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.
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 […]
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 […]
Apparently, South Korean rice meant to ease the suffering of North Korean civilians was
Update 2: via NightWatch:
Today, however, Japan Today and the South Korean daily Yonhap reported that Kim Jong-nam still lives in China, but made one of his periodic visits to Pyongyang in June.
Update: “Kim Jong-il’s Eldest Son ‘Back in Pyongyang”
The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-nam (36) has returned to Pyongyang […]
Update: According to Yonhap, the range of the SRBM tested in 27 June was ~100 km, which fits the description of a KN-02, but could be a different missile as well.
Original post: USFK Commander Gen. BB Bell has made headlines over his comments about North Korea’s 27 June short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) test:
North Korea’s […]
North Korea has yet again fired a missile. Previous tests, were on 25 May (one short-range missile, east into the Sea of Japan) and 07 June (two short-ranges missiles, west into the Yellow Sea). Today’s DPRK missile test was into the Sea of Japan:
Unnamed officials in both Japan and South Korea were quoted as […]
Update: Bloomberg puts it at two: “The communist state fired one missile early today and another later…”
Original post: The number of missile launched varies by news agency; CNN reports “several,” while Reuters says “one or two,” and the AP is playing it safe with it’s, “still unclear how many had been fired.” All report […]
Update: Not going to happen any time soon (h/t Nomad):
Meanwhile, during a luncheon meeting with South Korean delegates, Chu flatly denied that North Korea is considering sending back the USS Pueblo to the United States.
“Return? Why do we return such an important thing?” Chu [Dong-chan, chief of the North Korean delegation] said when asked […]
WaPo reports:
The Bush administration is backing away from its long-held assertions that North Korea has an active clandestine program to enrich uranium, leading some experts to believe that the original U.S. intelligence that started the crisis over Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions may have been flawed.
The chief intelligence officer for North Korea, Joseph R. DeTrani, told […]
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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