Korean Escort: In this family, babies come from airplanes
On Sept. 7, Matthew Stephens arrived at his Upper Saucon Township home to find his wife, Eva, in tears. His heart lurched when she said they'd gotten a call from the agency they had worked with to adopt their daughter, Lydia, three years earlier.His first thought: Some belated problem with the adoption had cropped up. What Eva said next changed everything.She told Matthew the agency, Pearl S. Buck International in Hilltown, Bucks County, had called to say...
Korean Escort: RIGID OFFICIAL ROUTINE IMPOSED ON KOREANS IN REUNION
On their first full day in South Korea after half a century of separation from their families, 100 North Koreans stepped into the bowels of capitalistic excess yesterday -- a giant shopping mall.Flanked by a marching band playing a rousing rendition of "Our Hope Is Unification," an emotional song well known by both North and South Koreans, the visitors walked under a five-story clock encrusted with stained glass and through the stainless steel gates of Lotte World...
Korean Escort: ALBRIGHT GETS RED CARPET
By any measure, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's first day in North Korea produced an extraordinary day of diplomacy yesterday.The first visit to north Korea by a top U.S. official began with a 10-minute power blackout -- commonplace, locals said -- less than an hour before her arrival. It climaxed with a stunning propaganda spectacle featuring a stadium filled with 100,000 performers presenting inspirational North Korean themes, including "If the Party...
Korean Escort: ALBRIGHT STARTS HISTORIC NORTH KOREA VISIT WITH NEGOTIATIONS
By any measure, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's first day in North Korea produced an extraordinary day of diplomacy.The first visit to north Korea by a top American official began Monday with a 10-minute power blackout - commonplace, locals said - less than an hour before her arrival. It climaxed with a stunning propaganda spectacle featuring a stadium filled with 100,000 performers presenting inspirational North Korean themes, including "If the Party...
Korean Escort: ALBRIGHT MEETS WITH N. KOREAN LEADER KIM UNSCHEDULED 3-HOUR TALK 'SUBSTANTIVE'
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- By any measure, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's first day in North Korea produced an extraordinary day of diplomacy yesterday.The first visit to North Korea by a top American official began with a 10-minute power blackout -- commonplace, locals said -- less than an hour before her arrival. It climaxed with a stunning propaganda spectacle featuring a stadium filled with 100,000 performers presenting inspirational North Korean themes, including...