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Nine North Koreans Defect Across Maritime DMZ
» 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 »ROK Drop Book Review: Nothing To Envy, By Babara Demick
» by GI Korea June 10th, 2011 at 6:03 pm » Comments (8)
A book about the plight of the North Korean people that I have meaning to read based off the strong feedback I have read from others is Barbara Demick’s, "Nothing ...more »North Korea Increases Its Threats Against Balloon Activists
» 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 »Picture of the Day: Subversive Balloon Launch
» 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 »Balloon Activists Conduct Covert Balloon Launches
» 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 »Leftist Thugs Try To Stop Subversive Balloon Launches Into North Korea
» 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 »Rumsfeld Memo Show That 69 North Koreans Serve In the US Military
» by GI Korea March 22nd, 2011 at 8:48 pm » Comments (30)
Via NK Econ Watch comes this news that as of 2003 there was 69 North Koreans serving in the US Military: You can view the full document at this link. I'm not ...more »Is It Time To Arm A North Korean Partisan Force?
» by GI Korea February 14th, 2011 at 7:42 am » Comments (21)
This is interesting but I don't think creating an armed force of North Korean partisans is the best use of the North Korean refugee community: But there’s at least one group ...more »North Korean Defects By Boat Across Northern Limit Line
» by GI Korea June 5th, 2010 at 4:37 pm » Comments (6)
The trickle of North Korean refugees defecting by boat to South Korea continues: Reports say a North Korean man in his 30s has defected to South Korea.South Korea's Yonhap ...more »South Korean Arrested For Hunting North Korean Defectors
» by GI Korea April 13th, 2010 at 5:48 am » Comments (2)
It will be interesting to see how many years in prison someone who spies for North Korea and hunts down defectors gets: A South Korean man was Monday arrested on charges ...more »
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