Remember the mad protests about American beef in South Korea? The mass hysteria of biblical proportions (”cats and dogs living together!”) that gripped the country and led to its otherwise sensible president to apologize regarding the “hurried” negotiation over resumption of the importation of American beef?
Well, now, apparently, American beef is welcome in ROK again:
Now, [...]

The trouble with North Korea is that nobody wants it — except the current ruling elite of North Korea itself.
In a previous post, I rather immodestly predicted that, should the Kim regime collapse in North Korea, a military junta backed by China would emerge, resulting in a Burma-ization of North Korea. I further speculated that [...]

On the one hand, there was the North Korean defector-turned-anti-North Korea-activist, trying to send balloons with anti-Kim Jong-Il messages. On the other side were pro-North demonstrators (from the labor unions) trying to stop him. The result was, at least according to the WaPo, a brawl (make sure to watch the video attached to the article):
“You [...]

I had a chance to appear on The O’Reilly Factor this evening to discuss the reaction to the South Korean hostage issue. First of all, I would like to thank Michelle Malkin (who subbed O’Reilly) for the opportunity.
If I looked and sounded ghastly, please forgive me, as I was on the tail end [...]

A reader notes that, “Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story” will be available (or for pre-order) on DVD in April.
This is the remarkable story of a 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted [in 1977] on her way home from school by North Korean spies. For 20 years, her parents had no idea what had happened to her or [...]

It’s been brought to my attention that there is a new online petition to put pressure on the “United Nations to adhere to the commitments of the 1951 Convention regarding the Status of Refugees,” particularly in regard to North Koreans being forcibly repatriated by China.
China has ignored its obligations under the 1951 United Nations Convention [...]

Earlier Joshua provided an estimated crowd of 150-200 people for the North Korea Freedom Day rally.
Below is what the crowd looked like from afar:

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Japanese media interviewing one of the Japanese participants:

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Vivian Lee, student activist at American University who organized the Thursday evening viewing of “Seoul Train” reports:
… the film was a clutcher to most of the audience, I think. A close friend approached me after and acclaimed the film. At first I took it as a hearty joke only because this friend has a [...]

The Korea Liberator’s own Joshua reports from a North Korea Freedom Week press conference the breaking news that President Bush will meet Sakie Yokota. She is the mother of the Japanese citizen Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korean agents.
The meeting is to take place tomorrow morning (Friday, April 28th).
We reported earlier that the [...]

The following was forwarded to us:

“ABDUCTION” DIRECTORS GO LIVE ON CNN ISSUE WILL GET BIGGEST AUDIENCE YET
For Immediate Release
April 27, 2006
Washington, DC The abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea will get its biggest American audience to date when the directors of a new documentary on the subject appear live on CNN’s “American Morning” on [...]