Every time North Korea pops into the headlines, whether for testing nukes, starving its people, or killing South Korean sailors, the media is filled with articles demanding something be done, this time ... and then, further along in the story, lamenting the lack of decent policy options. After dismissing the old standbys - diplomatic remonstrations, tighter economic sanctions, and, for those trying to be particularly tough (while hiding safely inside a beltway think tank), military strikes, most articles settle for ... (more)
Finally! Video clips from my 2002 trip to North Korea are ready for download. The North Korea Videos page has two of my own clips, plus links to several others.
Journey
into Kimland - trip to the DPRK, June 2002
In an age where you can get Starbucks on Thai islands, Baskin-Robbins
in Saigon, Coke and McDonalds just about everywhere it's nice to finally
visit a place lacking even the knowledge of such things. The most . .
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Satellite image of North and South Korea - notice
the lack of lights in the North outside of Pyongyang.
U.S. Sanctions on North Korea
Since the agreement at the 6-Party Talks in February, and this past week's visit of Kim Gye-gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, to San Francisco and New York, a lot of attention is getting paid to partially lifting American ... (more)
Story of golfing in Pyongyang and the "greatest round ever played" - Kim Jong-il's 34 on the par-72 course in Pyongyang. Good writing and a funny story.
A BBC documentary partially filmed in the North. The video is unfortunately only available for purchase on tape, not download.
Listen to the download of a BBC journalist's radio story on his visit to North Korea. Also includes a slide show.
For an interesting look at U.S. - North Korea relations, as well as a wealth of background info on the North, try this Frontline documentary by the U.S. PBS network.
Having written about a visit to the DMZ and Panmunjom from the North I figured it was time to try writing something about the far more popular visits from the South. There are already numerous resources on the Net . . . more
Zofona.com - in Dutch and English
Website maintained by two Dutch expats working in Seoul.
They also have an interesting, and growing, collection of life in North
Korea stories written by friends working in Pyongyang.
A way to visit North Korea via boat from the South - a tour of Geumgang Mountain. Long thought of as one of the most scenic areas on the peninsula, package tours are now available through tourist agencies in the South. Click here or above for info.
