on automobile exports to the United States at the end of the current fiscal year. MITI has made its decision in consideration not only of the fact tha... |
FBIS3-46832_12 | * Outlook for Relations With Russia Discussed | beginning to cope seriously with these aspects, Russia is seen as finally lining up on the starting line. Certainly, its energy is extremely cheap by international standards. Therefore, if Russia itself upgrades its system to cope with the extremely difficult task of curbing inflation while raising the prices of its en... |
FBIS3-46832_19 | * Outlook for Relations With Russia Discussed | do not have the confidence to sell 90,000 pieces outside of Bulgaria. Stymied by this, the idea was dropped. It is quite a task when production is not possible without our thinking about marketing and sales for them. Therefore, regarding conversion of military facilities to civilian use, they should not talk about such... |
FBIS3-46847_6 | Impact of Toyota Restructuring Offensive Examined | new government's economic policies and the Tokyo motor show opening this month. But our real sense is that we are in the dark about any clear-cut time for recovery." Among analysts and others involved a common view is that in mid-1994 there will be an upturn in demand for cars along with economic recovery. This also de... |
FBIS3-46848_6 | Reform of Lifetime Employment Practice Urged | be met at all, this may become the time when the myth that "big business equals stable employment" will be questioned. The High Yen and the Hollowing Out of Industry The continuing high yen, a major factor in the lengthening of the current recession, has rekindled the risk of a hollowed-out industry, which had been tru... |
FBIS3-46850_1 | Tariff Cuts Ordered on AFTA Product Groups | of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed that there is a need to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers that only serve to impede intra-ASEAN trade. The six member countries of the ASEAN includes the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and Thailand. The ASEAN member countries have agreed to improv... |
FBIS3-46900_1 | Businesses Wary of Participation in TMD Plan | Defense Production Committee under the Federation of Economic Organizations of Japan [Keidanren], which is organized by about 80 defense-related companies, released a 200-page report in mid-December. The report carries a translated text of the theater missile defense (TMD) plan, which was released by the U.S. Defense D... |
FBIS3-46906_1 | * Long-Term Issues Facing Government Examined Will the Japanese Government Change Under These Circumstances? | intact, the tax burden of the worker 30 years hence will likely be about 70 percent. At that time, the old people's welfare will probably be cut drastically, and along with it, a heavy consumers tax will probably have been introduced in order to equalize the tax burden. It seems likely that the era, in which everyone, ... |
FBIS3-46906_5 | * Long-Term Issues Facing Government Examined Will the Japanese Government Change Under These Circumstances? | to become the greatest target is Japan, which to the United States is the country with the greatest trade deficit. At the recent U.S.-Japan summit meeting, Miyazawa rejected President Clinton's request of making the ratio of the international accounts surplus to the GNP below 5 percent in four or five years hence, but ... |
FBIS3-46908_4 | * Political Trends Behind Hosokawa Administration Ad Hoc Council on Administrative Reform and the "Cultural Age" | particularly significant were the demands that resulted from Japan's internationalization. Concretely, it was the pressures brought to bear by the United States, demanding market opening and contributions by Japan. Faced with these pressures, Japan's elite arrived at the judgment that they must comply with internationa... |
FBIS3-46918_11 | Automakers' Restructuring Strategies Outlined Toyota: Personnel Reshuffle of 20 Percent in the Indirect Sector; Faced With Measures Concerning Surplus Plants Nissan: Second Zama Plant To Close in 1995; Is "Profit at Zero Growth" Possible? Mazda: "Third Restructuring" Inevitable for Correction of the Bubble Expansion Is... | time in five years in its October 1991 settlement and, even amid its restructuring, no clear direction was indicated regarding the nonprofitability in the passenger car sector. The company's number of passenger cars was 200,000 in 1985, but it fell to 72,000 in 1992. During this period, technological innovation on pass... |
