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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 have [...]

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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.
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… 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 [...]

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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 official said [...]

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News Update – February 1 2010

Posted in Civil Liberties, Health Issues, Politics, Refugees / Defectors on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

66 North Koreans Given Refugee Status in Canada: Canada granted 66 North Korean defectors refugee status in 2009, which is almost 10 times higher than in 2008, a report said Saturday.
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N.Korea’s Weapons Exports ‘Down 90%’ Since UN Sanctions, which included the banning of all arms exports from the country since last year. However, the institute said [...]

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Reaching North Koreans through Radio Broadcast

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Refugees / Defectors on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

 
Small radio-operations in South Korea aim to raise voices of hope and enlightenment by airing information to counter Pyongyang’s propaganda and by passing messages from North Korean defectors to their friends and relatives in North Korea.
 
Susan Chun of CNN reports the story of Kim Seong Min, the founder of Free North Korea Radio which is one of several Seoul-based radio operations that dispatch defectors’ [...]

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News Update 20 January 2010

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Refugees / Defectors on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

South Korean Human Rights Body Breaks Silence on Abuses in North Korea     - South Korea’s government-funded human rights watchdog has issued its first report on widespread abuses in North Korea. This is the  first report issued by South Korea’s government-funded human rights watchdog on North Korea’s alleged abuses. 
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North Korea toughens punishment for defectors: U.N. envoy    - ”Over the [...]

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