Kim Jong Il is dying. Sons, generals and statesmen vie for his throne. With Pyongyang's impressive arsenal of chemical-, biological- and nuclear-weapons programs, the Fall of the House of Kim could end in a peninsular war or worse.
Nixon's extreme case illustrates the variety of potential problems that can arise in a scandal-weakened presidency. President Clinton seems to have dodged the bullet on the face of it; the November 3 election results demonstrated his remarkable po
North Koreans are starving. A peacemaker was just appointed Deputy Prime Minister. Now is the time to tackle Pyonyang's thirty-six-missiles-strong-and-counting nuclear arsenal.