FBIS3-46924_0 | Bureau Reports Decreased Cattle Numbers | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Ulaanbaatar, January 4 (OANA-MONTSAME) -- According to preliminary results released by the Statistical Board of Mongolia here today, during the counting of the cattle number conducted at the end of the last year, there are some 25 million 172.5 thousand head of cattle of five k... |
FBIS3-46925_0 | Minister Welcomes Report on Tokyo, EAEC | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6 KYODO -- Malaysia hopes a report that Japan has decided to back the proposed East Asia Economic Caucus (EAEC) is accurate since Tokyo's participation will augur well for the region's economic development, a top official said Thursday [6 January]. "It means ... |
FBIS3-46943_0 | Foreign Groups Report Japanese `Past Crimes' | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- World people and broad public circles have exposed the past crimes of Japan. Participants of international meetings including the international hearing on sexual enslavement by the Japanese Army and the 49th session of the U.N. Commission on Human... |
FBIS3-46961_5 | Vice Unification Minister on Policy for 1994 | Even amid the difficult economic situation, North Korea pushed ahead with the expansion of armaments. We can say that its overall internal situation is getting worse. However, it is true that North Korea is seeking a series of changes in a bid to maintain existing systems. For example, the Supreme People's Assembly hel... |
FBIS3-46985_0 | Alatas Welcomes Reported Japan Stance on EAEC | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Jakarta, Jan. 7 KYODO -- Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas welcomed Japan's reported support for a proposed East Asia Economic Caucus (EAEC) after it had previously shown a cautious stance to the idea, the state-run news agency ANTARA reported Friday [7 January]. It quoted... |
FBIS3-46998_1 | Northern Economy Viewed; 80-100 Projects Started | socialist countries have changed positively: Mr Chaiyot sees opportunities for public service infrastructure, hotel, residential building and environmental preservation projects in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun and Lampang. In the lower northern provinces, promotional privileges will assist machinery, metal and other... |
FBIS3-47027_3 | Attache To PRC Khamla Views Economic Ties | technology cooperation projects carried out in various ways and means and participated in by several economic sectors. The process of cooperation involved the provision of gratis aid, interest-free or low-interest loans for construction of hydropower electric plants, or the development of agriculture, forestry, and the... |
FBIS3-47036_0 | MOF Considers Tobacco, Liquor Tax Increases | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [Text] The Ministry of Finance [MOF] has begun studying a plan to increase taxes on tobacco and liquor. This is because the MOF has judged that since it plans to abolish additional tax on automobile acquisitions and to remove a special tax on business corporations as part of the pump... |
FBIS3-47041_2 | Tokyo Show Highlights Automakers' `Distress' | cars exhibited by Toyota Motor and Nissan based on the absolutely identical idea of "having interior space rivaling that of a large car, but with the car size and fuel consumption of a small car." The pudgy appearance could not be called attractive even as an empty compliment, but the two companies both insist that "in... |
FBIS3-47057_2 | MONTSAME Carries Press Reviews 8 Jan | two years was signed between the governments of the two countries. Besides that, credits for renewal of the rolling stock will be granted by the World Bank. The newspaper points out to the necessity of an effective use of credit means, in an interview with the newspaper correspondent an official of the National Develop... |
FBIS3-47057_3 | MONTSAME Carries Press Reviews 8 Jan | the governments of the two countries. Besides that, credits for renewal of the rolling stock will be granted by the World Bank. The newspaper points out to the necessity of an effective use of credit means, in an interview with the newspaper correspondent an official of the National Development Department P. Danspanjav... |
FBIS3-47066_0 | Security Talks Planned With PRC, Russia | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tokyo, Jan. 8 KYODO -- Defense talks between Japan and China will be held in Beijing in late February as part of confidence-building measures, government sources said Saturday [8 January]. In addition, the sources said, representatives of the agency and the Russian Defense Mini... |
