31.   Garwin has proposed deploying such a defense on ships near the Korean peninsula and perhaps on Russian territory.

32.   He said he was also encouraged by the interest China was taking in promoting stability on the Korean peninsula.

33.   He notes it bears many reminders of South Korea, including the pond, which represents the Korean peninsula, and juniper bushes typical of its vegetation.

34.   He was also critical of Secretary of State Warren Christopher for not having visited South Korea or focused much publicly on the crisis on the Korean peninsula.

35.   If the South is prepared to let that happen, he said, then there could be significant progress on the Korean peninsula.

36.   In the case of North Korea, for example, antimissile interceptors would be deployed near the Korean peninsula and destroy North Korean missiles as they ascend.

37.   In the agreement reached on Monday, Pyongyang has committed itself to resume talks with Seoul on making the Korean peninsula a nuclear weapons-free area.

38.   In the steamy air mass, Typhoon Olga was moving slowly north over the East China Sea, helping to direct large amounts of moisture into the Korean peninsula.

39.   Instead, the Pentagon shifted much of its attention and its heavy equipment to preparing for wars in the Persian Gulf and the Korean peninsula.

40.   It is true that Japan annexed the Korean peninsula and forced Koreans to speak Japanese and take Japanese names, something that never happened in China.