Mar 30 2009
Update: According to CNN, a Swede diplomat said they are being treated well.
Acting on behalf of the United States, the Swedish representative met with each American once, said department spokesman Gordon Duguid. He would give no details of the meeting or of the journalists’ health or condition.
Laura Ling and Euna Lee were taken into custody [...]
Mar 28 2009
Here is an interesting article on why the two journalists were nabbed. Lankov chimes in on this piece.
Mar 27 2009
This is one of the most interesting lectures on the fall of the Soviet Union I have ever seen. This is from a first hand experience, and this is a must hear. Very entertaining and thinks out of the box. Please bear with the boring first part, it does get better; I promise!
Video fixed, thanks [...]
Mar 26 2009
It has been a while since I posted a North Korean oddity, and today, felt like doing one. Since the news has been kind of slow, perhaps some look into the daily life or architecture of North Korea may be in order these days.
As usual, I went to NKEconWatch’s Google Earth resource for inspiration and [...]
Mar 26 2009
I got an interesting E-Mail from the Brookings Institution regarding North Korea, the United States and Russia’s relations on dealing with change with North Korea. I do not hear a whole lot about Russia’s point of view, and have been looking for it for some time. This paper deals with this subject, and it is [...]
Mar 26 2009
Update: Japan has ordered the missile shield and some destroyers to be deployed.
Reports are starting to intensify about North Korea’s Taepo Dong-2 missile test. I made a posting about this earlier, but there are some other things that came “to light” since then. However, like everything North Korea, there are still more questions than [...]
Mar 25 2009
Make sure to check this article by the Weekly Standard about the current state of North Korea. Kim’s Crumbling Regime.
Mar 21 2009
It has been a while since I posted here, and there have been some news items that warrant attention. One of the bigger stories hitting the wires is the increasing worry of another Taepo Dong-2 missile test. The DPRK claims it is for peaceful purposes, but understandably, some do not believe this story. Satellite or [...]
Mar 11 2009
(Hat tip Saku) These videos may contain mature subject matter.