North Korea
The LSE’s anger about BBC Panorama sounds synthetic and sententious
If I were to make a list of the things I thought the BBC should be doing, then a report from inside North Korea would come right at the top.… Continue reading
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North Korea nukes — China has a hell of a lot to answer for
Let us be clear — Beijing bankrolled this monster. As Kim Jong-un continues his bellicose bluster, now having moved a second missile to North Korea’s east coast, we cannot forget:… Continue reading
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The View from 22 — North Korea and Asia’s arms race, and Owen Jones vs. Toby Young
Are Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reforms necessary to bring fairness to our benefits system? This week’s Spectator leading article argues the work and pensions secretary returned to front-line politics for… Continue reading
35 Comments The world should see that North Korea is no laughing matter
I found myself snorting with derision last night while watching a news bulletin about the Korean situation. The sight of a Gummy Bear like Kim Jong Un vowing to obliterate… Continue reading
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Google maps North Korea
Google has mapped North Korea. The Washington Post has useful selection of before and after images. Compare the images for North Korea with a map of the county in which… Continue reading
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Geopolitics in the 21st Century
Some dog-munching old thug from Pyongyang has been addressing the United Nations, warning that his country is the ‘world’s hotspot’ and a spark could trigger a thermonuclear war. It’s quite… Continue reading
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Guardian parody watch
Top marks to Paul Watson for this nipping satire, published in today’s Guardian: ‘In fact it is almost impossible to find any piece of positive European journalism relating to the… Continue reading
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Happy New Year from world leaders
It’s the New Year — a time when politicians all over the globe get on their soapboxes and preach to their people. From Merkel’s pledge to do everything for the… Continue reading
16 CommentsSay what you will about North Korea, at least they’re authentically Korean
Drivel, of course, and the kind of thing you’d expect to find in the Guardian. One expects rather more from the Times but, nay, here is a piece of Simon… Continue reading
26 CommentsWhither North Korea after Kim Jong-il’s death?
The photographs and video footage show North Koreans weeping in their hundreds at the news of Kim Jong-il’s death. But the departed leader, immortalised by Team America as a song-prone… Continue reading
36 CommentsChinese burns
The latest cache of Wikileaks has done America no end of good. The Saudis urged the US to bomb Iran – a sign that the Arab world can make common… Continue reading
17 CommentsThe mad hermit strikes
North Korea has again put itself at the centre of international relations. As the US pushed for a start to six-party talks, Pyongyang lifted the veil on a hitherto secret… Continue reading
9 CommentsThe world over, people trafficking is the result of not addressing illegal immigration
The journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee describe their experiences in North Korea in an article in the Times. I urge Coffee Housers to read it, but I was struck… Continue reading
17 CommentsHow to deal with a problem like North Korea?
As Yglesias notes, it’s uncanny how too many conservative pundits continue to believe that every problem is a nail and the only tool the United States possesses is a hammer.… Continue reading
6 CommentsThe Hermit Bugle: News from North Korea
Good to see that the North Korean Central News Agency is offering a different view of life inside the gulag that balances the imperlalist propaganda to which we are otherwise… Continue reading
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