North Korea

Life as a North Korean Refugee

Life as a North Korean Refugee HYEONSEO LEE, The New York Times May 13 2016 Image: Credit Mitch Blunt SEOUL, South Korea — FOR years, thousands of North Koreans have been sneaking across the border into China to escape oppression. The Chinese authorities routinely hunt down defectors and return them to North Korea, where they face torture, forced labor, life in a prison camp or even public execution. This past year much has been written about

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North Korea on Trump: His comments are ‘totally absurd and illogical’

North Korea on Trump: His comments are ‘totally absurd and illogical’ Adam Taylor, The Washington Post 18 April 2016   Image: Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on April 17. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The rise of Donald Trump has generated remarkable global interest in the U.S. presidential campaign — and even the North Koreans are commenting on the proposals of

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Developments

Image: A Gathering of Bloggers – The Why About This, One United World. retrieved from www.thewhyaboutthis.com Burma/Myanmar: The first bill proposed by the incoming government of Myanmar’s new Parliament, led by the National League for Democracy, created a new position in the government for Aung San Suu Kyi, that of state counsellor. This position, one that has been compared to that of a Prime Minister, would skirt the constitutional ban

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North Korea is Accused of Abusing Workers

North Korea is Accused of Abusing Workers Rick Gladstone, New York Times 28 October 2015 Image: A woman carries goods from a local market at North Korean Special Economic Zone of Rason city, located northeast of Pyongyang on September 2, 2011. © 2011 Reuters A special United Nations investigator appointed to examine human rights abuses in North Korea expressed deep concern on Wednesday about what he described as the country’s systematic deployment

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North and South Korea Trade Fire Across Border

North and South Korea Trade Fire Across Border, Seoul Says Choe Sang-Hun 20 August 2015 Image: A man locking his shop after an evacuation order was issued to residents and visitors at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in South Korea on Thursday. Credit Kim Seung-Doo/Yonhap, via Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea exchanged rocket and artillery fire across their tense border on Thursday in their first

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North Korea and Christianity – Uneasy Bedfellows

North Korea and Christianity - uneasy bedfellows Stephen Evans, BBC News 03 August 2015 There has been concern recently that Christian communities face destruction in parts of the Middle East. But there are other parts of the world where they also have extreme difficulty, with Christian groups often citing North Korea in particular. You need to be wary of information coming out of North Korea - fellow travellers of the regime in Pyongyang see no

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Eritrea and North Korea Are World’s Most Censored Countries, Advocacy Group Says

Eritrea and North Korea Are World's Most Censored Countries, Advocacy Group Says Rick Gladstone, New York Times 21 April 2015 The impoverished African nation of Eritrea has the lowest rate of cellphone ownership in the world, less than 1 percent of its people can go online, and its journalists are so terrified of offending the president that even reporters for the state-run news media live in perpetual fear of arrest. In North Korea, the government

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호국선언문: 북한문제 의 해법 — 선 압박, 후 대화

호국선언문: 북한문제 의 해법 — 선 압박, 후  대화 머리말: 한미자유연맹은 지난3월 27일 워싱턴 지역의 다른 보수단체들과 함께 마련한 기자회견에서 현대사의 “코넌드럼 (conumdrum)”(“풀리지 않는 문제” 라는 뜻으로 미국의  전문가들이 북한을 두고 자주 쓰는 단어) 으로 알려져 있는 북한문제를 해결하기 위한 파격적인 대북전략을 제시하였습니다.

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Christian Genocide Rises While World Just Watches

Christian Genocide Rises While World Just Watches Joseph DeCaro,  Worthy News 3 February 2015   WASHINGTON D.C. (Worthy News)– Following the release of its latest World Watch List — ranking the top 50 countries in which Christians face the most persecution for their faith — Open Doors has accused world leaders of callous indifference, according to The Christian Post. Open Doors CEO David Curry said ISIS is conducting a genocide against

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NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE STORIES: MEET YOON SUK

NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE STORIES: MEET YOON SUK Liberty in North Korea 29 August 2014 Yoon Suk has vivid, happy memories of growing up in North Korea. She was raised during a time when state-socialism was relatively functioning, and the government could provide basic necessities to its citizens. She remembers wearing beautiful nylon (a highly-sought after fabric back in the earlier days of North Korea) uniforms with bows and red, patent-leather shoes

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