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Am I wrong to imagine that even #Trump's base back home will be pretty unimpressed by this thin, meaningless document? (1994 US-DPRK AF was far more substantial.) Might he face a backlash? And then what? Back to my bigger button etc? Total let-down in terms of substance.
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Provocative title, misleading pic. But brilliant analysis.
Wondering what the hell is going on? @Docstockk nails it.
Don't demonise her. Read her. And if you think she's wrong, let's hear your arguments.
I feel a hashtag coming on: #NotPhobeJustProbe
unherd.com/2022/05/the-empti…
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I find this wholly persuasive, and the bullying of @8RosarioSanchez and her comrades disgraceful.
Happy to hear any reasoned counter-arguments on this vexed issue.
"We will not be emotionally blackmailed nor coerced into breaking down our boundaries. Women have a right to say “no” and that is exactly what we will do." | @8RosarioSanchez unherd.com/thepost/at-bristo…
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"Izzard’s claim to be trans highlights the problem at the heart of self-identification, which is that it requires so little of the individual — but so much of everyone else."
Great piece.
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Love how this photo captures the stark realities of absolute power. The expressions, the body language. Terrifying, really.
english.hani.co.kr/arti/engl…
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Sorry, but 'no deal better than bad deal' is NOT the point. Holding a big jamboree summit, raising expectations, flying in 3,000 journos, Vietnam + China + ROK working butts off to help, and THEN no deal is just crap. Egg on all faces, US & #DPRK. Who now would host Trump-Kim #3?
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#Korea enthusiasts: Good news!
Struggling to keep up with all the new books on the peninsula? No need:
Welcome to #LKL Korea Books Database!
#PhilipGowman of @lklinks has created an amazing ongoing resource.
Enjoy - and please retweet to tell others!
londonkoreanlinks.net/books/…
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#NorthKorea is run by stupid paranoid morons. No spy - all he wrote was open - @AlekSigley was actually the #DPRK's best possible advert, since he portrayed this awful place as somehow normal. I'm glad he's safe, but tbh I'm also glad this idiot tyranny has shown its true colours
Breaking: KCNA says Australian Alek Sigley was detained for “spying acts” including his work for @nknewsorg
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The 1% wins this one
(LEAD) N.K. defector claims he is '99 pct' sure that N. Korean leader died yna.kr/AEN20200501004651315
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#KimJongUn is NOT in a coma. I can exclusively reveal, from an unimpoochable sauce, that he was torn to pieces by a pack of pet dogs who didn't want to be dinner.
@TheSun @MailOnline @Daily_Express @nypost @foxnews
&c: Better update the canine excreta you publish on #NorthKorea
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Big thanks @nknewsorg for publishing my piece on why #KimJongUn's health is an underrated #NorthKorea risk. Tx too @chadocl @OliverHotham @jeongminnkim for publicising it here, & to all who commented. I'll say more later, but another deadline looms ....
nknews.org/2020/04/why-kim-j…
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How badly we all misunderestimated #KimJongUn. He's a man with a plan - and it's working out just fine. My latest article @nknewsorg; first in a series trying to make sense of the strange place we're at with #NorthKorea. Many thanks @OliverHotham @chadocl
nknews.org/2018/10/how-the-w…
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Friend or pho?
(sorry. again.)
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Exec summary:
The summit was historic.
Both Kim and Trump euphoric.
But let's not get hysterical;
It may yet prove chimerical.
@chadocl @JChengWSJ @annafifield @ianbremmer @pearswick @Dest_Pyongyang @willripleyCNN @northkoreatech @j3nnyt0wn @joshrogin @Max_Fisher @twitmericks
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Numbers to crunch:
Births in #SouthKorea in November: 23,819.
Deaths: 25,438
Not only do deaths now exceed births,
but the birth figure is also
* the 44th consecutive monthly low
AND
* the lowest EVER since these data were first compiled in 1983.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com…
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Re #KimJongUn: 3 theories, 2 with variants:
1. Heart op
a. Recovering (@The_Daily_NK)
b. Botched/very ill (@cnn)
2. #Covid link
a. Guard has it (@JoongAngDaily)
b. Just being careful (via @DavidMaxwell161)
3. Injured by rocket (#DongA)
4. Null hypothesis: he's fine.
Any more?
