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The Boatman’s Silent Dance : KCNA File No. 16

By | July 09, 2012

The Boatman’s Silent Dance : KCNA File No. 16 by Roger Cavazos and Evan Koepfler KCNA File No 16, China-Japan Edition -May 15 – June 4, 2012  Evan Koepfler captures the most salient issues in KCNA – pure analytical lodestone.  This period, in particular, was key because DPRK seized 28 Chinese fishermen and their four […]

Insidious Songbun: Roundup of Recent HRNK Panel

By | July 06, 2012

Insidious  Songbun: Roundup of Recent HRNK Panel For many years, few substantive sources on Songbun – North Korea’s social classification system – have existed in English. A new report from Human Rights North Korea changes all that. Robert Collins recently presented his work “Marked For Life: Songbun, Korea’s Social Classification System,” before a panel hosted […]

Oprah vs. Juche: Reviewing the Ling/Lee Memoirs

By | July 03, 2012

Oprah vs. Juche: Reviewing the Ling/Lee Memoirs by Adam Cathcart and Brian Gleason [1] Ling, Laura and Lisa. Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home. New York: Harper Collins, 2010. Lee, Euna with Lisa Dickey.  The World Is Bigger Now: An American Journalist’s Release from Captivity […]

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By | July 01, 2012