Posts Tagged ‘north korea’

In which I spoke to North Korean defectors...

In which I spoke to North Korean defectors…

02/17/2010  |  5 Comments

Last night Marc and I attended a screening of Kimjongilia, a documentary about North Korea as seen through the narratives Read More

North Korean Jeans?

12/01/2009  |  3 Comments

Great, now you can look stylish AND support a country that willingly starves and tortures its citizens! This really disgusts me.  Read More

Commentary on the Clinton Visit to North Korea

08/11/2009  |  No Comments

Ask A Korean has a great post up right now by a former North Korean defector about how the North Read More

Good News from North Korea

08/04/2009  |  1 Comment

Well, looks like Bill Clinton has gotten the two journalists that have been held hostage by North Korea for the Read More

More from North Korea…

06/18/2009  |  2 Comments

Whoa. As the post itself says, this is big, folks:  Breaking News: Treasury Issues Money Laundering Alert Against North Read More

North Korean Heir Fails At Fratricide: Assassination Foiled

06/16/2009  |  1 Comment

Brothers hiring assassins for eachother's heads? No, that doesn't sound like a collapsing regime at all... Here's some other commentary.

I go offline for two days and the world goes to hell…

05/26/2009  |  3 Comments

As The Western Confucian recently said, there is never really a dull moment here in Korea.  Here's the main three Read More

Anybody want to foster a dog from North Korea?

05/15/2009  |  4 Comments

Do you live within driving distance of North Carolina? Would you be interested in fostering an adult or puppy of one Read More

State Dept. Bungle Here in South Korea

04/28/2009  |  4 Comments

Diplomat FAIL. You'd think that a diplomat in a country as critical as South Korea would be better at watching his Read More

So. Weird.

04/12/2009  |  2 Comments

I have a large post coming about my awesome day yesterday.  For now, amuse yourself with this totally weird music Read More

A little reading…

04/10/2009  |  2 Comments

So... I'm almost finished with North Korea: Another Country.  It has really been an interesting book, though it started out Read More

Must-read North Korea article and some good old South Korean xenophobia…

04/08/2009  |  3 Comments

This blog post, graciously translated from Korean by the guy who writes Ask a Korean, is a must-read if you're Read More

Not that I’m surprised…

04/06/2009  |  8 Comments

An emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council concluded Sunday without an official reaction to North Korea ignoring repeated international Read More

Happy North Korean Rocket Day!

04/05/2009  |  No Comments

So, as some of my fellow Korea-bloggers have been saying: Happy North Korean Rocket Day! Ironically, despite being the major news for Read More

Now let’s see what happens…

04/05/2009  |  No Comments

Well, they launched it.