FBIS3-47129_9 | Assembly Issues Resolution on 1994 Tasks | must take stern punitive measures as defined by law against offenders. Meanwhile, we must actively combine correctional education with vocational training and productive labor and must adopt preventive and control measures against HIV infection. We must reserve necessary funds for the resolution of these social ills. D... |
FBIS3-47141_0 | Soldiers In South Seek Vietnam War Compensation | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- Some 200 former soldiers of the South Korean puppet Army who had suffered injuries during the U.S. imperialists' war of aggression on Vietnam demanded compensations from seven U.S. chemical weapons manufacturers, according to a radio report from S... |
FBIS3-47153_1 | Press Comments on U.S. Nuclear Talks With North CHOSON ILBO Editorial | NPT signatory, the signatory has to inform the IAEA of the design of its facilities engaged in preservation and research of nuclear materials. After receiving such information, the IAEA installs monitoring video tape recorders to inspect the facilities. We call this ordinary inspections [tongsang sachal]. Inspections o... |
FBIS3-47184_0 | Medical Equipment Trade Criteria Disputed | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [By reporter Hiroaki Ito] [Text] Washington, 7 Jan -- Working-level meetings in Washington regarding government procurement of medical equipment in the Japan-U.S. framework trade talks ended on 7 January. Although some progress was made, such as making procurement procedures transpar... |
FBIS3-47187_1 | Article Notes `Confusion' in Framework Talks | must be created and the United States must keep continuous surveillance over it. To maintain this surveillance, the United States believes that the indexes are necessary. The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement is a precedent for the framework talks. Because the goal of a 20-percent market share for foreign-manufactured... |
FBIS3-47189_2 | Stand `Apparently Softened' | words, the United States can decide to put the U.S. Trade Act into motion, depending on its judgment. This would mean that "the United States could compromise on the question of numerical targets, but there is no change in the effect of putting pressure on Japan." Another factor is the consideration given for the diffi... |
FBIS3-47190_0 | U.S. Criticism of Bureaucrats To Affect Talks | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [By Shigeru Komago] [Text] Washington, 24 Dec -- There has been increasing criticism of Japanese bureaucrats from senior U.S. Government officials. While this is seen to be due to impatience with the deadlock in Japanese-U.S. economic framework talks, it is also believed that stateme... |
FBIS3-47195_3 | Companies Eager To Penetrate PRC Market Investment Risks Assessed "Neophyte Group to Virgin Market"--Uniden Corp. Depends on Youngsters in Thirties Rapidly Consolidating Production, Distribution, and Retailing--Yaohan Is Taking Advantage of Being First Yamaha Undertakes Joint Venture Promptly--Aiming for Joint Producti... | the world's population, China is certain to surpass U.S.-European markets. In the near future, China will account for one-half of this company's sales." Uniden's strengths are its young, highly efficient force as well as the selection of a powerful partner, CITIC. CITIC is a type of conglomerate with a wide range of ac... |
FBIS3-47195_11 | Companies Eager To Penetrate PRC Market Investment Risks Assessed "Neophyte Group to Virgin Market"--Uniden Corp. Depends on Youngsters in Thirties Rapidly Consolidating Production, Distribution, and Retailing--Yaohan Is Taking Advantage of Being First Yamaha Undertakes Joint Venture Promptly--Aiming for Joint Producti... | reason, we concentrated our efforts on Asia but strategically, that was fortunate for us." Daihatsu is presently producing 50,000 vehicles a year locally and estimates it can expand production to 150,000 in 1997. Of course, it is the leader among Japanese firms and, even including U.S.-European companies, it ranks seco... |
FBIS3-47304_11 | Labor Regulations for Foreign-Funded Enterprises | applicant on the pay day. The travel expense to and from the holiday home and sanatorium and the funeral subsidy shall be paid on the basis of the relevant document and be settled later. As for the pension and subsidy under the social security, the foreign-funded enterprise shall submit the application to the social in... |
