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According to a Joongang source, Jong-nam’s living in Macau is a sign of the trust of his father, the Dear Leader: “Kim Jong-nam, 36. . . is conducting missions for his father and still has a chance to succeed him. . . he has been allowed by his father to make contact with people […]
This AFP article highlights North Korea’s still nascent animated movie industry:
South Korean experts say the North’s animated movie industry brings the isolated country both precious hard currency and access to global IT expertise.
“Animation is one of the rare sectors where North Korea is following the global trend,” said Lee Kyo-Jung, an executive at the […]
Korea Times: US May Accept Kaesong Goods
KBS Global: Hill: NK Must Drop Both Nuke Weapons, Programs
Reuters: Optimism as North Korea readies for nuclear talks
AP: Report: N.Korea considering concessions
Yonhap: U.S. won’t comment on supplying fuel oil to North Korea
Yonhap: New US budget seeks both aid, financial pressure for NK
Kyodo: Japan wants N. […]
From the Dong-a Ilbo: “The government announced the “Vision 2030: A Campaign to Have People Start Working Two Years Earlier and Retire Five Years Later” … The new plan will reduce the army`s two-year service term to 18 months, with the length for the navy and the air force to be cut to 20 […]
The saga continues: “Korean historical dramas have upset Chinese authorities and Internet users alike. Chinese authorities have imposed a press embargo on “Taewangsashingi,” about the Koguryo Kingdom (37BC-668AD) from the early days until King Kwanggaeto the Great, and Chinese Internet users are calling “Chumong,” about the early kingdom’s founding, chauvinistic and anti-Chinese.”
From the Dong-a Ilbo: “President of the Families of Abducted and Detained in North Korea, confirmed yesterday at a press conference, ‘A former South Korean soldier surnamed Kim is currently staying in a third country. He crossed the North Korean border at around 10 p.m. on June 14. He joined the South Korean army in August 1951 at age 17. He is now 74 years old.’”
- #GI Korea has an excellent and lengthy post on the background, events, and aftermath of the 2002 accident where a U.S. armored vehicle killed to schoolgirls. I arrived in Korea a few days after the accident, but things didn't start to heat up until two months later, as I was returning to the States.
- #Via Reuters: “…there was strong suspicion a huge shipment of methamphetamines seized at the former U.S. navy base of Subic north of Manila this week came from clandestine drugs laboratories in North Korea.” The Joker took over Batman’s abandoned cave.
- #From TimesOnline: "THE first case of murder and suicide caused by North Korea’s new food crisis has emerged with the account of a man who killed his hungry wife and children and then took his own life in despair." This report can't be confirmed, but it is entirely plausible.
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