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My Big Korean-Iranian Wedding. Don't miss this! Really special. Wry & insightful musings on how two societies see each other - & how nations rise or fall. Bravo @bbcworldservice & @BBCHoseinSharif. No time limit to listen afaik. Also on @PlayerFM et al.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07xd1h…
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Oh good grief. Stop infantilising us, and rewriting history.
(Any wokies tempted to applaud this kind of censorship: Feel less, and think harder. This is NOT progress.)
Sanitiser is for hands. Not for songs.
#Orwellian
BBC Radio 1 will not play original version of Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl this Christmas, because its audience may be offended by derogatory terms for gender and sexuality
bbc.in/2UHS7Cg
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Shameful.
Disgusting.
Wrong-headed.
Stone-hearted.
@Jaemyung_Lee blames #Ukraine for being invaded.
"A novice politician ... became the country's leader and caused a major clash by inciting Russia with a hasty promise of Ukraine's NATO admission"
koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/…
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Weighty issue for #NorthKorea watchers:
How heavy is #KimJongUn?
#SouthKorea's spy agency weighed in:
140kg, they reckon. His heaviest ever.
Now, an official #DPRK photo offers evidence.
KJU visited flooding.
How many guys did it take to balance the boat?
Look carefully.
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Total BS.
There was NO steal. (Ditto US in Nov. 2020).
Nasty partisan lies, made up by bad losers.
In #SouthKorea losers are more honest.
The party + candidate that lost in #ROK have NOT claimed electoral fraud.
So why is a bunch of foreigners spreading lies?
Shame on you.
We will stop the steal. We will protect democracy. We will fight. Hope to see all Korean patriots and defenders of freedom at the National Press Club on Thursday at 11:00 AM ET. 🇰🇷 🇺🇸
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All together now, to an old tune:
Oh the grand old Duke of Kim
He had one million men
He marched them up to the DMZ
& he marched them back again.
And when they were there they were there
& when they were gone they were gone
And no one in Seoul or DC had a clue
wtf is going on
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What an absurd and disgraceful suggestion.
South Korean politicians are proposing defectors elected to parliament be excluded from sitting on defense and intelligence committees, citing their earlier comments regarding Kim Jong Un upi.com/Top_News/World-News/…
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Methodologically, I take your point.
But humanly, I feel very uncomfortable talking down people who've been through what they have. Don't you?
Defectors, all defectors, know #NorthKorea in ways & senses that neither you nor I - thank God - ever could.
How to balance all this?
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I have to write an article about Korea today.
It's proving slightly difficult to concentrate, for some reason
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Last year @japantimes had this striking photo-montage of #KimJongUn giving 6 successive NY addresses (2013-18). Maybe add 2019 @jljzen? Striking changes in dress, body language, and tbh body. He looked so different back in 2013! japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/0…
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"North Korea is not a poor country.
It is a rich country filled with poor people. It has
a temperate climate
mineral wealth
rich fishing waters on two long coastlines
an inheritance of heavy industry, and
ports perfectly situated to become hubs of the vibrant commerce ...
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"Mile after mile of nothing, guarded by no-one." Not how the #DPRK-China border is usually presented, but @damirsagolj has driven its entire 1,420km length. An award-winning photographer, he has a way with words too. Don't miss this amazing road trip. widerimage.reuters.com/story…
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Belated thanks to all who liked (or didn't) my latest for @38NorthNK. Time zone difference + domestic duties meant I couldn't respond more & sooner, except a few tx (some from phone in bed!) Would just like to add a few points now. Here is the article:
38north.org/2020/04/afosterc…
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He was also, of course, the part-subject of an excellent feature film: a must-see if you haven't. #Gwangju
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taxi…
#KoreanHistoryToday: German journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter is born in 1937. Hinzpeter was the only journalist to film the Gwangju massacre in 1980. His footage brought awareness to South Koreans about the nature of their authoritarian state and inspired demands for democratization.
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Brilliant! Maybe your best ever, and they're always great.
The Cabinet row over Huawei
Unfolded in quite a bizawei:
Theresa got piqued,
Said Gavin had leaked
And told him "Mawei or the Hawei!"
theguardian.com/politics/201…
#Huawei #GavinWilliamson #HuaweiLeak #TheresaMay #Tories
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Being old, I think of #KimJongUn as young. Which he is. And new, which he ain't.
KJU has now ruled #NorthKorea for over 8.5 years. That's:
* Longer than any US President gets (FDR excepted)
&
* Almost half as long, already, as his father #KimJongIl's entire reign (1994-2011).
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Surprisingly high.
68% of S. Korean teens think reunification necessary: poll koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=…
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Oh the cruel irony. No one works harder than @AlekSigley to show the human side of #NorthKorea. They should give him a medal. Instead, down comes the heavy hand of the #DPRK state, to remind us that actually no this is NOT in any sense a normal country. Hope he is ok & soon free.
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The problem with ‘han’ 한 恨.
Korean culture is characterised by an untranslatably profound sorrow and regret.
- Or is that just another stereotype?
By Minsoo Kang
Really interesting. As @aeonmag always is, icydki.
aeon.co/essays/against-han-o…
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This is so sad and so moving. What extraordinary courage, and wisdom. What a fantastic human being. How he will be missed.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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"The North Korean economy is smaller today than it was at the end of the Cold War."
Ponder that, comrades. Let it sink in.
That's 30 years of marking time, or regress. 30 years! More than a generation.
Can #KimJongUn do better? Not the way he's going.
#GreatLeapBackwards
The North Korean economy is smaller today than it was at the end of the Cold War. @OECD economists examine what will dig the country from the ongoing economic calamity - and it's not just the lifting of sanctions. A whole set of reforms are needed. piped.video/4j9fmqOEQZg
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RIP #KennethRowe. What a life!
Born No Kum Sol in northern Korea, in 1953 he flew his MiG-15 across the DMZ to Kimpo. Later he became American.
Great book on him by @blaineharden: blaineharden.com/great-leade…
& a nice summary obituary by @OliverJia1014:
nknews.org/2023/01/kenneth-r…
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So recent! My grandfather's lifetime.
In all the annals of social change, across the planet and historically, has any other country ever come further faster, and transformed more utterly, than #Korea? Still takes my breath away.
#KoreanHistoryToday: Kingdom of Joseon and the United States conclude "The Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation" in 1882. This first treaty between the two countries provided for the appointment of diplomats and reciprocal protection of citizens.
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Easy rhetoric.
More important, #LeeJunSeok is also a spokesman for sexists and is stoking misogyny. His popularity is very worrying, and bodes ill for #SouthKorea's future.
Absurd & insulting to blame feminism.
@AskAKorean sums up the issues well here:
blueroofpolitics.com/p/the-r…
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Those magnificent men in their flying machines.
(Guess which one actually flew?)
Intriguing how @moonriver365 is now emulating the macho posturing #KimJongUn has long indulged in. Why?
#SouthKorea's message to #NorthKorea:
"We don't want to fight. But by jingo, if we do..."
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"Beef up"? Holy cow.
ICYMI: Defense ministers of S. Korea, India vow to beef up cooperation yna.kr/AEN20200710010600325?…
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*Two* former #NorthKoreans are running in UK local elections this week.
@JihyunPark7 is pretty well-known, but ex-kkotjebi @Timothycho08 was new to me.
Not my party, but a nice piece by @AndrewGimson :
conservativehome.com/thetory…
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Wow. The full #KimJongNam hit squad story reconstructed. Terrific reporting for @WSJ by @benottoWSJ & @Yantoultra: wsj.com/articles/emerging-de…
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Thus showing he has the drive to tackle concrete problems.
N. Korea’s new premier, Kim Jae-ryong, marked his first known solo-public activity by inspecting a cement complex and a tractor factory @YonhapNews bit.ly/2ZFRUk5
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I really do wonder why North Korea thinks that goading Trump is a good plan. Fun no doubt, but Pyongyang usually calculates its every move with great care. This time, I fear Kim Jong Un risks overplaying his hand. He seems too cocksure. This may not go well for anyone.
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Disgracefully disproportionate. Did she commit mass murder?
