I upgraded to Wordpress 2.8 because it is new and neat. I do not know if I have to tweak this theme or what, but oh well. If you find bugs and whatnot, please let me know. In the meantime, it is a slow news day in North Korea. Perhaps some other topics will be posted. Stay tuned.

Here is an interesting article on why the two journalists were nabbed. Lankov chimes in on this piece.

I got an interesting E-Mail from the Brookings Institution regarding North Korea, the United States and Russia’s relations on dealing with change with North Korea. I do not hear a whole lot about Russia’s point of view, and have been looking for it for some time. This paper deals with this subject, and it is well worth a read.
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Make sure to check this article by the Weekly Standard about the current state of North Korea. Kim’s Crumbling Regime.

Curtis Melvin’s Google Earth resource has been updated yet again and just when you thought it could not get any better, just did. This is a must have! See it and download it here!

One of the first sites I ever ran into researching North Korea was Kimsoft. While I did not agree with everything it said (maybe like a lot of people who read this will not agree with it either), it was an interesting source of information. Today, I went looking for it when trying to track down Kim Jong Il’s speech.
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Check out the latest op ed from the Wall Street Journal. This is regarding what should be done in the Obama administration with North Korea’s human rights and nuke issue. While I agree that’s part of the solution, I do not see it happening any time soon.

For anybody who is in a relationship will know what this is all about. Yes, it is the famous doghouse. This video is funny as hell. Enjoy.

Kim Jong Il’s doctor finally talks about what happened to Kim Jong Il. DPRK Studies has more. Very interesting read, but why did the doctor speak now?

Here is one of the biggest “no, duh!” moments in the history of the world. From Reuters: “North Korea is a new market and penetration is very low,” said Teymour el-Derini, trader at Beltone Financial in Cairo. What will you tell us next smart man, that the sun will come up tomorrow?