Not related to Halloween in any way besides the date;
Excellent point from GI Korea: Misleading Survey and Headline from the Korea Times
Korea Sojourner has a Conniption fit: Left a Day too Soon
OneFreeKorea on SK PR: Believe Me, Not Your Eyes
Asiapundit with some science: land-mine detecting plant
From the Korea Times, ‘Seoul Could Allow NK’s Nuke Inspection of USFK’:
South Korea’s top diplomat has indicated that Seoul could review Pyongyang’s possible request for a nuclear inspection of… USFK to verify the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula… “If the North raises the issue of inspection and verification in the South, including the facilities of [...]
It may at first seem counterintuitive that an increased threat from North Korea has resulted in a reduction of U.S. troops in the region. North Korean nuclear antics, although not solely responsible, have helped Japan embrace constitutional changes that will allow it to take a more active role in regional security. One result, and again [...]
From the NYT: ‘N. Korea Says U.S. Pressure Hurts Talks.’
Tell people exactly what they want to hear in order to convince them to forget what they know to be true, now matter how much it’s out in the open. AKA, ‘propaganda.’
From YONHAP, ‘Luxury Swiss watch store opens in Pyongyang.’
From the Dong-A Ilbo:
There are signs of anti-Korean sentiment among Washington D.C. intellectuals. Unprecedented mockery and criticism against Korea has appeared, and anti-Korean sentiment, usually seen among Republicans, is showing signs of spreading to Democrats as well. Even pro-Korean people do not deny the recent spread of anti-Korean sentiment in Washington…
The article has a few [...]
The Daily NK is an excellent source of obscure information on Kim Jong Il and what’s going on in North Korea. Two recent articles that got my attention:
China provides 10,000 tons of heavy oil as aid to N. Korea
Kim Jong Il Offers $20 Million Worth of Gifts
From YONHAP, ‘Kim Jong-il meets with Hu Jintao’:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il held summit talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao Friday to discuss “bilateral relations and regional issues of mutual concern”, Chinese radio reported… Kim [reportedly] told Hu that “North Korea will attend the fifth round of six-party talks as scheduled.”
I imagine this is [...]
How will this affect the upcoming Six-Party Talks?
U.S. and Japanese officials have agreed to let the U.S. Navy station a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Japan for the first time, government officials said Thursday. Although American troops have been based in Japan since the end of World War II, the Japanese public has long been [...]
Gizmodo has an excellent array of Kim Jong-il photos; In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways. Some are sure to become often used classics.
- #Missed it on the 30th as I was working late, but it's now been four years since DPRK Studies has been in blog format.
- #From the Japan Times: "Yasushi Chimura and his wife, Fukie, abducted by North Korea in 1978 but repatriated in 2002, expressed relief Friday that their children [now ages 27, 25, and 21] are adapting smoothly to Japanese life as they marked the fifth anniversary of their arrival in Japan."
- #Via the NYT: "Former President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea, who had been under criminal investigation for corruption, died on Saturday from a fall while hiking on a hill near his retirement home... it was unclear whether the fall was accidental or whether Mr. Roh had committed suicide ... Roh left a will, indicating that the death might have been a suicide." While the man never should have been president, it's sad to see what likely was a suicide.
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