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The absence of freedom of religion and or belief in North Korea and the severity of punishment for those practicing Christianity is well-documented. But a story in the February Vantage Point contained information that was new, to me at least. (Sorry, but I cannot find the piece on the web to hyperlink.) The report begins [...]
When I loaded my CDs into Itunes, I noticed that somehow the Dead Kennedys’ “Holiday in Cambodia” came out as “Holiday in China.” I ascribed it to the black humor of the lowly paid Chinese tech coding the catalog. Well, maybe in the next version of Itunes it will come out as “Holiday in North [...]
We have finally gotten around to reading the leaked UN Panel of Experts report that has been getting so much attention recently. It provides a surprisingly useful and blunt introduction to how the North Koreans—with the complicity of unnamed “third parties”—has sought to circumvent the sanctions. But it goes farther by putting the country’s weapons programs [...]
Not-so-strange bedfellows: Eritrea has wonderful people, fantastic architecture, great food, and one of the world’s most repressive governments. Now NATO has reportedly intercepted a North Korean ship bound for Eritrea carrying 15 tons of heavy weaponry worth $15 million in contravention of UN sanctions. Illicit arms trade is not all the two countries share in [...]
