I will believe it when I see it: Kim Jong Eun’s portraits are being produced according to Bloomberg and Straits Times. They are citing a Yonhap story which has no English version yet (that I can find anyway), but I am not doubting the reporting source one bit regarding the new rumor.
As you are all probably tired of hearing, is …

I am really digging this theme from ColorLabs Project. The best part of this theme is TimThumb.php is somehow designed to allow the author to make thumbnails via “first picture” and there is no need to do the clunky fields (although one can in the options). I really like the layout too, but there is a lot of tweaking to …

A pretty good movie, and hope you all enjoy. There are some things that may not be accurate (such as electricity in the rural village), it is a good drama all the same. It is in ten parts, and I have no idea when YouTube will take it down.

Col. Kim Jong Ryul back from the dead – This story has been making the rounds on the newswires, and I have mentioned this story before as well. The man who bought expensive furniture, gold-plated guns, wines, and other luxury items despite sanctions acknowledges he could be a marked man. According to this story, he is under police protection as …

A lot of history documentaries and commentaries discuss how the Soviet Union rolled into Korea after World War 2. One of the questions I asked myself today was, what made them decide to occupy Korea in the first place?
From Dae Sook Suh’s fantastic book on Kim Il Sung, the partisan activities of the anti-Japanese guerrilla fighting days is fundamental in …

Something is not right here, and something odd is going on in North Korea. Yes, even by their extremely odd standards to begin with. It appears North Korea is in a very serious cash crunch, and this makes sense from the sanctions imposed from the tests conducted last year. What is not making sense, and may never get an answer …

See part 4
The usual disclaimers apply to this post like all the other postings.
In the last posting, I made a feeble attempt at trying to imagine bottom-up dissent and the problems that it could cause for Kim Jong Il if he were alive. All along, I have been doing possibilities in the event something goes wrong if he were alive. …

(Hat tip: Hapo) The speech at the Hamhung factory. You can see more information at One Free Korea. Enjoy!

I have written about this oddity in the past, and since that time, found a lot more information. I am sure more will crop up, but I believe this should be alright.
In 2005, the Casino was shut down, and I have not seen a word on it since. Apparently, it is just sitting there, but who knows what it is …

China gets Rajin port for ten years – Rajin, the struggling special economic zone that has not seen a whole lot of activity, has been trying to restart it for quite some time. Some other special economic zones may make a little more economic sense in the way of location have been set up, but in my opinion, the regime …