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financial freedom
, North Korea ranks at the bottom in a worldwide index of economic freedom for the 16th year running. In the 2010 Economic Freedom Index by the Wall Street Journal and the conservative Heritage Foundation issued on Wednesday,, North Korea came last among 179 countries surveyed with a score of 1 out of a possible 100 points. The North scored five points in two out of 10 categories -- for property rights and freedom from corruption. It scored zero in the remaining eight -- business freedom,, trade freedom, fiscal freedom,, government spending,, monetary freedom,, investment freedom,, financial freedom,, and labor freedom. With no room for its ranking to fall,, the North is still managing to lose points. Its score was 8.9 between 1995 and 2004 but dropped to 8 in 2005,, 4 in 2006, 3 in 2007 and 2008, and 2 in 2009. The North trails a good 20 points behind second-lowest scorer Zimbabwe. The Heritage Foundation said on its website,, "North Korea devotes a disproportionately large share of GDP to military spending,, further exacerbating the country's already poor economic situation." 相关的主题文章：  mariettachamber/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10  plankingforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=38743&view=unread#unread On Thursday, each candidate city will open publicity booths to make their pitches to individual IOC members who visit.

the North will have dug a cave 1 km deep
, North Korea has dug a new tunnel more than 500 m deep at a nuclear test site in Punggye-ri,, North Hamgyong Province,, intelligence sources said Tuesday. The North is also reportedly accelerating massive excavation work and construction of a new building at its main nuclear site in Yongbyon. "North Korea seems to be busy digging even in winter when the ground is frozen" at Punggye-ri and Yongbyon,, a South Korean intelligence officer said. Based on an estimate of the amount of earth dug up, the intelligence officer speculated that the North has already dug a cave more than 500 m deep in Punggye-ri. "If progress goes on at the current pace,, the North will have dug a cave 1 km deep,, the depth where it is possible to conduct a nuclear test, between March and May next year,," the officer said. Voice of America,, quoting a U.S. Congressional Research Service report,, reported on Dec. 7 that the North could conduct a nuclear test as a proxy for nuclear weapons developing nations such as Iran. The North is also carrying out massive construction in Yongbyon. Experts including Siegfried Hecker,, a U.S. nuclear scientist who visited Yongbyon last month,, believe that the North is building a 25-30 MW reactor. But a South Korean security official said,, "The North has never admitted what it is building. We're just speculating that it's building a nuclear facility whose purpose is unclear." South Korean government officials believe the North does not have enough technical wherewithal to build a light-water reactor power plant that uses enriched uranium as fuel and suspect it is now openly attempting to build a highly-enriched uranium facility to produce nuclear weapons. They also suspect that the North has three or four more undisclosed uranium enrichment facilities in addition to the one in Yongbyon it showed Hecker last month. South Korea and the U.S. are worried that the North could heighten tensions on the peninsula by using a nuclear threat after the artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island. It apparently aims to sway public opinion in the international community and South Korea in favor of early talks with the North by either conducting a third nuclear test or boosting its uranium-based nuclear capability. Former chief U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill was quoted by VOA as saying that the North's disclosure of the uranium enrichment plant proves that the regime lied in the six-party talks. 相关的主题文章：  i.noyo.in/space.php?uid=16017&do=blog&id=539869 </li> <a href="yesnb/home.php?mod=space&uid=6101&do=blog&id=9788" target="_blank">yesnb/home.php?mod=space&uid=6101&do=blog&id=9788</a></li> On Thursday, each candidate city will open publicity booths to make their pitches to individual IOC members who visit.

After watching the ballots being tallied
, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Wednesday failed to achieve sufficient voter turnout for a referendum on free school lunches largely seen as a de facto confidence vote. Turnout was only 25.7 percent or 2.15 million out of a total 8.38 million eligible voters,, far short of the needed quorum of 33.3 percent needed. The opposition parties boycotted the vote,, and the mayor ended up failing in his push to provide free meals only to students from low-income families and stop what he saw as a mostly populist measure of universal free lunches put in place by the Seoul City Council,, which consists largely of progressive politicians. After watching the ballots being tallied,, Oh in a press conference at City Hall said,, "I humbly accept the results." Oh had pledged on Sunday to step down if turnout failed to reach the 33.3 percent quorum required to open ballot boxes and count the votes. An official at Oh's office said,, "We will consult with the Grand National Party and Cheong Wa Dae and make an announcement on our position within one or two days." The official added there is “no change the mayor’s determination to take responsibility for the vote." Oh met with GNP Chairman Hong Joon-pyo,, Presidential Chief of Staff Yim Tae-hee and Chief of State Affairs Kim Hyo-jae on Wednesday evening and told them he would step down at a time set by the party. Hong apparently told Oh to resign after a National Assembly audit on Oct. 8.  If Oh quits after Oct. 1,, the by-election for the new mayor will be held along with the general election in April next year. But if he steps down by Sept. 20,, the by-election will be held on Oct. 26.  Hong said voter turnout "was higher than the 25.4 percent turnout in the 2010 local elections that elected Oh,, so we see the results as a victory for the mayor. Mayor Oh must not step back immediately from a contest he virtually won." But the main opposition Democratic Party demanded that Oh resign immediately.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon pays homage at the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-dong,, Seoul on Wednesday after casting his ballot in a referendum on free school lunches. 相关的主题文章： <ul> </li> </li> <a href="discuz.mindevents.hk/viewthread.php?tid=2089821&extra=" target="_blank">discuz.mindevents.hk/viewthread.php?tid=2089821&extra=</a></li> On Thursday, each candidate city will open publicity booths to make their pitches to individual IOC members who visit.

Today's Photo May 4, 2012
Kim Yu-na and fellow figure skaters rehearse for the All That Skate Spring 2012 ice show at Olympic Park's Gymnasium in Seoul on Thursday.,hogan相关的主题文章： <ul> <a href="http://www.sociologipal.com/user_blog_comments.php?blogentry_id=193870" target="_blank">http://www.sociologipal.com/user_blog_comments.php?blogentry_id=193870</a></li> http://blog.nbc.com/dealornodeal-new/2006/09/your-questions.php#comments</li> <a href="http://www.c3careerarticles.com/submitarticles.php?act=edit&id=2176520" target="_blank">http://www.c3careerarticles.com/submitarticles.php?act=edit&id=2176520</a></li> On Thursday, each candidate city will open publicity booths to make their pitches to individual IOC members who visit.

Kazakhstan on Monday. /Newsis
Winners pose at the annual Korean-language contest at an education center in Almaty,hogan, Kazakhstan on Monday. /Newsis相关的主题文章： <ul> [http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/User:Btmsgdfsgh#and_freeze_the_scallions_after_removing_the_moisture. http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/User:Btmsgdfsgh#and_freeze_the_scallions_after_removing_the_moisture.]</li> http://www.kiklee.com/members/home</li> <a href="http://www.forum.easeli.com/showthread.php?p=600330#post600330" target="_blank">http://www.forum.easeli.com/showthread.php?p=600330#post600330</a></li> On Thursday, each candidate city will open publicity booths to make their pitches to individual IOC members who visit.