這禮拜工作超級繁忙，我要舉辦我第一場的日韓對話，很緊張，很怕沒有人會來我規劃的東西，如果失敗怎麼辦呢？大使會要我切腹自殺嗎？啊~~想到就覺得皮皮挫，其實辦活動沒有這麼難辦的，以前在K黨跟外交部看到的活動都是很有資源的，廣告跟規模都比小型的IMTD多軌外交研究所多太多了，只要有資源還有有意願去辦，一定是沒有問題的。但是小的非營利組織就是這樣的，在經費拮据的狀況下還是要做出東西，這也許就是非營利組織吸引我的地方。希望下午的日韓對話順利！
*Project Progress*
This Friday is the D-Day; the sixth Japan-Korea Dialogue will take place from 5 pm to 7 pm on Friday, October 12, 2007. Unfortunately, the IMTD email system seemed to have some problems last week. I am not certain whether all the emails got to the intended students. I will need to re-send the emails and get a confirmation as soon as possible.
另外，呂副總統秀蓮女士的辦公室回我信囉！！！勝利勝利，來放鞭炮慶祝一下，大使老闆蠻高興的，大方地讚許了我。星期四寫了另一封信給副總統辦公室，到現在沒有回音，不知道是不是沒有寄到，還是信件太多被忽略了。
上星期三去了War College美國國防大學，很漂亮的地方，背著波多馬克河面向一大片草地，剛好遇到一架軍用直昇機起飛，很酷！
*News about Northeast Asia*
After the summit between two Koreas, South Korea is now trying to strengthen this peace accord with North Korea. On Thursday October 4, President Roh Moo Hyun of South Korea and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, agreed to pursue a peace treaty to replace the current armistice that ended the Korean War of 1950-53, and to seek a meeting of parties to the cease-fire to discuss the matter. South Korea sent a special envoy to the US and other involved countries such as Japan and China the day after two leaders reached the agreement. The end of Korean War and the reunification have to be a multilateral agreement.
(Source: International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/05/asia/korea.php)
Meanwhile, Japan decided to extend its sanction on North Korea for another 6 months. The current economic sanction includes the closure of the ports to North Korean ships and also the prohibition of imports from North Korea. This sanction was first placed last October after North Korea’s nuclear test and has been renewed for the second time. Japan complained that North Korea has done little in the abduction cases and Tokyo has refused to provide aid under the disarmament accord, trying to make North Korea take action.
(Source: Internatinal Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/08/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-NKorea-Sanctions.php)
Powerful typhoon Krosa, which means crane in Cambodian, stroke Taiwan and South-east China. Five people died and about 52 people are injured. It also caused landslides and flooding. It is estimated that Krosa has cost China more than 600 million USD.
(BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7033495.stm)