FBIS3-47308_0 | * Wartime Operations, Shootdowns, Units Described Anti Aircraft Bn 4.5.6 | Language: Lao Article Type:CSO [Article by Boualapha Thindoi: "The Heroics of Anti-aircraft Battalion `456'"] [Excerpts] When we think back again to the lives and battles of the cadres and combatants of the Anti-aircraft Corps and especially of the cadres and combatants of the 456th Anti-aircraft Battalion and those wh... |
FBIS3-47325_1 | Column on Sino-Japanese Military Exchanges | in the 50 years since World War II. In post-Cold War Asia, the two nations are beginning to seek new security relations. The Sino-Japanese security talks by defense authorities were advocated by the Defense Agency. Last November, (former) Director General of the Defense Agency Keisuke Nakanishi secretly told (former) U... |
FBIS3-47329_0 | Keidanren's Hiraiwa on Weak Yen, Tax Moves | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [Text] U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, cabinet members, and other high-ranking U.S. Government officials have recently spoken out against depreciating the yen and appreciating the dollar. Commenting on their remarks at a news conference on 10 January, Gaishi Hiraiwa, president... |
FBIS3-47337_5 | Factional `Wrangling' Within MITI Noted | matters) is inappropriate when one looks at it with general common sense." Many of the concerned MITI officials agreed that a number of similar personnel actions occurred in the past, and very few questioned such a "practice." "That much should be permissible for people who run for elective office, as a gift from MITI"... |
FBIS3-47391_0 | Board May Screen Investors for Cambodia | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Excerpts] THE Board of Investment (BOI) is willing to help Cambodia screen Thais wanting to invest in Cambodia, secretary-general Sataphon Kawitanon said yesterday. Mr Sataphon made the offer on the eve of Prime Minister Chuan Likphai's visit to Cambodia this week. The 56 Thai busine... |
FBIS3-47392_0 | Minister Asks Malaysia To Ease Border Trade Rules | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Deputy Prime Minister Suphachai Phanitchaphak has formally asked his Malaysian counterpart to ease some restrictions on border trade in the spirit of the Economic Growth Triangle programme. Dr Suphachai said he expects the next ministerial-level meeting of the Growth Triangle -... |
FBIS3-47430_0 | Firms Win Exploration Rights in Australian Coal Mine | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Seoul, Jan. 12 (YONHAP) -- An international consortium whose members include a South Korean consortium, Mitsui Co. of Japan and Savage Co. of Australia won the exploration rights for a coal mine in Queensland from the Queensland State Government in bidding on Jan. 4, the Trade,... |
FBIS3-47446_1 | * Reform Impact on Civil Service Assessed | great deal. One government official compressed the most characteristic of recent changes into six categories: three that have increased and three that have decreased. The so-called "Three Increases, Three Decreases". Audits, anonymous messages and group civil petitions have increased; the convictions of government work... |
FBIS3-47446_5 | * Reform Impact on Civil Service Assessed | environment, district office workers have to go around taking down advertisements off the streets. He says they even wash billboards and signs. Even worse, if a "civil petition" comes in that a drunk has vomited making a public place dirty, they have to go out to clean it, the worker says. One told a story about what h... |
FBIS3-47464_0 | Court Addresses Law on Church, State Relations | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Ulaanbaatar, January 12 (OANA-MONTSAME) -- The Constitutional Court of Mongolia, considering the complaints of the group of Mongolian citizens on the issue about contradictions of many provisions of the law on relations of the state and church with the country's Constitution, a... |
FBIS3-47464_1 | Court Addresses Law on Church, State Relations | on behalf of church, holding religious ceremonies; also are discriminating other religions in the country, except Buddhism, Islam, Shamanism; are violating the rights of foreign citizens to act on the territory of Mongolia in accordance with their religious views. As the Constitutional Court considered, the provision o... |
FBIS3-47514_5 | Report Analyzes North's Negotiating Style | featuring the logic of converting the Korean peninsula into a nuclear-free zone after the North and South forge a denuclearization declaration. Also, it has delayed discussing the inspection regulations. North Korea regards propaganda as important in negotiations. Before entering negotiations, North Korea has created i... |
