An 11-year-old North Korean boy living alone a half-demolished home in China was found nearly dead from food poisoning after eating food found in the garbage. His refugee mother was arrested by Chinese authorities and returned to North Korea, and his Chinese father has no contact with him. So, watching the boy improve after months …
Koreas hold first military talks since island attack—Yonhap News (February 8th) http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/02/08/84/0301000000AEN20110208006800315F.HTML
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The first food revolutions of our Malthusian era have exposed the weak grip of authoritarian regimes in poor countries that import grain, whether in North Africa today or parts of Asia tomorrow.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10163270903087147 Abstract It is often argued that the North Korean regime, if faced with the right combination of pressure and concessions, will surrender its nuclear program. This article is critical of this viewpoint. Pyongyang’s decision to go nuclear reflects long-term strategic concerns, and no amount of aid and payments will compensate for the loss of …
(AFP) – 16 hours ago VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI prayed for God to punish the world’s “oppressors” and bring about “true brotherhood” between peoples in his traditional Christmas message in Saint Peter’s basilica. “Lord make your promise come finally true. Break the rods of the oppressors. Burn the tramping boots. Let the time …
Pope condemns ‘oppressors’ in Christmas message–AFP Read More »
Is China Enabling or Reining in North Korea? State Councillor Dai Bingguo meets with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il in the wake of N.Korea’s artillery barrage of Yeonpyong Island, So. Korea.
Bryan Kay 28 Nov 2010 It is a scene of utter destruction: the lives of a tiny community of fishermen and farmers shattered in a hail of artillery fire. Their tight-knit community – homes, stores and public buildings – has become a scene of war, with structures burned, flattened and destroyed. Those left standing are …
Part 2 of Nov. 25th, 2010 Canadian Broadcasting Co.\'s \"As It Happens\"
“Seoul-based refugee advocate Tim Peters, who runs Helping Hands Korea, said that of the 1 million families separated by the war, the North allowed just a trickle of people to be reunited and sometimes the participants were left feeling hollow afterwards.
“There’s a pattern that after being separated for 55 years and meeting for just a few minutes, many times these folk plunge into a real depression because they know they will never see (their families) again,” said Mr Peters, whose organisation helps refugees who escape the North.”
