A poster smuggled from North Korea showed a sailor smashing an enemy ship, splitting it in two. Suspiciously, the Cheonan was also split in 2, resulting in the deaths of 46 sailors. North Korea has also handed out medals to a submarine crew. From New York Times: North Korea adds insult to injury By Choe [...]
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North Korean Propaganda
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Chinese Protests Over Killing of Smugglers by North Korean Guards
Posted in Others, Politics on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
China, a life-long communist ally of North Korea, protested at the killing of 3 Chinese smugglers by North Korean guards. They were said to be smuggling copper wire from North Korea. This event could not have come at a more inappropriate period, since it was not too long ago that North Korea attacked and sank a South Korean [...]
Parent’s Day in North Korea
Posted in Others, Politics, Uncategorized on May 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The second week of May is always annually recognized around the world for Mother’s Day, just as it was in South Korea this weekend. On May 6th, another meaningful event was held in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, where elderly North Korean refugees were served with North Korean food. The refugees relished the food, some even saving it for later. At the same time, many shed [...]
Portsmouth man describes North Korea’s ‘closed society’
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The few reporters and toursits who get a chance to go to North Korea from the western world seldom venture far from the capital Pyongyang where the same circuit of buildings, monuments and museums only serve to falsify the life of the majority of the population. But Nate Groth, Portsmouth, N.H., native has been where less than 3,000 other western tourists [...]
Robert Park released
Posted in Civil Liberties, Concentration Camps, Politics, Refugees / Defectors on February 5, 2010 | 6 Comments »
An American Christian activist Robert Park , having been detained in North Korea since the last Christmas, has been released and arrived in Beijing today. He will later be taken to the U.S. embassy. s s … according to comments attributed to Robert Park by Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency, the North Koreans have convinced him that he was wrong in his view of [...]
Opposite dimensions of food aid
Posted in Health Issues, Politics on February 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
At times, South Korean policy on resuming the food aid to North Korea makes me doubt whether it is really aimed at saving lives. The government has decided to resume food aid to North Korea, which was stopped in summer 2007, and is considering when to start and how much to give. [….] Another government [...]