FBIS3-47516_0 | NUB Allows Church Council To Contact North | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Seoul, Jan. 13 (YONHAP) -- The National Unification Board (NUB) said Thursday it has given the Korean National Council of Churches (KNCC) permission to contact North Korean citizens but has made no decision on allowing KNCC to invite North Korean Christian leaders to visit Sout... |
FBIS3-47520_1 | NSP Changing Role in Era of `Internationalization' | to internationalize itself if it is to serve the nation in the world arena. Director Kim Tok set the goal for the Agency in his New Year's message: "Let's become an international intelligence organization in tune with the general trend for internationalization." Accordingly, the Agency is now in the middle of the proce... |
FBIS3-47523_0 | Ramos Meets Iranian Minister, Views Ties | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Kuala Lumpur, Jan 13, IRNA -- Iran's Agriculture minister 'Isa Kalantari, currently in Manila, met with President Fidel Ramos Thursday and called for direct trade between Iran and the Philippines without intervention of a third party. Kalantari also underlined Iran's strategic ... |
FBIS3-47541_0 | Hosokawa Rejects U.S. Numerical Target Demands | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [Text] At his meeting with top leaders of four economic groups held on the afternoon of 12 January, Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa touched on new economic discussions between Japan and the United States and said: "At the Japanese-U.S. summit talks set for February, I will say again... |
FBIS3-47627_0 | Nuclear Power Generating Capacity Used in 1993 Reported | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Seoul, Jan. 14 (YONHAP) -- Nuclear power stations produced 58.13 billion kws of electricity last year, or 87.2 percent of their capacity of 66.71 billion kws, the Trade, Industry and Energy Ministry said on Friday. This is the highest rate so far, comparing with 84.5 percent a ... |
FBIS3-47720_0 | ICO Backs Mindanao Investment Despite Bombings | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] The influential Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will keep its commitment to convince its member-countries and allies to invest in Mindanao despite the rash of terrorist acts in the area which may discourage foreign investors, foreign affairs officials said yesterday. A... |
FBIS3-47760_3 | Myo Nyunt Addresses Convention on Security | considering the special needs of the state administrative system, it should be noted that the world communications and transportation are not like before; they are developing fast. The international political, economic, social, and military situation is changing every moment. Taking these changes into account, it has b... |
FBIS3-47787_0 | Tokyo on Concerns Over Military Intentions | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tokyo, Jan. 15 KYODO -- Japan will assure other Asian states at July's security forum for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that it will never become a major military power, Foreign Ministry sources said Saturday [15 January]. The sources said Japan will do its... |
FBIS3-47808_0 | Document, Spectrum Analyzer Export Link Viewed | Language: English Article Type:BFN ["Duet of Anti-Communist Conspirators" -- KCNA headline] [Text] Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- NODONG SINMUN today accuses the South Korean puppets and the Japanese reactionaries of connecting "missing of military secret document" and "export of a spectrum analyzer" with the DPRK in ... |
FBIS3-47851_11 | U.S. Ambassador's Associates View Relationships | "L," a diplomat in active service, warns that there is a need for people to view things in a more cool-headed manner. A Korean worker at the U.S. Embassy also says that "the arrival of a pro-Korean personality as the ambassador does not mean a change in the basic U.S. policy or position." [passage omitted] The well kno... |
FBIS3-47852_2 | `Disorder' in U.S.'s DPRK Policy Claimed | and China's weapons exports, they went so far as to recommend implementation of a security-first policy in the Asian-Pacific area, instead of a foreign policy of attaching importance to economics, which may only touch off trade disputes. If we accept their allegation even in part, we would come to realize the seriousne... |
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