21.   But at the same time the build-up around the Korean peninsula was underway, Washington initiated negotiations with North Korea.

22.   But as the dust storms have grown, their impact has been spreading rapidly eastward, blighting the air over the Korean peninsula and beyond.

23.   But fighting major land wars in the gulf and -- as the strategy envisions -- on the Korean peninsula simultaneously, would pose serious problems.

24.   But recently Yeltsin has become involved in the issue, pushing for a multilateral conference to resolve the tensions on the divided Korean peninsula.

25.   Carter had gone to Pyongyang with the hopes of defusing the nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula.

26.   Concern about the potential for tensions in the Korean peninsula also bolstered the dollar against the yen, said Frank Hanson, a trader at Unibank in Copenhagen.

27.   Does South Korea now control the destiny of the Korean peninsula?

28.   Even so, the Korean peninsula remains one of the most dangerous places on earth.

29.   Even so, all is not well on the Korean peninsula.

30.   For that matter, the South and its U.S. allies themselves are awakening to the idea that the cold war on the Korean peninsula is winding down.