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Thanks to a film festival sponsored by the International Rescue Committee in San Diego, I recently had a chance to see Yodok Stories, a documentary film on the making of the musical Yodok Story, which opened in Seoul in March 2006. Thanks to the Asia Society, the movie is coming to DC in mid-May. The [...]
May 5, 2011, 2:30pm-4:30pm EST Amb. Andrew Natsios, of Georgetown University, the Venerable Pomnyun Sunim of Good Friends, and I will participate in a panel discussion on “To Give or Not to Give: What’s Driving the Current Deliberations on DPRK Food Aid?”at the United States Institute for Peace moderated by John Park. To attend the [...]
This is a simple copy and paste from KCNA. It’s for real. You couldn’t make this up. So, if you want to get your fangs strong and activate some cerebration, you know what to do. Popular Chewing Gem Pyongyang, April 22 (KCNA) — Unbangul-trademarked chewing gem is popular among Korean people.It, produced by [...]
The two of us have been arguing over what EO 13570 means. Sitting out on the West Coast, Haggard had the temerity to simply read what it said: “Except to the extent provided in statutes or in licenses, regulations, orders, or directives that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered [...]
Whenever I talk to students about North Korea, the first question I get is typically “what can I do to get involved?” We fretted over this in the last chapter of Witness to Transformation. But I finally got around to looking at the National Endowment for Democracy’s Annual Report for 2009 and found that it [...]
We have reported briefly on the recent Senate and House hearings, but thought we should do a brief roundup on what other members of the chattering class are saying about the prospects for the Six Party Talks. Excuse our world-weariness, but the debates have a depressing sameness with the exception of some interesting wrinkles by [...]
We earlier provided a preview of the Elders visit to Pyongyang; now the group has released a short press statement concerning the current road trip of Jimmy Carter, Martti Ahtisaari, Gro Brundtland and Mary Robinson to Beijing, Pyongyang and Seoul, which began on Sunday and runs through April 29. We were particularly interested in the [...]
Lead story: We continue to follow the disturbing report that the North Korean security apparatus has developed a more systematic policy for squeezing the 20,000 plus refugees in the South by using their families as hostages. Threats—needless to say, highly credible ones—are being used for a variety of purposes: To extort money from the refugees; [...]
One of the stranger headlines that we have come across in recent months was a story reported in the Daily NK, “Christian Movie Being Shot Inside North Korea.” The headline was perhaps subtly misleading: the movie was a biopic of Paek Son Haeng (1848-1933), philanthropist, “people’s capitalist,” –and devout Presbyterian. And to further complicate matters [...]
If you are in Korea, you might want to check out some of the activities associated with North Korea Freedom Week 2011. The schedule, courtesy of Suzanne Scholte: NKFW 2011 Schedule for Events in South Korea When: April 24 ~ May 1 (Sunday to Sunday) Location: Seoul, South Korea Hosted by: North Korea Freedom Coalition [...]
