From Yonhap: “The inter-Korean Kaesong industrial park marks a “very positive” step for the two Koreas in both economic and political terms, a group of U.S. [Democratic] legislators said Friday. . . The project is ideal because it combines the economic advantages of both sides, Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington was quoted as saying. . .”
A bit dated, but Yoelchae's write up on his trip to Kaesong in October is well worth the read.
- #New additions are: Andrei Lankov's blog (translated version via DPRK Forum); Saber Fencer; The Grand Narrative; Korea in Focus; KoreaArticle, and; Information Dissemination.
- #Via CNN: "An Iranian woman, blinded by a jilted stalker who threw acid in her face, has persuaded a court to sentence him to be blinded with acid himself under Islamic law demanding an eye for an eye... Her attacker... admitted throwing acid in her face in November 2004."
- #In an article at the Asia Times, Riddles and enigmas from North Korea, Andrei Lankov speculates on how governments get intelligence from inside North Korea, and lists some of the other valuable sources of information from the country.
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December 2nd, 2006 at 4:45 pm
This should receive more attention than it is receiving now. Union websites need to have brought to their attention the fact that the Democrats think that it is good to have competitors of their employers (and thus indirectly themselves) benefiting from use of what amounts slave labor. Most slaves are not union members (Communist unions really are not authentic unions anyway) and have no hope of ever engaging in any kind of bargaining with their “employer,” collective or otherwise.