by Marcus Noland | June 15th, 2011 | 05:46 am
On the basis of work by a Japanese NGO, Yonhap recently reported that the number of North Korean workers abroad had doubled, to nearly 70,000, placing 30,000 workers in Russia, 15,000 workers in the Middle East, 8,000 workers in China, Africa and Mongolia, and 5,000 workers in Southeast Asia and Eastern European countries, respectively. The [...]
Read full post
Posted in
Commentary
Tags: Africa, China, Middle East, remittances, Russia
by Marcus Noland | May 30th, 2011 | 07:02 am
Welcome home, Jun Young Su aka Eddie Jun. The Korean-American businessman and pastor reportedly confessed to spreading Christianity, a crime in North Korea. Major kudos to Ambassador Bob King, with KCNA crediting evangelist Franklin Graham, whose mother Ruth Bell Graham grew up in Pyongyang, and whose father, the legendary Billy Graham, was a confidant of [...]
Read full post
Posted in
Commentary
Tags: Cheonan, China, cyber warfare, human rights, KIC, religion, remittances, sanctions
