Hwang Jang-yop, the highest ranking North Korean defector to-date and the brains behind the Juche ideology, was found dead in his home on Sunday. Initial reports indicate that he died of a heart attack, but several articles have called this finding into question. The cause of death is only in question because, as the highest [...]
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Hwang Jang-yop found Dead in his Home
Posted in Human Rights, Inter-Korean issues, Korea, North Korea on October 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sexual Assault in the Military
Posted in Human Rights, Korea, Military, News, Translation on September 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A friend of mine, who by a cruel trick of fate was forced to serve in the Korean military, and I were discussing all the terrible shit that happens to people in the army here. Hazing rituals are common in many group structures from military to sports the world over. However, the Korean military, with [...]
New Immigration Security in Korea
Posted in Human Rights, Immigration, Korea, News on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ahead of the upcoming G20 Summit in Seoul, Korean immigration is implementing new security tools. Most notably they will begin finger printing and photographing individuals entering through Korea’s 22 entry points, including airports and harbors, and then comparing those results against finger print and photo databases. (Apparently they will also be connecting their database to Interpol and other foreign [...]
