And by Carter I mean utopian, meddling, failed ex-president. Kim is calling for 4-way talks – excluding Japan and Russia – and believes, “The long and unsolved problem of North Korea’s nuclear issue is likely to be settled this year.” However, at this stage in his career, Kim is no longer in position to purchase another Nobel Peace Prize for $500 million.
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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April 8th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
From what I understand, after ‘all the beans were counted’, it looked like the actual amount of money that wound up in the coffers of ‘The Only Fat Man in Korea’ (TM Reg) was something in the area of $850 million … I recall there was some investigation on the status of the proceeds from the sale of a Hyundai semiconductor manufacturing facility in Ireland that somehow never made it into the books.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
I hope an investigation finds the actual amount after the Moonshine Policy folks have been ousted.