This weekend, things seem pretty quiet in the Land of The Morning Calm. I wish I was there, I honestly do, so I could risk my life along with so many other people I know who live there now, but is not to be. I have to look from afar and just worry at their [...]
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What do you think when you see a white Western man with an Asian woman? Perhaps if I asked you this question whilst hand in hand with my Korean wife your response might be something like, ‘Nothing different to any other couple.’ I would love to believe that this is honestly true, however, my experiences [...]
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Just when you think you might have North Korea figured out, it does something weird and provocative. The latest thing is, get this, they’ve declared martial law (not that anyone would be able to tell the difference) and they told their populace to prepare for war. I don’t know what the West has to do [...]
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The New York Times has an interesting article about the simply atrocious state of human rights in North Korea. Abuses are so widespread and severe that the former U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, Vitit Muntarbhorn, described the country as “sui generis — in a category of its own.” He called on the [...]
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What troubles me the most these days about North Korea is they are so blatant in their disregard for international opinion. They launch ICBMs, they test nukes, they do just about anything they can think of to stick it to the established Powers That Be. There comes a point when one begins to wonder if North [...]
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I speak only for myself. Two hot topics these days are gun control and the tragic events of Benghazi. I find myself arguing over these two issues a great deal on Facebook and I thought I’d address them from the point of view of an ex-expat. First, let me say that I generally have no [...]
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Gawker continues to be a site that for no apparent reason randomly is really interested in North Korea of all things. That is cool because the more people know about what’s going on there, the better. Their latest post is about the increase use of cellphones and networked computers. But one should not get one’s [...]
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CNN Reports that the ICBM we’ve been worrying about has been launched. We’ll keep you updated. CNN now says rocket launch has “failed.” It has “broken apart.” No debris fell anywhere with people. CNN link.
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As you may know, North Korea is busy working towards launching what it calls a satellite, but everyone else calls an excuse to launch an ICBM. Anyway, the folks over at Space.Com have more info than you can shake a rocket at about all of this. It will be interesting to see how all of this [...]
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A few years back, when I was working at a newspaper for children learning English, we had an exchange program on the side that we operated. Well, one day, some of our students got in trouble when one of them mysteriously ended up with a broken arm and their trip to America had to be [...]
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