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Virginia Tech: Don?t Politicize the Massacre

By Katherine H.S. Moon

The massacre at Virginia Tech is eliciting a profusion of confusing and off-the-mark public reactions on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Americans seem not to know where to lay the blame, and Koreans in South Korea seem all too eager to bear collective responsibility and shame for the outrageous acts of a total stranger. Labeling and classifying may be ways for people to make sense of irrational things, but playing with identity politics and cultural differences in not the way to clarify a chaotic situation.

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North Korea Nuclear Deal: Better Late than Never!

By Ralph A. Cossa

(More than) a day later, but not a dollar short. That pretty much sums up what to Pyongyang is a perfectly reasonable negotiating position. It will honor its end of the Feb. 13, 2007 “action for action” denuclearization deal, once the money is in the bank. In short, “checkbook diplomacy” still works with North Korea; the “check’s in the mail” diplomacy does not!

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World Copyright Day: Give Journalists Rights to Control Their Work, Says IFJ

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today marked World Copyright Day with a new call for lawmakers and governments to protect journalists? rights to own and control their work.

?Authors? rights are essential to the quality of journalism and to the future of our profession. They provide vital income for a journalist and they help the defence of professional ethics,? said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. ?They play a crucial role in developing and maintaining a free press and democracy.?

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Leaders, celebrities and journalists call on governments to deliver life-saving Arms Trade Treaty

NEW YORK — Three leading female advocates of the campaign to control the international arms trade – Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren; and former Irish President, Mary Robinson – together with 20 prominent journalists, today called on governments to deliver a tough Arms Trade Treaty rooted in international human rights and humanitarian law to stop arms transfers that fuel global violence and conflict.

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Philippines Honors Filipino Veterans in Guam

MANILA –Consul Raquel Solano of the Philippine Consulate General in Agana, Guam reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Consulate held a luncheon ceremony in honor of Guam-based Filipino World War II veterans at the Coral Room of the Guam Plaza Hotel on 21 April 2007.

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