North Korea’s “…Central Election Guidance Committee, said 99.82% of all registered voters turned out to elect deputies to provincial, city and county people’s assemblies. Some 27,390 “officials, workers, farmers and intellectuals” were elected deputies after receiving all possible votes.”
In a previous post on Pyongyang Soju being imported to the U.S., I used pics from a bottle I have, which was purchased in South Korea. Jason Perlow of Off the Broiler sampled some Pyongyang Soju at a Korean restaurant in New Jersey and has photos of the updated labels (looks like it was $5.99 a bottle).
- #OFK has a telling post (w/video) on Joe Biden's North Korea policy. It's hard to do much of a related post on Obama since he hasn't even completed one term in the senate and so has a thin record. See all Election 2008 posts.
- #15 August is the 63rd anniversary of Victory over Japan (V-J) Day, or Liberation Day in North and South Korea. It’s hard to imagine how the North Koreans could explain the significance of the day without mentioning the U.S. doing the heavy lifting, but they still manage to do so.
- #North Korean Economy Watch has released version 11 of his layer/bookmarks for North Korea in Google Earth - easily the most authoritative map of North Korea on the web.
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August 3rd, 2007 at 1:00 am
I’m sure Bruce Cumings approves
In other news, he is apparently the Chair of UChicago’s Political Science department as of July 1st…oh dear
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:05 am
I guess you know what I think of Cumings. It’s truly amazing that America has maintained its position in the world with our academia dominated by the likes of him.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:32 am
Maybe a congrats is in order for the dear leader?
I guess that is true if you are a north korean…
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:48 pm
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