» by GI Korea September 14th, 2011 at 7:32 am » Comments (0)

Here is a rare method of defection from North Korea: Nine people who say they are from North Korea arrived Tuesday in a black wooden boat off the western Japanese coast ...more »

» by GI Korea September 8th, 2011 at 10:06 pm » Comments (1)

A recent North Korea related documentary I watched on my Netflix que was Kimjongilia.  If you are wondering where the title of the movie comes from, it is named after ...more »

» by GI Korea July 9th, 2011 at 3:41 am » Comments (10)

This is quite a surge in North Korean refugees which the article doesn't provide a reason for such a large increase: Authorities in northern Thailand are struggling to cope with a ...more »

» by GI Korea June 18th, 2011 at 3:53 am » Comments (12)

This article from the Chosun Ilbo made no sense to me: A seminar has found that North Korean defectors who have relocated to the South to build new lives for themselves ...more »

» by GI Korea June 16th, 2011 at 3:47 pm » Comments (0)

Nine members of a North Korean family successfully defected across the maritime DMZ on Korea's West Coast.  They say they defected to escape North Korea's worsening economic conditions. more »

» by GI Korea April 23rd, 2011 at 1:30 am » Comments (13)

The threats from North Korea against the balloon activists continues: North Korea warned yesterday that it will launch full-fledged attacks against people sending propaganda leaflets over the border, and it ...more »

» by GI Korea April 18th, 2011 at 3:29 am » Comments (2)

Here is the latest update on the balloon wars in South Korea: North Korea celebrated its biggest annual holiday on Friday — the 99th birthday of the late dictator Kim Il-sung ...more »

» by GI Korea April 3rd, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="409" caption="Activists launch balloons yesterday carrying tens of thousands of anti-North Korean regime leaflets across the border into the North, defying threats from Pyongyang to open fire ...more »

» by GI Korea April 1st, 2011 at 9:32 am » Comments (4)

Via a reader tip comes this news that the balloon launch activists that were the subject of assaults by leftist thugs are now moving towards conducting covert launches now: A South ...more »

» by GI Korea March 29th, 2011 at 8:05 am » Comments (13)

The North Koreans have dispatched their leftist allies in South Korea to stop the subversive balloon launches from North Korean defector groups within South Korea: Signs of internal division in South ...more »