North Korea in the News
by Richardson ~ August 10th, 2006. Filed under: News Links. Asia Times: North Korea enjoys Southern makeover (by Andrei Lankov) [MUST READ]
KBS Global: Korea, U.S. Fail to Agree on Defense Cost Sharing
Chosun Ilbo: Roh Under Fire Over Wartime Command Withdrawal
Dong-a Ilbo: Wartime Control Push Alarms Veterans
Joongang Ilbo: Roh is not safe on security (editorial)
Hankyoreh: Politics mar military command handover progress (editorial)
Korea Times: Adventurism on Security Intolerable (editorial)
AP: S. Korea wary of sanctions against North
Dong-a Ilbo: Cops: Defector Sold Fake Aphrodisiacs
Kyodo: Japan, Mongolia agree to set up forum to discuss N. Korea situation
Kyodo: U.S. urging nations to cut off N. Korea’s global fund network
Kyodo: Trader faces arrest over exports to N. Korea of controlled device
Daily NK: What do North Koreans do to prevent heat exhaustion?
Pravada: North Korea: first Russian Orthodox Church to be opened
Pravada: North Korean leader helps to produce new movie hit
KCNA: 10 August
August 11th, 2006 at 11:58 am
Kim Jong-Il’s latest movie is a surprise blockbuster in Pyongyang
August 11th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
I swear, after Lankov’s piece, I don’t want to hear one more word from the South Koreans about distorted history books. At least what Japan did is in the past and settled by the judgment of history. South Korea is whistling through its own apocalypse.
August 11th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
pelagius,
don’t you know?
every single movie that KJI has made is oscar worthy.
hollywood ain’t got NOTHING on KJI!!!
does anyone have a link to this movie?
August 11th, 2006 at 1:46 pm
Whoops - missed the Pravda link already there. The title translates to “한 여학생 일기” Here’s a still from the film.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
The first link to the article by Lankov is hilarious in comparison to Tom Plate’s version of Lankov on North Korea.
August 11th, 2006 at 8:45 pm
How the current ROK education treats the topic of the DPRK reminds me of Cumings on the same topic.