Gizmodo Kim Jong-il Photo Shop Contest
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Gizmodo has an excellent array of Kim Jong-il photos; In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways. Some are sure to become often used classics.
Archive for the 'Asides' Category
Four Years
Sunday, May 31st, 2009Missed it on the 30th as I was working late, but it’s now been four years since DPRK Studies has been in blog format.
Repatriated Japanese Abductee Family Adjusting Well
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009From the Japan Times: “Yasushi Chimura and his wife, Fukie, abducted by North Korea in 1978 but repatriated in 2002, expressed relief Friday that their children [now ages 27, 25, and 21] are adapting smoothly to Japanese life as they marked the fifth anniversary of their arrival in Japan.”
Ex-ROK President Roh Moo-Hyun Likely Commits Suicide
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Via the NYT: “Former President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea, who had been under criminal investigation for corruption, died on Saturday from a fall while hiking on a hill near his retirement home… it was unclear whether the fall was accidental or whether Mr. Roh had committed suicide … Roh left a will, indicating that [...]
When Academics Collide… on a Korean Studies Mail List
Friday, May 8th, 2009The topic is titled, “South Korea’s Rollback of Democratic Rights,” but some more interesting points arose from that false start. From LMB to mad cow to the bogus protest groups operating in South Korea today, something for everyone as Burgeson and Katsiaficas go head to head.
17-19 Percent of North Korean Recruits Unfit for Service
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Via UPI: “A recent U.S. National Intelligence Commission report claiming that 1990s famines in the North have rendered many potential soldiers born during the period with “cognitive deficiencies” drew an angry official response from [the KCNA] Saturday… ‘They floated the cock-and-bull story… it is an open secret that the ill-famed intelligence and plot-breeding institutions of [...]
DPRK Peacekeepers in Afghanistan?
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009From the Korea Times (via ROK Drop): “The North Korean army should form part of peacekeeping forces to help reconstruct war-ravaged Afghanistan ― if Pyongyang normalizes relations with the United States, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday.” This from a South Korean Democratic Party (DP) member.
Trouble Brewing along Korea’s NLL?
Sunday, January 18th, 2009NightWatch has an interesting analysis of a statement issued by North Korea yesterday, which, “carries a credible threat of incidents at sea off the west coast, but omits many of the usual terms of threat.”
VP Cheney: North Korea Helped With Syrian Reactor
Saturday, January 10th, 2009Via the AP: “Vice President Dick Cheney says North Korea helped Syria build a reactor at a site that Israel suspected of being a nuclear installation and bombed in 2007. The White House has alleged North Korean involvement before, but top Bush administration officials have said little publicly on the issue, which is still [...]
A Foreigner in Kaesong
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008A bit dated, but Yoelchae’s write up on his trip to Kaesong in October is well worth the read.
