Aung Sun Suu Kyi is Person
of the Year
SACRAMENTO -- Aung Sun Suu Kyi is
AsiaPacificUniverse.com's person of the year
for 2003. The Nobel Prize laureate grabbed
headlines throughout the year while in
government detention.
Suu Kyi once again brought Myanmar into focus
when she was arrested on May 30. She has spent
over half of 2003 under house arrest.
South Korean team rescued
in Antarctic, one dead
SEOUL -- One member of a South Korean
research team in the Antartic was dead and seven
other members rescued, the Yonhap News Agency
reported Tuesday.
Chilean rescue teams rescued two groups
of researchers and brought them to South Korea's
King Sejeong Base in the Antarctic. The body of
the 27-year-old dead researcher will be
transferred to Chile.
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