Man, North Korea gets ballsier by the day. At a recent Worker’s Convention in Hamgyeongbuk-Do they proclaimed that: ”China was currently blocking deliveries of food to maintain the appearance of neutrality on an international stage, but if North Korea started selling missiles to Taiwan then China would have no choice but to hand the food [...]
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Biting the Hand that Feeds You
Posted in China, KOR-US Relations, Korea, Military, News, North Korea, Translation on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Kim Il Sung Makeover?
Posted in Korea, News, North Korea, Plastic Surgery on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently former US Ambassador to Korea Thomas Hubbard thinks that heir apparent to the glorious Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has had plastic surgery and adjusted his style to make himself more closely resemble his grandfather as a way to divert possible criticisms over the transfer of power. If the NorKs are as excited about plastic [...]
At it again…
Posted in Inter-Korean issues, KOR-US Relations, Korea, News, North Korea on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In response to North Korea’s attack on a South Korean naval vessel Cheonan, the US and South Korea have decided to hold joint military exercises. These exercises, which were originally to be held in the Yellow Sea, were moved to the Sea of Japan (East Sea) out of concern for China’s protests. The North had remained [...]
