Apparently someone in the KPA Threat Department didn’t realize that ashes logically follow fire when attempting to make one of the standard threats sound more menacing:
North Korea threatened South Korea with destruction Sunday after Seoul’s top military officer said his country would consider attacking the communist nation if it tried to carry out […]
Dong-a Ilbo: No Talks with N.Korea without Public Support: Pres. Lee
AAP: South Korea to press North on POWs
Yonhap: S. Korea starts job training program for N.K. defectors
Dong-a Ilbo: N. Korea Expels Seoul Officials from Gaesong
Bloomberg: North Korea’s Time `Running Out’ on Nuclear Report
Reuters: U.N. renews mandate of North Korea rights monitor
Reuters: Russia removes […]
North Korea fired three short range surface-to-surface missiles (SSM) from its West Coast this morning. Noting the expulsion of 11 South Korean officials from the Kaesong Industrial Complex yesterday, many pundits and the media were quick to declare the launches part as an orchestrated North Korean attempt to somehow influence South Korea and […]
Liberty in North Korea, or LiNK, is excited to announce a new initiative inviting North Korean defectors from all over the world. The Chollima Leadership Program is a three-week leadership development program to be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from June 1–21, 2008. Note: application deadline is 31 March.
MISSION
Co-sponsored by the […]
North Korea expelled 11 South Korean officials from the Kaesong Industrial Zone in response to rising criticism of its regime and human rights record from the new South Korean administratin of Lee Myung-Bak:
For a month, the new president of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, has been warning North Korea to clean up its act on […]
Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) is coming out with new initiatives now that South Korea has leadership with some human rights awareness:
2008 marks an unprecedented time for renewed hope and change with the new administration and its pledge towards human rights in North Korea. This year’s Project: Real Sunshine is seeking skilled and […]
While WordPress (WP) is an excellent, free platform for blogging, there is a tendency for upgrades to break blogs, plug-ins, and favorite themes. On one level this can be expected; progress must occur and not every feature and be backwards compatible. However, WP developers have largely failed to prepare non-technical users for some of […]
The Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College released a paper on 24 March by Dr. Andrew Scobell titled, “Projecting Pyongyang: The Future of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il Regime.” (h/t MS) A brief abstract:
The author seeks to assist planners and decisionmakers in thinking about and preparing for possible […]
The Daily NK describes how North Koreans, who have faced chronic shortages of electricity for over a decade in some areas, use regular batteries, car batteries, and bicycle generators to meet basic needs.
FT: A hardline approach to North Korea will not work (Andrei Lankov)
Asia Times: Pyongyang cashes in on US row (Don Kirk)
Yonhap: N.K. news media call for aggressive outreach to capitalist world
Yonhap: Local firm to use N.K. ship repair yard
AP: SK president has asked NK to consider sending home POWs
NYT: Anonymous Korean War Dead […]
Via the Times: "The exhibition features 400 hand-painted posters dating from the peak of the Dear Leader Kim Sung Il's power in the 1950s to the present regime led by his son, Kim Jong Il." The article has only one image, but has several interesting propaganda quotes.
- #Young Korean Herrenvolk engaging in their version of Agoge, at least according to the New York Times. The two Korean schools mentioned in the article are similar to Exeter or Andover in the United States in someways (they are private academies that serve children of affluent parents). But my guess is that the studious atmosphere and intense regimen compare more to the likes of Stuyvesant (my alma mater) in NYC or T.J. in Virginia (both highly selective, but publicly-funded high schools).
- #North Korea claims that on 25 April 1932 the Korean People’s Army (KPA, 조선인민군/ Chosŏn inmin'gun) was formed. However, the more likely accurate date is 08 February 1948. It is celebrated as “Military Foundation Day” in Kimland.
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