Today I attended the funeral for Kevin Kim’s mother, in Alexandria, Virginia. I’ve been to many funerals and, as they go, this one went extremely well. Sad at her loss, but celebrating her spectacular ability to help family and friends, this was one to remember. Rest in peace.

I’ve been very busy with work, family, and reserves the past few weeks. The pace is not expected to let up any time soon, but as there are lulls I’ll post updates.

ROK Drop: US Says It Can Intercept North Korean Missile
NK Econ Watch: North Korea’s social change, and; DPRK not about to collapse
DPRK Forum: Countdown to the Showtrial in the DPRK
EagleSpeak: North Korea Threatens
War is Boring: Kyle’s Far East Roundup 5/29/09 [see leadership chart]
Notions Capital: North Korea - Alternative Theory
Ogle Earth: North Korea’s 2009 nuclear test: [...]

Curtis Melvin, of the North Korean Economy Watch blog and North Korea Uncovered (Google Earth), recently did an interview on the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC, and is featured in a Times Online article, both focusing on his mapping of North Korea. If you use Google Earth and have an interest in North Korea, his [...]

New additions are: Andrei Lankov’s blog (translated version via DPRK Forum); Saber Fencer; The Grand Narrative; Korea in Focus; KoreaArticle, and; Information Dissemination.

Missed it by a week, but it’s been three years since the first post went up at DPRK Studies. Before that I put up HTML articles and dabbled with a BBS system, with this URL in early 2005 and various other URLs dating back to 2000 (GeoCities, etc.).

North Korean Economy Watch has released North Korea Google Earth (version 10), an amazing compilation of locations that cover;
…North Korea’s agriculture, aviation, cultural locations, markets, manufacturing facilities, railroad, energy infrastructure, politics, sports venues, military establishments, religious facilities, leisure destinations, and national parks. It is continually expanding and undergoing revisions.
The list of updates is [...]

A few days ago I noticed that DPRK Studies had been removed from the Weblogs section of the Wikipedia page on North Korea, so I added it back.
Wikipedia user Mthibault decided it was an, “inappropriate external link” and it was, “considered spamming,” and deleted DPRK Studies from that list of blogs.
I added [...]

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 [...]

One of my favorite Korea bloggers, The Lost Nomad, is closing up shop, though for a good reason; to spend more time with family (and to go fishing more!). He’ll be remembered at his best: