“As this drama is being played out in North Korea’s corridors of power, people are foraging in the forest to find bark to make soup,” the American missionary said. “It’s important to balance what’s going on in Pyongyang with the fact that its economy is moribund and people are doing anything they can to survive.” …
What’s wrong with this picture????? “Today should be a time for the UN to show solidarity with the victims — the millions of North Koreans brutalized by Kim’s merciless policies of starvation and oppression — and not with the perpetrators.”—UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer UN Bows Again to Kim Jong Il by Claudia Rosett
NORTH KOREA DEFECTORS. That’s coming up on CBC’s As It Happens. http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2181337785 The images are as bizarre as they are rare. Today, North Koreans buried their Dear Leader, and the funeral was broadcast to the world via that country’s state television. However choreographed, it was a highly unusual view into the secretive nation. The country has a …
(Although a full translation of the Hungarian is not available, the following is the full answer Director Tim Peters gave the Metro journalist in English responding to “Will the North Korean people revolt following the death of Kim Jong-il?” Peters:” I believe it’s highly unlikely that the North Korean people will revolt, at least in …
Hungarian Daily quotes HHK director on the Likelihood of a Revolt in North Korea Read More »
CNN’s Stan Grant has rare access to one man who tells his story of terror, starvation, and spies in isolated North Korea. WATCH: North Korean\’s tale of isolation and fear
“Many have asked whether the anguish is genuine. How could citizens mourn the passing of a totalitarian, such a gross abuser of human rights? The answer may be found in the human rights abuses themselves. …
Dec.24,2011 An iron hand still rules North Korea’s hermit kingdom despite its ruler’s death, writes Hamish McDonald. (In a wide-ranging article that reveals decades of experience as a North Korea watcher, Sydney Morning Herald’s Asia-Pacific Editor, Hamish McDonald explores the many aspects of North Korea’s dynastic succession. Among those interviewed is Helping Hands Korea’s …
Journalist Kirsty Taylor surveys NGO leaders related to North Korean humanitarian aid and human rights advocacy for their views on the impact of Kim Jong-il’s death on conditions for the average North Korean citizen. Quotes from HHK’s founder/director: “Tim Peters, who founded Helping Hands Korea which aids North Korean …
Hope and uncertainty for N.K. charities after Kim’s death (Korea Herald) Read More »
(Dec.21,2011)Rick Wallace, TOKYO Correspondent for The Australian contrasts the jubilation of North Korean defectors who’ve escaped North Korea with the hysteria accompanying regime-led mourning for the death of longstanding dictator, Kim Jong-il. Quotes from HHK Director in this article: “Tim Peters, founder and director of defector support group Helping Hands Korea, said Kim’s death would …
North Korean defectors jubilant at tyrant Kim Jong-il’s demise (The Australian) Read More »
Kim Jong Il put his interests ahead of North Korea’s. Czech leader Vaclav Havel put democracy first. Read More: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/20/opinion/la-ed-kim-20111220
