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Lee Equates North Korean Murder with Dokdo Nonsense

» by GI Korea July 18th, 2008 at 4:17 am » Comments (4)

It is sad to see President Lee Myung-bak equating the murdering of a South Korean civilian by North Korea with the current Dokdo nonsense: President Lee Myung-bak called for national ...more »

The Vice Guide to North Korea Featured on CNN

» by GI Korea July 16th, 2008 at 2:29 am » Comments (0)

  Shane Smith the man behind the creation of the VBS.TV documentary The Vice Guide to North Korea that was featured earlier this year on the ROK Drop has now been ...more »

North Korea Wanted A McDonald’s?

» by GI Korea July 11th, 2008 at 10:05 am » Comments (2)

Now the big question I am wondering is whether McDonald's would use US beef or not?: Influential North Koreans tried to bring McDonalds into the country, but the fast-food chain declined ...more »

President Bush Removes North Korea from State Sponsors of Terrorism List

» by GI Korea June 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pm » Comments (12)

I can't say I'm not surprised by this announcement, but I still find it to be utterly unbelievable: It seemed dramatic. President Bush stepped into the Rose Garden to announce plans ...more »

Barack Obama Endorsed By the North Koreans

» by GI Korea June 23rd, 2008 at 6:41 am » Comments (7)

Kim Jong-il must really be looking forward to that meeting with no pre-conditions by a Barack Obama administration: The Chosun Sinbo, the mouthpiece of North Korea’s Japanese front organization Chongryon and often ...more »

Obama’s Broken Promise Covered in the Washington Post

» by GI Korea June 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am » Comments (7)

The fact that Barack Obama's broken promise to not delist North Korea from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List until it came clean on the status of kidnapped American Kim ...more »

Pyongyang Traffic Cops in Action

» by GI Korea June 15th, 2008 at 7:51 am » Comments (4)

I got this link from a comment left over at DPRK Studies, of a female Pyongyang traffic cop getting into it with a driver of a Cooper MINI: Some of the ...more »

Korea Shaped Island Found On Google Earth

» by GI Korea June 1st, 2008 at 5:35 am » Comments (9)

Check out this image via DPRK Studies that shows a North Korean island that looks like the Korean peninsula: Pretty incredible and this image come courtesy of North Korean Economy Watch ...more »

North Korea Looking to Export GPS Jammers

» by GI Korea May 30th, 2008 at 8:08 am » Comments (1)

I have to wonder if these GPS jammers work as well as the ones used during the second Iraq War?: South Korean intelligence authorities have reportedly learned that North Korea has ...more »

Barack Obama Flip Flops on North Korea Policy

» by GI Korea May 23rd, 2008 at 9:18 am » Comments (15)

Not only is he vowing to meet with Kim Jong-il now he is vowing to reward him as well: U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunner Senator Barack Obama has recently indicated he no ...more »

Obama Confirms He Wants to Meet with Kim Jong-il

» by GI Korea May 19th, 2008 at 10:16 am » Comments (13)

I wonder if President Obama will give a wine glass toast to Kim Jong-il as well?: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has reaffirmed that he will unconditionally meet with the ...more »

North Korean Drug Smugglers Sentenced in Japan

» by GI Korea May 17th, 2008 at 7:30 am » Comments (7)

You might want to think twice about smuggling drugs into Japan from North Korea because you might just get sentenced to life in prison: The Tokyo District ...more »
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