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Where Are the North Korean Dissidents?
» by GI Korea October 11th, 2008 at 6:32 pm » Comments (0)
That is the question that Andrei Lankov, one of the North Korean scholars I respect the most, ponders in this editorial in the International Herald Tribune: The recent rumors about the ...more »Activist Group Continues to Send Propaganda Leaflets to North Korea
» by GI Korea October 11th, 2008 at 2:12 pm » Comments (1)
North Korea has complained about this activist group and the South Korean government has tried to stop their activities but the activists will continue to send their leaflets to North ...more »First Pictures of Kim Jong-il After His Illness Are Released
» by GI Korea October 11th, 2008 at 5:53 am » Comments (7)
I wonder how anyone knows whether these pictures are current or not? North Korean media say leader Kim Jong-il, who is rumored to be ill, has inspected a female artillery ...more »North Korea Preparing for A Second Nuclear Test?
» by GI Korea October 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pm » Comments (4)
I have to wonder if reports of the Bush administration preparing an appeasement deal with North Korea were prompted by intelligence that the North Koreans were preparing for another nuclear ...more »State Department to Delist North Korea from Terrorism List?
» by GI Korea October 10th, 2008 at 8:02 am » Comments (8)
It looks like the Bush administration is determined to appease North Korea no matter what before they leave office: U.S. media say the Bush administration may remove North Korea from ...more »North Korea to Test Missiles Over the West Sea
» by GI Korea October 9th, 2008 at 3:15 am » Comments (9)
Why does the US media go out of its way to breathlessly report these missile tests by North Korea?: North Korea has deployed more than 10 missiles on its west coast ...more »The North Korea “Choreography”
» by GI Korea October 7th, 2008 at 3:10 am » Comments (2)
I highly recommend this blog posting from Stephen F. Hayes that summarizes quite well the United States' North Korea policy headed by Christopher Hill: Do you ever get the sense that ...more »Geumgang Resort Used to Launder Counterfeit US Currency
» by GI Korea October 6th, 2008 at 10:07 pm » Comments (4)
I surely hope no one is surprised by the fact that North Korea was using the Geumgang Tourist Resort to launder counterfeit money: A governing party lawmaker claimed Sunday that the ...more »North Korea in Five Years Spent $65 Million on Weapons
» by GI Korea October 6th, 2008 at 2:56 pm » Comments (0)
This news shouldn't surprise anyone other then my initial though of, that's all they spent?: Poverty-stricken North Korea purchased foreign weapons systems worth $65 million over the past five years ...more »South Korea Plans to Build Wheeled Rapid Response Brigades
» by GI Korea October 6th, 2008 at 8:20 am » Comments (2)
Here is another sign that times are changing in South Korea because the former President Roh Moo-hyun in his own words would never have agreed to such a change in ...more »Eberstadt and Bolton On North Korean Regime Collapse
» by GI Korea October 6th, 2008 at 5:16 am » Comments (1)
I have a lot of respect for Nicholas Eberstadt and John Bolton who have co-written an op-ed recently in the Wall Street Journal. Their article is in regards to the ...more »Gaming North Korea Style
» by GI Korea October 4th, 2008 at 12:34 pm » Comments (1)
Much like The Korean from Ask A Korean fame, I don't know if I'm more surprised by the fact there is an arcade in North Korea of how old these ...more »
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