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Do they protest too much?
Soviet dissidents used to say the surest sign that an air crash had occurred back in the USSR was a sudden surge in official reporting on air disasters abroad. A plane would go down, and suddenly the … more »
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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 »
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 »
Who’ll stop the pain?
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somefiercething wrote 1 month ago: Under the 2004 North Korean Human Rights Act, the United States offered fast-track processing for No … more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Traffickers use drugs on North Korean 'brides' in China
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somefiercething wrote 6 months ago: We’ve reported extensively on the trafficking of North Korean women into China, where men abou … more »
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 »
North Korean Fighting for His Love in Russia
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dreamburo wrote 7 months ago: Ten years ago, Jeong Kum Cheol was working in Siberia, as a dispatched North Korean construction wor … more »
North Korean Orphans: A Long-Running Story
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somefiercething wrote 7 months ago: Three North Korean children found wandering in northeastern China have been granted refugee status i … more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
North Korea: The politically incorrect, but delightful, Korean Wave
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dreamburo wrote 11 months ago: Here is a series of translations by Grigore Scarlatoiu of recent RFA Korean service(KR) reporting o … more »
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 »
Propaganda Train or Friendship Train?
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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 »
We're jamming: North Korea blocks incoming radio transmissions
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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 »
