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In The End, Fall Of Berlin Wall Was Gorbachev's Call

BBVM wrote 1 week ago: Twenty years ago, the world was transfixed by images of spirited Germans clambering on top of the fo … more →

Tags: censorship, Civil Liberties, Education Industrial Complex, free speech, Immigration, Information, media, military industrial complex, Anatoly Chernyaev

The Media: How Do They Get It So Wrong? ALL THE TIME! 1 comment

Dave wrote 1 week ago: Camp Phoenix, on the outskirts of Kabul, is run by US forces, with some NATO member nations maintain … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, Literature, military, Politics, Quotes, thinking out loud, AFP, associated press, Camp Eggers

A Visit to North Korea, Part 616 comments

prchovanec wrote 2 weeks ago: Even though Kim Il-Sung died in 1994, officially he is still the “Eternal President” of North Korea. … more →

Tags: North Korea, Travel, Chongchon River, DPRK, Eighth U.S. Army, gift pavilion, Hyangsan Hotel, International Friendship Exhibition, Kim Jong-Il

WT*?! Obama, Putin & Benedict XVI?! @ "The President is my childhood friend"

elmundotech wrote 3 weeks ago: English | Español I thought the people who created Katamari Damashi were the ones who had a “u … more →

Tags: Internet, Juegos/Games, Barack Obama, Benedict XVI, bush, Clinton, Corea del Norte, Crazy, El Presidente es mi amigo de infancia

A Visit to North Korea, Part 54 comments

prchovanec wrote 1 month ago: The most tantalizing mystery about North Korea is its people.  How do they live their lives, and wha … more →

Tags: China, market reform, North Korea, Political Reform, Travel, DPRK, Kim Jong-Il, Pyongyang, Subway

The Art Of Preserving Dead Communists1 comment

Robert Bonnett wrote 1 month ago: Ho Chi Minh A team of Russian scientists and medical experts have arrived in Vietnam with the expres … more →

Tags: Back In The USSR, China, embalming, Ho Chi Minh, Mao Tse Tung, Mummification, North Korea, Russia, Vietnam

Pyongyang by Night (the government tour and its contrast to reality)

nnoborigin wrote 2 months ago: I went out for a stroll yesterday night and it was dark as the deepest night. The eery thing about i … more →

Tags: North Korea 2009, Pyongyang, North Korea, DPRK, Kim Il-sung Square, juche, Tower of the Juche Idea, monument

Pyongyang : a flawless scenography ?

pvince wrote 2 months ago: Mansudae Monument A new perspective on North Korea, the least visited country in the world. Complete … more →

Tags: Photography, Korea, Article, 북한, 조선, North Korea, Pyongyang, Kim Jong-Il, DPRK

Don't Expect Beijing's Help with the DPRK (Must Download!)

Joseph Steinberg wrote 2 months ago: James Person speaking at The Korea Society has the archives (.pdf file) to support an argument for n … more →

Tags: East Asia, Politics, USA, Podcasts, China, DPRK, Kim Jong-Il, Korea, PRC

Sarah Palin on Apology; or Facing Up to the Truth

jeffrud wrote 2 months ago: On June 25th this year, as a part of her “farewell tour” as the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin proc … more →

Tags: North Korea, History, Korean War, Sarah Palin, apology, apologize, Air Force, tibor meray, biological warfare

A Visit to North Korea, Part 43 comments

prchovanec wrote 2 months ago: The only reason North Korea grants visas to Americans — with the exception of diplomats and ex … more →

Tags: North Korea, Travel, arirang festival, Cirque du Soleil, DPRK, Kim Jong-Il, Mass Games, Prosper the Motherland, School of Rock

A Visit to North Korea, Part 31 comment

prchovanec wrote 3 months ago: The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) may seem like an odd name for one of the most militarized places on the … more →

Tags: North Korea, Travel, DPRK, DMZ, South Korea, Kaesong, Demilitarized Zone, Panmunjom, infiltration tunnels

Despot of the Week #5 - Kim Jong II2 comments

robertod wrote 3 months ago: In a world that has become increasingly uniform along the lines of democracy and free market economi … more →

Tags: Despot of the Week, Camp 22, Kim Jong II, Kim Jong-Il, North Korea, North Korean nuclear tests, State Security Department of North Korea, WMD

A Visit to North Korea, Part 23 comments

prchovanec wrote 3 months ago: When you arrive in North Korea, there’s a sense of unreality about it.  I suspect even Bill Clinton, … more →

Tags: Travel, North Korea, DPRK, Kim Jong-Il, Pyongyang, Yanggakdo Hotel, Ryugyong Hotel, hotel of doom

A Visit to North Korea, Part 16 comments

prchovanec wrote 3 months ago: In October 2008, I traveled to North Korea.  Before our departure, our group was informed that we ma … more →

Tags: Travel, North Korea, DPRK, mausoleum, 1984, Kim Jong-Il, Pyongyang, Kumsusan Memorial Palace

Stick it to the man, anonymous journalist!2 comments

jeffrud wrote 3 months ago: Japanese Reactionaries’ Moves for Overseas Expansion Flayed (Source: Korean Central News Agenc … more →

Tags: North Korea, South Korea, paranoia, Japan, Imperial Japan, KCNA, Korean War

Deng Xiaoping and the DPRK [2]2 comments

Chuck Kraus wrote 3 months ago: I am flying back to the U.S. in about 24 hours, so it will be a few days before I update this blog a … more →

Tags: China, Relations with North Korea, Sino-North Korean relations, Deng Xiaoping, Erich Honecker, Hu Yaobang, Soviet Union

Kim Il Song's _Works_ and Anti-Chinese Sentiment in the DPRK1 comment

adamcathcart wrote 3 months ago: Kim Il Song’s Works form part of the backbone of any serious student’s reading about Nor … more →

Tags: North Korea, Cultural Politics, Sino-North Korean relations, North Korean border region, Kim Jong-Il, brian myers, Kim il song, Kim Il Song Works, Anti-Chinese

Proclamation #2:1 comment

jeffrud wrote 3 months ago: “What’s a guy like you doing in a place like this?” This is a question that bounce … more →

Tags: History, About Me, Shogun: Total War, Bruce Cumings, East Asia, Anus Mundi, Radford High, Causation, South Korea


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