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Food in the Dump

Posted in Health Issues, Others on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“Whatever You Like” by an American rapper, T.I., was a massive hit in the summer of 2008, topping  the charts for seven nonconsecutive weeks, and staying in the top 3 of the charts for over 3 months. In the song, an imaginary girl that goes out with T.I. is able to have whatever she likes, from champaign to clothes [...]

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Female N.Korean refugees suffer abuse

Posted in Civil Liberties, Concentration Camps, Health Issues, Refugees / Defectors on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

If you are a North Korean, you would be in a dire need of protection of your human rights under the government’s oppression. If you are a woman and North Korean, you would know that wherever you go, the protection of your rights would be barely possible.
Even once a few of those North Koreans successfully flee their [...]

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Some Suggestive Reading List

Posted in Concentration Camps, Health Issues, Others, Refugees / Defectors on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In 2009, North Korea received 300,000 tons of food aid. However, 1/3 of North Koreans still remain starved.
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Interview with a North Korean defector who survived in one of the most notorious Yoduk political prison camp.

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It’s very positive to hear that North Korean defectors who now reside in South Korea voluntarily decided to train to help others [...]

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China sent 300,000 tons of food to N.Korea last year

Posted in Civil Liberties, Health Issues on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It seems that China has just recently provided about 300,000 tons of food to North Korea last year to ease its chronic shortages.
China, the North’s sole major ally, has long been its chief energy and food supplier.
Unification Minister Hyun In-Taek gave the figure in a report Tuesday to a closed session of a parliamentary committee, [...]

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Ji-eun’s Story

Posted in Civil Liberties, Concentration Camps, Health Issues, Refugees / Defectors on February 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

JoongAng Daily’s article features a story of Ji-Eun, a North Korean defector who currently resides in Seoul. Her father died in North Korea when she was little and the family had a hard time carving out a living in the poverty stricken nation. In 2000, when she was 6 years old, her mother decided to escape North Korea with Ji-eun [...]

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N.Korea food crisis deepening…

Posted in Civil Liberties, Health Issues on February 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »

North Korea’s severe food shortages are expected to worsen this year after a poor grain harvest in 2009.
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The unification ministry, which handles cross-border relations, said the communist state produced an estimated 4.11 million tons of grain last year, a five percent drop from 4.3 million tons in 2008.
Annual demand is 5.4 million tons, according to [...]

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