If you followed the seizure, trial and release of the 2 American women journalists in North Korea, you know that the Swedish Ambassador to North Korea played a huge role -- he was the "go between" between DPRK (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea) and the US govt...and relayed messages back and forth. He was so instrumental in the process that I bet those two women journalists would still be ... read more
As you know, it is very difficult to get in to North Korea because our two countries are at war. Reverend Franklin Graham, with permission of the US government and DPRK, has been providing humanitarian relief to the people of North Korea. Last year when we went to North Korea we went to a hospital that had, at best, periodic power. You can imagine how difficult (impossible?) it is to do ... read more
Does this change your opinion? This (click below) is one of those articles you will read that you can't set down for even a sip of coffee. Read this article by a NYT journalist who was kidnapped by the Taliban. Read it and then post whether his account changes your view about what we should do in Afghanistan. It may reaffirm your original view of what we should do -- or it may change your ... read more
These two pics are of a North Korean guest house. I was told that Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stayed there when she was in North Korea years ago (and this is where Reverend Graham stayed both this trip and 14 months ago.) The first pic is of the actual guest house and the second is a covered area adjacent to the guest house:
The above pic was taken from the pic nic table ... read more
A river divides China from North Korea....check out the pic I took from the plane. It is much more built up on the Chinese side of the river (right hand side of the picture.) North Korea is dying economically....China is on the upswing.
[from Wikipedia: "The Yalu River (Manchu and Chinese) or the Amnok River (Korean) is a river on the border between China and North Korea. The Chinese ... read more
October 21, 2009 08:54 AM EDT
Health Care North Korea style
North Korea's version of health care: ... read more
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