Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Redirect to new "North Korean Refugee" blog

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Tuesday, March 06, 2012

North Korea threatens sacred war with the South

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North Korea threatened “sacred war” against South Korea in a huge rally in its capital on Sunday, just days after the secretive state agreed...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Tell world leaders to stop China from sending North Korean refugees to their deaths

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Two dozen North Korean refugees in China are in a terrifying limbo, as the Chinese government plans to deport them back to North Korea, wher...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

North Korea will shift to collective rule

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North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested yo...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Premature to predict a Pyongyang Spring

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What does Kim's death mean for East Asia and for the United States? This is a region that matters. East Asia is the world's major e...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

North Korea and China remain as close as lips and teeth

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When Kim Jong Il last visited China to  introduce his heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, to the Chinese senior leadership , he also asked for cont...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Kim Jong Il dies

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The leadership of North Korea appeared to pass to a third generation of the Kim family Monday after the weekend death of Kim Jong Il, who ru...
Monday, December 05, 2011

December 9 Worldwide Demonstration Protesting Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea

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On December 9 -- the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations Genocide Convention -- a call has gone out to organize protests and hunger strik...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The nuclear lesson from North Korea and Libya

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So the Libyan rebel forces, aided by the massive military power of the United States and NATO, have cast Muammar Qaddafi onto the rubble hea...
Monday, October 10, 2011

Kim Jong-un portrait to hang alongside his father and grandfather’s?

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In one week, North Korea will celebrate the 85th anniversary of the founding of The Down-with-Imperialism Union by Kim Il-sung, the father o...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

North Korean refugees flown to Seoul from Japan

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Nine North Koreans who defected to Japan have been flown to South Korea for resettlement. The group was put on a flight out of Japan on T...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

North Korean defectors sail to Japan

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Japanese Coast Guards found a eight-meter wooden boat Tuesday morning drifting off Japan's western coast with nine men, women and chil...
Monday, August 01, 2011

North Korea calls for fresh six-party talks

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North Korea reiterated its call Monday for a resumption of six-party talks without preconditions, its state-run news agency reported from Py...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

On the Debate of Aid to North Korea

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An opinion offered by Kim Yong-soon, research fellow at the Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University: There have been many voi...

EU sends food aid to North Korea

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The European Commission announced that it would provide 10 million euros ($14.50 million) of food aid to North Korea despite South Korean op...
Saturday, July 02, 2011

On North Korea being named to chair UN's Conference on Disarmament

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The naming of North Korea's Ambassador So Se Pyong as chair of the UN's Conference on Disarmament drew sharp criticism from Canadian...
Friday, July 01, 2011

Five North Korean students enroute to US

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Five North Korean defectors, now  students in college, will soon experience the American way of life. This is thanks to the concerted effort...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

Anti-Government Graffiti in North Korean capital

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Anti-Kim Jong Il graffiti was found on the wall of a college in Pyongyang. And then the government locked down the entire capital to hunt f...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

North Korean defectors offered internships in Seoul

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Dozens of North Korean defectors will be offered internships at several major companies in an effort to help them find jobs and adapt to lif...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

South Korea building new refugee center for North Koreans

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South Korea is building a new facility to house North Korean defectors arriving in the country. Most defectors - who include economic migr...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Defectors highlight abuses in North Korean prisons

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A group of 14 North Korean defectors filed a petition with South Korea’s human rights watchdog over abuses they allegedly suffered in two No...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

North Korean prostitution feeds families

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It has been a growing phenomenon that young women in North Korea have become involved in prostitution to survive. They do whatever it take...
Monday, June 20, 2011

US assessment team concludes North Korea is not suffering from food crisis

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The Dong-a Ilbo reports that the U.S. has tentatively concluded that North Korea is not suffering from a food crisis though certain areas in...
Friday, June 17, 2011

North Korea demands the return of latest defectors

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North Korea has demanded the return of nine of its citizens who defected by boat and warned that cross-border relations would suffer otherw...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Nine North Korean Defectors Brave Sea Passage to Seoul

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Nine North Koreans defected to South Korea on Saturday by crossing the disputed maritime border. A government source said a 50-year-old m...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

North Korean defectors decry 2000 North-South agreement

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JoongAng Ilbo reports twenty North Korean defectors will gather today at the Korea Press Center building in Seoul to denounce the June...
Monday, June 13, 2011

North Korea successfully test fires Short-Range Missile

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North Korea's test launch of a KN-06 surface-to-air missile into the West Sea early this month appears to have been successful, Chosun I...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

North Korean defectors suggest 30,000 NK electronic warfare specialists

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The Korea Herald reports the North Korean military has 30,000 electronic warfare specialists with capabilities rivaling those of the U.S. Ce...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Chinese companies posed to jump-start North Korean economy?

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In the aftermath of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's visit last month, Chinese companies in recent days have held a series of low-key g...
Wednesday, June 08, 2011

EU team visits North Korea to assess food aid needs

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VoA reports a team of European officials is traveling in North Korea to assess the need for food aid. The five-member team flew to North Kor...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011

North Korean defector appointed to high-level S.Korean post

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South Korea says it has decided to appoint a North Korean defector as head of a government research institute. It would be the highest South...
Monday, June 06, 2011

North Korea turning the tables

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It did seem like a fun idea at the time. Why not hoist huge photos of Kim Jong-il and son and heir Kim Jong-eun and have young South Korean ...

How do the North Koreans manage to con the Americans so easily?

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The question South Koreans are asking, as they've asked regularly over the years, is how do North Korean negotiators manage to con their...
Sunday, June 05, 2011

Time for Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act

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Excerpts of a testimony by Robert King, Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues:  My position exists because North Korea remain...
Saturday, June 04, 2011

North Korean defectors to visit US

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Yonhap - A group of five North Korean defectors currently enrolled in South Korean colleges will visit the United States on a U.S. governmen...
Friday, June 03, 2011

South Korea acknowledges secret talks with North Korea

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South Korea's government on Thursday admitted it held secret discussions with North Korea last month. And South Korean president Lee Myu...
Thursday, June 02, 2011

North Korean defector claims North grooming hackers

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JoongAng Ilbo reports North Korea is bulking up the ranks of its cyberwarriors, and is even sending them overseas to study the dark art of...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

More on release of American missionary Jun Young-su

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Official reports from the Korean Central News Agency has said that Jun Young-su, 60, of Orange County, California, was released by North Kor...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Kim Jong-il completes his third visit to China in a year

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The China Daily reports Kim Jong-il’s week-long trip to China “sends a strong signal to the outside world that the two will make joint effo...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

American freed by North Korea without aid promise, US says

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North Korea freed an American it held for a half year for reportedly proselytizing. US envoy, Robert King , accompanied Eddie Jun on a flig...