From Stars and Stripes: “While North Korea is hoping for some American guests, U.S. Forces Korea personnel will not be allowed to attend an upcoming [Arirang] festival. . . Department of Defense civilians, invited contractors, technical representatives and all family members are prohibited from traveling to North Korea, according to USFK Policy Letter No. […]
Via the KCNA: “The U.S. has spread sheer lies about the DPRK’s “diversion of UNDP’s program fund” … in a bid to tarnish the international image of the DPRK … Japan has pressurized the UNDP to suspend its country program for the DPRK. It wooed some member states…” Kim Jong-il misses his UN “ATM.”
Asia Times: North Korea hawks down but not out (Don Kirk)
Joongang Ilbo: It’s springtime for Kim Jong-il in GNP’s eyes
Reuters: North Korea positive about rejoining IAEA: ElBaradei
Korea Herald: Working group talks begin today
Reuters: No signs yet of North Korea reactor halt - Seoul
Reuters: U.S. sees signs of North Korea nuclear shutdown: official
AFP: North Korea […]
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2. WASHINGTON POST is read by people who think they run the country.
3. NEW YORK TIMES is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crosswords.
4. USA TODAY is read by people who think […]
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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