Comments on: NY Philharmonic Plays & Nothing Changes in Pyongyang

By: Useful Idiot: Maximillion Cooper

Useful Idiot: Maximillion Cooper — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:57:20 +0000

[...] would funnel even more millions of dollars to the North Korean regime and of course he is using the farce of the New York Philharmonic trip to Pyongyang as rationale for giving millions to Kim [...]

By: The Potemkin Performance: Left Flank

The Potemkin Performance: Left Flank — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:35:23 +0000

[...] in DPRK the night the New York Philharmonic Orchestra played (TMH’s sly derision, ROK Drop’s matter-of-fact outrage, Joshua’s total outrage). But, if not only a way to dupe those foolish American liberals, it was a [...]

By: Responses to NY Philharmoinic | DPRK Forum

Responses to NY Philharmoinic | DPRK Forum — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:37:33 +0000

[...] so if you have not seen the other blogs (which I am sure you already have), make sure to read ROK Drop and Marmots. NKEconWatch has some good links to follow as well to get some more [...]

By: Kingkitty

Kingkitty — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:57:21 +0000

Wow cant you see we are opening doors with such events as this

I think the NKs are trying to join the rest of the international community. I would not be surprised if they decided to send troops to Iraq in support of the war on terrorism

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:22:36 +0000

Not to mention lining the pockets of the regime.

By: knickerbocker

knickerbocker — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:42:35 +0000

Cultural exchange my ass. It was a public relations stunt. The North Koreans have no interest in exchanging culture. They are interested in preserving their corrupt regime. Period.

By: Kingkitty

Kingkitty — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:10:55 +0000

Such Anger

It was a cultural exchange

Lighten up people

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:32:32 +0000

If Kim Jong Il happened to listen to NPR and watch PBS, as I did, he’d have seen that his ploy was a smashing success.

When I read the the band is going to play in Seoul next, I thought they should be forced to watch a command performance of Yoduk Story.

The world is a fairly pathetic place….

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:14:43 +0000

GI, it was a ass-kissing fest. More details are emerging from the event, and I have to say human rights were not one of them. Elites were eating, drinking and being merry while people in the countryside starve and people in the gulags die.

Any money paid goes into the pocket of the regime and nobody seems to care. You said what needed to be said, but I think I am going to add some commentary as well. Marcus Noland had some choice words too.

By: Dave in Songtan

Dave in Songtan — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:04:29 +0000

“Patriotic hooey” as described in the WSJ notwithstanding, me and the guys in my office were mighty proud to be Americans when we heard the SSB and saw Old Glory standing on a stage in P-Yang on the news reports. I was truly moved.

CRUSH CHONGER!