Good grief, this is going to be controvesial — at least in Asia:
Ted Leonsis was cruising the Caribbean on his yacht a couple of years ago, poring over old newspapers, when he noticed an obituary for Iris Chang, author of “The Rape of Nanking,” the best-seller about the killing in 1937 of 300,000 Chinese […]
Update: The Korea Times has an editorial on the subject, `Mt. Paekdu Project’ Koreas Should Unite to Keep Sacred Mountain.
Original Post: So far I’ve only seen this Dong-a Ilbo article, China Seeks U.N. Title to Mt. Baekdu, but there is bound to be a nationalistic flurry of activity over this:
The Chinese Government is hurriedly […]
Via Hankyoreh:
» North Korea’s foreign minister Baek Nam-sun casts his glance down at the ASEAN Regional Forum held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice passes before him. Kuala Lumpur (AP Yonhap News)
AFP: US ready to isolate North Korea over nuclear weapons: State Dept envoy
Korea Times: [ROK] Army to Phase Out Mandatory Service
Yonhap: S. Korea skips Interpol meeting on N. Korea: officials
Joongang Ilbo: Yale dean rues state of U.S.-Korea ties
MSNBC: U.S. in Korea until freedom spreads north
Yonhap: U.S. Democratic Party calls for direct dialogue with N. […]
To early to tell if this has anything at all to do with North Korea’s U.S. currency counterfeiting operations, but it would not be a leap for them to be involved in fake bonds:
Police recovered a briefcase containing a hoard of probably forged United States Treasury bonds worth $500 million during the investigation of […]
As I mentioned earlier Ambassador John Bolton is up for renomination tomorrow (Thursday, July 27th).
I thought I’d take the occasion to highlight some of his achievements in the UN:
John Bolton’s Work at the UN
SANCTIONS
Ambassador Bolton worked closely with Security Council colleagues to create a new partnership with Interpol to strengthen sanctions against al-Qaida.
Ambassador Bolton […]
I recently saw the film “Chin Gu” (Friend) which opened to a huge commercial success in South Korea in 2001. I thought it was superbly entertaining and made with a fairly high production value as is the case with many recent movies from South Korea. (I rented it from Blockbuster, of all places.)
More than […]
USA Today: Almost 3,000 believed dead, missing in North Korea
Reuters: Senate backs North Korea nonproliferation act
Yonhap: Seoul to expand inter-Korean economic project despite U.S. concerns: official
AFP: China ’seriously concerned’ over North Korea stalemate
Korea Times: Pyongyang Wants Euro for Tours
Asia Times: Korean crisis takes a turn for the worse (Donald Kirk)
Asia Times: Of missiles and […]
Update: For the full version of this idea, see; South Korea Must Choose Sides (Asia Times)
Original Post: As the amateurish Roh administration bumbles along seemingly attempting to do everything in its power to destroy the U.S.-ROK alliance but to come out and denounce it directly, they appear to be equally oblivious to the failure […]
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, will face a hearing this week to be re-nominated for the position. President Bush, previously unable to obtain a nomination for him, made a recess appointment that has allowed Bolton to serve until now.
Readers of Joshua’s old blog “One Free Korea” might recall that Joshua […]
Via the Times: "The exhibition features 400 hand-painted posters dating from the peak of the Dear Leader Kim Sung Il's power in the 1950s to the present regime led by his son, Kim Jong Il." The article has only one image, but has several interesting propaganda quotes.
- #Young Korean Herrenvolk engaging in their version of Agoge, at least according to the New York Times. The two Korean schools mentioned in the article are similar to Exeter or Andover in the United States in someways (they are private academies that serve children of affluent parents). But my guess is that the studious atmosphere and intense regimen compare more to the likes of Stuyvesant (my alma mater) in NYC or T.J. in Virginia (both highly selective, but publicly-funded high schools).
- #North Korea claims that on 25 April 1932 the Korean People’s Army (KPA, 조선인민군/ Chosŏn inmin'gun) was formed. However, the more likely accurate date is 08 February 1948. It is celebrated as “Military Foundation Day” in Kimland.
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