Archive for July, 2009

Jul 26 2009

McKimmie?

Published byJack under North Korea

It appears North Korea has opened its first fast food joint in Pyongyang with the help of an ROK firm.
The restaurant — which serves such fast food as burgers made of minced beef, fish or vegetables — however does not call them “hamburgers,” Choson Sinbo said.
It the menu lists “minced beef and bread” or “minced [...]

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Jul 15 2009

STASI: East Germany's Secret Police

Published byJack under Communism, History, Video

(Hat tip: Saku)

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Jul 14 2009

North Korean Camps

Published byJack under North Korea, Video

Journeyman pictures does it again with another documentary about North Korea, and this time focuses on a defector now living in the ROK. This is a must see.
Since this video cannot be embedded, click here to go right to the video on YouTube.

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Jul 13 2009

Kim Jong Il's pancreatic cancer?

Published byJack under North Korea

Speculation abounds about the health of the ever-reclusive leader of the DPRK. As usual, this leads to who may control the country if this is indeed the case. Naturally, as with anything North Korea, speculation is all we have, no matter who says otherwise including “intelligence sources”. How many times have these so-called sources been [...]

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