Prosecutors demand 35-year prison sentence for former President Park in her retrial yna.kr/AEN20200520009200315
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"#KimIlSung taught his son #KimJongIl the art of social distancing in international relations: keep your friends close enough to provide aid, but not so close as to infect you with their ideological & policy viruses"
Brilliant! @andreilankov @rpcward89
nknews.org/2020/05/no-youre-…
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I hate to sound a killjoy, but this is the TENTH such "historic moment". The first was at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. There has been no cumulative, wider progress between #NorthKorea and #SouthKorea. Will it be different this time?
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Face it. We've all been wrong about North Korea, pretty much all the time. For 50 years, some of us.
And forgive me Tim, but we peaceniks who always try to find a silver lining in #NorthKorea's black cloud have probably been wronger more often than most. Ain't that the truth?
A new generation of North Korea experts is reading everything NK has been saying for the last week as inevitable threats of ICBM tests & worse. Yet cut through the rhetoric & it seems they don't want another summit that's all talk and no deal. The experts have been wrong before.
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This is terrible - and surely unusual, globally. What is eating these guys? Very ominous for #ROK's future
In an in-depth study of Korean men in their 20s, the one issue animated them in politics was an aggressive hatred for feminism. 58.6% said they strongly opposed feminism; 25.9% opposed feminism with such off-the-chart intensity to a point they formed an identity group.
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The #NorthKorea nuclear crisis, of late: an aide-memoire.
2017: Fire & Fury (threatened)
2018: Pacts & Promises (soon broken)
2019: Delays & Delusions (ours)
Tests & Taunts (theirs)
Any bets for 2020?
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#KimJongUn is alive!
So now, the media post mortems ...
oops. That metaphor will hardly serve, in the circumstances.
Try again:
So now, the post non mortems.
(Post resurrectionem?)
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Choe Ryong Hae
Was awae!
What to sae?
Still, he mae
Be back in plae
Another dae.
Or so we prae
Two minor notes:
- Kim Yo Jong, recently promoted, being *seated* (not peeping somewhere else) and appearing to be staying very close to Kim Jong Un (aside from when Kim is instructing officials: at those moments, KYJ is seen a few steps away, watching)
- Choe Ryong Hae absent
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Some folks have short memories. For #KimJongUn to say he'll go to Seoul is NOT a first. #KimJongIl said the same, and then he didn't do it. As with nukes, #NorthKorea has to be pinned down. Until it's concrete, indeed set in stone, nothing can be taken as solid. #GetRealPeople
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While obvs good news, hard to get excited imho.
Like when some dupe in a bad relationship excitedly tells you, 2 years after he got dumped: Hey, it's on again!
Oh yeah, you think. For how long this time? At what price? Did they say sorry?
Are there reasons not to be sceptical?
NEW: DPRK state media confirmed Seoul’s announcement on Tuesday that communication lines had been reestablished.
“The whole Korean nation desires to see the north-south relations recovered from setback and stagnation as early as possible,” KCNA said.
nknews.org/2021/07/north-kor…
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"It appears likely that both sides miscalculated both their leverage and negotiating abilities, resulting in a situation in which nothing further was formally agreed".
Top-notch first take on the breakdown by @chadocl @nknewsorg
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#NorthKorea defectors reveal wretched state of female healthcare in #DPRK. Interviews expose a maternal mortality rate 15-times higher than UN data.
Based on @twtNKDB study. @FT article is alas paywalled; are there other reports? #NKDB any links please?
ft.com/content/d033c254-1ba6…
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Korean Family reunions as reality TV. My sad, angry take 3 years ago; still all too true. Do others feel this way? When, if ever, will we get the real thing rather than this politicised travesty? #NorthKorea #SouthKorea. koreajoongangdaily.joins.com…
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Can't imagine a more misconceived view, politically & economically. Ditch your fellow-democracy, embrace your proven enemy + its self-destroyed economy, & together you'll become top dog? In what conceivable universe? (& US? sanctions?) @moonriver365 really has drunk the Kool-Aid
I knew this was coming.... President Moon:
"If the two Koreas achieve a peaceful economy through economic cooperation, we can catch up with the Japanese economy's dominant position in one go"
news1.kr/articles/?3688248
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Absolutely not. Total contrast. #PanmunjomDeclaration is a serious, substantial accord.. It commits both sides to do a lot of specific actions, some with timelines. #SingaporeSummit has none of that. But at least it should mean #Trump will just let the Koreans get on with the job
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Has #NorthKorea hired outside #PR consultants? Anyone know? Or is #KimJongUn's PR genius - no lesser word will do - purely #Juche? Either way, the NY address, like the whole of 2018, was stunning. Talk about turning around a failed, toxic brand. Great case study for biz schools.
