In the News – Pyongyang Demands Answers from Seoul
Pyongyang on Thursday issued an “open questionnaire” that demands answers from Seoul if relations between the two Koreas are to improve.
The official KCNA news agency said that the questionnaire came from the policy department of the National Defense Commission, which “solemnly urges” South Korea to answer it “since it loudly trumpets a resumption of inter-Korean dialogue and improvement of relations.” Continue reading
In the News – Kim Jong Nam Says N.Korean Regime Won’t Last Long
Former North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il’s eldest son Jong-nam has said the isolated regime will eventually fail with or without reforms. The comment appears in e-mail conversations exchanged over seven years between Kim Jong-nam and a Japanese journalist and obtained by the Monthly Chosun.
The nearly 100 e-mails were sent from 2004 until December last year to Yoji Komi, an editor at the Tokyo Shimbun daily. The two also spoke in person in January and May last year. Continue reading
With Christmas just days away, the streets here in South Korea seem even more crowded than usual. There are people rushing around doing their Christmas shopping and Christmas carols playing at every store you pass. There’s just something about this time of year that makes the world seem more at peace, more joyful. It’s a time when we can forget our troubles and just enjoy the company of the people we love. Or even just enjoy the time away from work.
But there is at least one place that I can think of that won’t be enjoying the same things that you and I will be enjoying this Sunday. Continue reading
