PROTEST OF SHIPMENT OF NUCLEAR WASTE TO NORTH KOREA, 1997-01-29 (photo)

Jang Won, general secretary of Green Korea, wears an anti-nuclear poster after having his hair cut outside Taipower headquarters in Taipei January 29 to protest against Taiwan's deal to ship 200,000 barrels of low-level nuclear waste to Stalinist North Korea. Taiwan and North Korea have begun preparations for the shipments despite protests from South Korea, which doubts North Korea's assurances that the waste can be stored safely on the politically divided Korean peninsula. Six South Korean protesters said they would mount a hunger strike outside Taipower's headquarters in a bid to block the plan. NUCLEAR TAIWAN KOREA