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Bravo, the @NKNewsorg team! Especially now.
While y'all partied, they forwent Hogmanay fun to bring us hot, expert takes from #NorthKorea's just-finished #WPK #Plenum meeting.
Put it this way: They read #KimJongUn's turgid verbiage so you don't have to.
nknews.org/2022/01/north-kor…
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This man was jailed for financial crimes. Not once, but twice. Has he, and Korea, no shame at all? koreajoongangdaily.joins.com…
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'Maximum pressure'.
Chinese exports to North Korea more than double in value in March, recovering from low levels seen the previous month buff.ly/2JDPyNd
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It may yet rocket up the list
President-elect Joe Biden’s newly launched transition website has omitted North Korea among its key priorities. nknews.org/2020/11/north-kor…
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Beware! Seriously.
Everyone bangs on about #NorthKorea's nuclear threat. And rightly so.
Yet #DPRK cybercrooks are arguably a more clear and present danger to you and me, right now.
Not sure the world has yet woken up to how serious and pervasive this menace is. It needs to.
North Korean hackers are using novel methods to spread malware, a new report says:
-The DPRK-linked Lazarus Group hid malicious code in PNG image files
-Upon conversion to a BMP file, the malware is extracted
-Images were spread through MS Word documents
nknews.org/pro/north-korean-…
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This Easter I pray for the resurrection of:
Altruism
Beauty
Competence
Courage
Decency
Democracy
Dialogue
Dignity
Empathy
Equality
Expertise
Fairness
Holism
Honesty
Humour
Justice
Listening
Moderation
Modesty
Peace
Play
Reason
Respect
Shame
Sharing
Thoughtfulness
Tolerance
Truth
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In other news:
Pope inclines to Catholicism;
Bears observed in sylvan settings.
Kim Jong Un will likely “never” give up nuclear weapons voluntarily, Bolton says nknews.org/2019/09/kim-jong-…
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Woohoo! Hot news! It's election year in #NorthKorea. Now they've named the day: March 10. Oh, the tension is unbearable! Who will win? I hear the Workers' Party is strongly placed, and a young chap called Kim much fancied. Can hardly wait! The excitement! kcnawatch.co/newstream/15469…
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So glad @AlekSigley is free. No doubt we'll learn more soon. Meanwhile, don't forget Canada's two Michaels, #Spavor & #Kovrig, still groundlessly detained in China. I hope @JustinTrudeau is working very hard to get them released
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North Korea Delivers Flood Aid Supplies To South.
Yes, you read that right. Not vice versa. An extraordinary episode, largely forgotten. (Just a year after #RangoonBombing.)
Ushered in a year of dialogue. Hopes were high, but it didn't last.
#PlusÇaChange
nytimes.com/1984/09/30/world…
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Absolutely right.
Hitherto, most inter-Korean rapprochement this year has recovered ground already gained before under Sunshine, but subsequently lost. It wasn't new as such.
De-mining, by contrast, takes us forward into uncharted new territory. That's exciting, and hopeful.
Tomorrow, North and South Korea (with UN cooperation) will begin a project to remove land mines in the DMZ. For all its possible faults and flaws, the Panmunjom Declaration wasn’t just words on a piece of paper. mn.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?nc…
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Oh what absolute gold-plated bollox
Once inside a confederated Korean state, #KimJongUn will be in a better position to subvert the democracy in the south. #MoonJaein surely knows this and is therefore complicit in Kim's plans. There are now two Korean leaders working to promote totalitarianism in #Korea.
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Can, or should, #SouthKorea serve as a go-between for the US & #NorthKorea?
Nope. Despite its obvious appeal to @moonriver365's govt, this notion is flawed on several grounds.
My new column @nknewsorg. Thanks as ever @KasulisK @chadocl & all the team.
nknews.org/2020/11/with-bide…
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#KimJongUn has a bloody nerve. How dare he criticise loyal comrades, doing their best (in fear of their lives) in a broken system?
