Because in some places, the Korea Wave could cause a tsunami: “North Korea has threatened to execute people who smuggle South Korean TV shows and movies [that are] making North Koreans ‘ideologically depraved’ … those caught in possession of South Korean VCDs will be fined or deported, except for violators in North Hamgyong Province… who will be publicly executed…” Blame it on the Rain.
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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June 14th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
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