Sep 05 2009
In studying the Arduous March, North Korea experienced one of the most deadly famines of the 20th century. According to Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard in the very well-written book, Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform. Call me odd (which should be no surprise to anybody), but I became an instant fan of [...]
Mar 01 2009
I recieved an interesting E-Mail about older North Korean pictures. The book is called North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction, and you can buy the book here.
I am kind of disappointed there are no “teaser” pictures to show here, but all the same, I suppose the book is well worth the [...]
Dec 13 2008
An author who I have deep respect for has a blog. I did not know he had a blog, and now has been added to the blogroll. The site is in Russian, but the link provided uses a translator from Google. I would have never known this if it was not for his comments on [...]
Dec 12 2008
I am very surprised to see this all over the news and a buzz on the blogs as of late. My first glimpse of the story was (amazingly) on Digg, and linked to a Washington Post article. I did a Google search and found more results to the story, and it seems for at least [...]