HE is the problem. 'Build Wonsan tourism!' 'No, build a new hospital! In months!' No economy can work this way. #NorthKorea
en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2020072…
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Why aren't more people on the Left this brilliant, this clear and this funny?
I am SO glad @AyoCaesar exists.
It’s go hard or go home time. Register to vote ya bums!!!
🗳 gov.uk/register-to-vote 🗳
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Timing is of course a total coincidence.
South Korea will cut this year’s budget for North Korean defector resettlement in the South, Seoul’s unification ministry confirmed nknews.org/2020/06/south-kor…
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oh good grief! Some folks should grow up & calm down.
Some ruling party politicians in Busan are demanding an investigation into a tower that honors UN nations that fought for South Korea in the Korean War, because they think -- hold your breath -- it resembles Japan's rising sun flag yna.co.kr/view/AKR2019081210…
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Love you too, Michael. And proud to know you, long ago.
Implausibly enough, at age 70 I now have a 7 year old (also a 2 yo), and he loves you too. Especially #BananasInMyEars.
(Lest any non-Brits don't know Michael, you're missing a treat. Start here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtn…
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#RohMooHyun broke the mould - but in the end the mould broke him. My obituary for @guardian - gosh, a decade ago already. I think & hope I was fair & honest; judge for yourselves. Still sad (yes, analysts too have hearts).
theguardian.com/world/2009/m…
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Impressed that @heraldscotland carries (if a little belatedly) an obituary of #LeeHeeHo. Don't think any other UK paper has done her this honour, sadly. Bravo #Glasgow! (Wonder how come, and who wrote it?) heraldscotland.com/opinion/1…
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Who is Jang Kum Chol? A new name for #NorthKorea watchers to conjure with. A big cheese, for sure: has just replaced #KimYongChol as head of #WPK United Front Dept. Fine analysis by @dagyumji for @nknewsorg: nknews.org/2019/04/kim-yong-…
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It wasn't leftists who almost ended democracy in Korea on December 3.
(While claiming to save it, hilariously.)
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Beating so many other contenders over the years, this really has to be @GordonGChang's craziest tweet ever.
To be clear, this is rank conspiracy theory territory. Waaay over the top.
Anyone care to put Gordon straight? @AskAKorean I dare say you have better things to do.
There was, essentially, a coup in #SouthKorea. Who engineered it? Well, the chief suspect has to be #MoonJaein. @DrTaraO
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2 new books to recommend on #NorthKorea:
@DubstepInDPRK has written a fascinating account of Pyongyang's activities in the #ThirdWorld. This used to be a big deal. V evocative, for us oldies who recall those heady days. And it's an affordable paperback. sup.org/books/title/?id=3162…
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Far too kind. This is a farce, a charade, and a travesty. A reporter shld say that. @BBC by contrast has a properly robust account, with sharp comments by @nknewsorg's excellent #FyodorTertitskiy inc the v gd point that 'election' is a census/loyalty test. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47…
Went to the polls with millions of North Koreans today. Very festive atmosphere and lots of assurances about the privacy of the ballot. With only one candidate in each district, not sure how crucial that really is (though theoretically a voter could cast a “no” vote).
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Busy June in/on Korea! Here's an event diary; please add any I missed
12: US-NK summit
13: SK local elections + 12 parl by-elections
14: NK-SK mil talks, PMJ
15: Anniv of 2000 summit. Events?
18: NK-SK sports talks, PMJ
22: NK-SK Red X talks on family reunions, Kumgangsan
more?
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Why #NorthKorea’s cold-shouldering the South is unfair and unwise. #KimJongUn will regret biting the hand that fed him, and led him to global stature. My new comment @nknewsorg. Big thanks @OliverHotham & @chadocl. (And stand by for more article news!) nknews.org/2019/04/why-north…
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As a courtesy if nothing else, you'd think they might spell Pyongyang the way it's always been spelt, the way the whole world spells it, and the way the people who actually live there spell it. But eoh neo.
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Seconded. @YouTube how can you justify this? These channels are invaluable to researchers, and do no harm. Freedom of speech is precious.
Youtube deleted several #NorthKorea related youtube channels, as if there had not been the option to not give them ad revenues #censorship
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