European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world monday August 15,1994 s. Korea to offer reactor to North in no nukes Deal from the associated press. Seoul South Korea president Kim Youngsam apparently supporting a  korean Deal will offer the North a billion Dollar nuclear reactor if it proves it is not developing atomic weapons officials said sunday. Kim was expected to make the offer in a statement marking the 49th anniversary today of Korea s liberation from Japan in 1945, South korean officials said. North Korea will be Given a modern nuclear reactor Only when it proves it has not been developing atomic bombs South korean foreign minister Han Sung Joo said sunday. The offer would support a Deal Between North Korea and the United states on saturday in which Washington agreed to help provide the communist North with safer Light water reactors and establish some form of diplomatic recognition. Under the Deal struck in Geneva the North promised to freeze its nuclear program and remain part of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Nuke smuggling targeted Frankfurt Germany the government alarmed by the recent seizure of bomb Grade plutonium in Munich sought talks saturday with Moscow on the growing problem of nuclear. Smuggling from Russia. Two spaniards and a colombian Man we rearrested at Munich Airport wednesday when they arrived from Moscow aboard a Lufthansa plane wit More than a Pound of weapons Grade plutonium in a piece of their Luggage. Chancellor Helmut Kohl calling the nuclear smuggling grave danger said saturday that he already had exchanged tetters with Russia president Boris Yeltsin and planned to talk with the Kremlin Leader As soon As Kohl returns to  Chancellor is on vacation in Austria. Kohl said he wanted to Send an envoy to Moscow to help Trace the origin of the plutonium and prevent further smuggling. Japanese official resigns Over comments on Wii Tokyo a a Cabinet minister stepped Down sunday after angering South Korea and China by stat ing that Japan s occupation of asian nations before and during world War ii had benefited them. Shin Sakurai who stepped Down As head of the environment Agency became the second Cabinet minister since May to resign after causing an uproar with re Marks about Japan s role in world War ii. Sakurai said he had told prime minister Tomiichi Murayama and foreign minister Yohei Kono that he intended to resign because of the trouble the remarks caused and the inconvenience they pose for the Murayama  Sakurai has been under intense pressure to quit since a news conference Friday in which he offended China and South Korea by downplaying Japan s past military aggression As having inconvenienced other asian nations. He continued although we caused trouble for asian nations it was thanks to that that they were Able to become Independent after the War from the euro Pean colonial Powers. And education also spread so that the literacy Fate is far higher than in african countries formerly controlled by  Sakurai retracted his remarks after an immediate pro Japan vets seek Aid Manila Philippines a two filipinos who fought with the japanese during world War ii Are asking the japanese government to compensate them for their wartime  an interview published sunday in the philippine daily inquirer Eduardo Tanyag and Domingo Mapeso said they served with the Japa Nese army because they believed Japan would end american domination and create a Philippines for the  although thousands of filipinos joined guerrilla groups to fight against japanese occupation thousands of others supported Japan and served As spies and armed militia members. Formal protest from South Korea. Sohei Miyashita a 66-year-old legislator and former head of the defense Agency was named to replace Sakurai. Miyashita is also from the conservative Liberal democratic party. Navy ship rescues family of 8london a a . Navy Crew in the Mediterranean res cued a British family whose Sailboat capsized in High seas off Corfu on saturday the Navy said. No one was reported injured. The family of eight whose names were not immediately released was pulled from the sea by Crew members of the amphibious assault ship Guam about two Miles off the greek Island. The Crew of the Guam picked the eight up in Small boats and took the immediately to the Guam s medical facilities to be checked for injuries. The family was Given food and dry clothing and when the seas sub sided taken to Shore a Navy spokesman said. The Guam is on a routine port visit near Corfu. 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