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Do they protest too much?

somefiercething wrote 3 weeks ago: Soviet dissidents used to say the surest sign that an air crash had occurred back in the USSR was a … more »

Tags: East Asia, east_asia, human_rights, Newsdesk, Avian Flu, bird flu, health, North Korea

The joy of modern appliances in North Korea

somefiercething wrote 1 month ago: Oh, the magic of modern conveniences! Back in the American 1970s, realtors used to write “ALL … more »

Tags: East Asia, east_asia, Newsdesk, North Korea, Women

Who’ll stop the pain?1 comment

somefiercething wrote 1 month ago: Under the 2004 North Korean Human Rights Act, the United States offered fast-track processing for No … more »

Tags: China, East Asia, east_asia, human_rights, Newsdesk, North Korea, Refugees, Women

Newsdesk: Pyongyang slams 'unsavory' Tibetan elements

somefiercething wrote 3 months ago: This just in from the South Korean news agency Yonhap, though it’s hardly a surprise: North Ko … more »

Tags: Buddhism, East Asia, east_asia, North Korea, tibet, china_tibet

North Korea: Change to Official View of the Disabled

paektuhiker wrote 4 months ago: Wonhee Lee, February 18, 2008, translation by Greg Scarlatoiu: The North Korean authorities are unde … more »

Tags: East Asia, human_rights, North Korea, South Korea, Disability, Disabled, humanitarian assistance

A harmonic convergence in North Korea?

somefiercething wrote 4 months ago: The musical puns are almost too good to resist, but I’ll do my best. The New York Philharmonic, Am … more »

Tags: Music, North Korea, philharmonic, Pyongyang

North Korean executed for making calls abroad

somefiercething wrote 4 months ago: RFA-Korean reports that North Korea last year executed the director of one of its state-run companie … more »

Tags: Blogroll, North Korea, East Asia, South Korea, east_asia, Blogging, Freespeech, corruption, media

North Korea: China 'wants N. Korean army to be fed'

dreamburo wrote 4 months ago: From RFA’s Korean service (in Korean)- Feb. 14, 2008 Sungwon Yang interview with Prof. Hazel S … more »

Tags: China, Commentary, East Asia, east_asia, governance, human_rights, Newsdesk, North Korea, Refugees

Traffickers use drugs on North Korean 'brides' in China2 comments

somefiercething wrote 6 months ago: We’ve reported extensively on the trafficking of North Korean women into China, where men abou … more »

Tags: Bloggers, Blogging, Blogroll, East Asia, east_asia, Environment, Newsdesk, North Korea, Trafficking

North Korea probes corruption among its own

somefiercething wrote 6 months ago: RFA-Korean recently reported that the Dandong bureau chief of the DPRK National Economic Cooperation … more »

Tags: East Asia, east_asia, governance, North Korea, South Korea, corruption, Kaesong, south_korea

North Korean Fighting for His Love in Russia1 comment

dreamburo wrote 7 months ago: Ten years ago, Jeong Kum Cheol was working in Siberia, as a dispatched North Korean construction wor … more »

Tags: North Korea, East Asia, South Korea, governance, east_asia, Labor, human_rights, asylum_seeker, crosscultural_marriage

North Korean Orphans: A Long-Running Story3 comments

somefiercething wrote 7 months ago: Three North Korean children found wandering in northeastern China have been granted refugee status i … more »

Tags: North Korea, Newsdesk, east_asia, Trafficking, Pyongyang, defectors, tumen, NorthKorea, Adoption

North Korea: Food shortages expected in spring

dreamburo wrote 8 months ago: Interview with Paul Risley, World Food Programme (reporting by Myunghwa Jang, November 2, 2007) The … more »

Tags: China, North Korea, East Asia, Newsdesk, governance, east_asia, human_rights, Freespeech, Pyongyang

North Korea jams overseas radio stations: Daily NK

dreamburo wrote 8 months ago: A study has revealed that North Korea has been jamming private radio broadcasts from South Korea ded … more »

Tags: North Korea, East Asia, governance, technology, east_asia, Yangon, human_rights, Freespeech, Pyongyang

Some notable European women and their North Korean husbands

dreamburo wrote 9 months ago: The following is a compilation of original reporting and background information from our Korea speci … more »

Tags: North Korea, East Asia, South Korea, east_asia, human_rights, Women, Pyongyang, tumen, radio_free_asia

North Korea: The politically incorrect, but delightful, Korean Wave1 comment

dreamburo wrote 11 months ago: Here is a series of translations by Grigore Scarlatoiu of recent RFA Korean service(KR) reporting o … more »

Tags: North Korea, East Asia, South Korea, east_asia, Arts, Freespeech, Japan, Pyongyang, tumen

Confinement and Discrimination: Disabled in North Korea

dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: Based on accounts by North Korean defectors, it appears that the disabled are one of the most vulner … more »

Tags: North Korea, East Asia, governance, Commentary, east_asia, human_rights, Trafficking, china_humanrights, Pyongyang

Propaganda Train or Friendship Train?2 comments

dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: -A Few Remarks on the Historic Inter-Korean Rail Run- Last May 17, a North Korean train crossed the … more »

Tags: North Korea, East Asia, Commentary, east_asia, human_rights, Trafficking, Travel, defectors, Pyongyang

We're jamming: North Korea blocks incoming radio transmissions6 comments

dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: On May 13, 2007, Free North Korea Radio(Kor) posted a message on its website asking the North Korean … more »

Tags: China, North Korea, East Asia, South Korea, media, technology, east_asia, human_rights, Trafficking


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