Category Archives: Guardian

North Korean ‘court poet’ to publish memoir

Posted on 1 May 2013 by admin

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/01/jang-jin-sung-north-korea-insider-memoir He’s seen Kim Jong-il cry – Jang Jin-sung’s story of life inside the totalitarian state’s propaganda machine could be electric By Daniel Kalder Each London Book Fair brings breathless announcements of mega deals and amazing new books – although … Continue reading →

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Pyongyang Goes Pop

Posted on 29 March 2011 by admin

Alex Hogan in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/pyongyang-goes-pop 29 March 2011: Despite there being no internet access in North Korea outside the offices of the few western companies (you can count them on one hand), Pyongyang’s embassy enclosure and a couple of … Continue reading →

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US embassy cables: China ‘would accept’ Korean reunification

Posted on 1 December 2010 by admin

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/249870 Monday, 22 February 2010, 09:32 S E C R E T SEOUL 000272 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 02/22/2034 TAGS PREL, PGOV, KNNP, ECON, SOCI, KS, KN, JA”>JA”>JA, CH SUBJECT: VFM CHUN YOUNG-WOO ON SINO-NORTH KOREAN RELATIONS Classified By: AMB … Continue reading →

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US embassy cables: Kim Jong-il’s power weakens after stroke

Posted on 30 November 2010 by admin

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/243031 Guardian 30 Nov 2010 Monday, 11 January 2010, 02:51 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 SHENYANG 000005 SIPDIS PASS TO EAP/CM, EAP/K, INR EO 12958 DECL: TEN YEARS AFTER KOREAN UNIFICATION TAGS CM, ECON, EFIN, … Continue reading →

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US embassy cables: China reiterates ‘red lines’

Posted on 29 November 2010 by admin

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/204917 Thursday, 30 April 2009, 13:07 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 05 BEIJING 001176 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 04/30/2034 TAGS PREL, ECON, EFIN, PARM, PHUM, KUNR, CH, TW, KN, KS, JA”>JA”>JA, IR, PK, AF SUBJECT: VICE … Continue reading →

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US embassy cables: Former Singapore PM on ‘psychopathic’ North Koreans

Posted on 29 November 2010 by admin

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/210110 (Flabby old chap) Thursday, 04 June 2009, 09:08 S E C R E T SINGAPORE 000529 EO 12958 DECL: 06/04/2029 TAGS OVIP”>OVIP (STEINBERG, JAMES B.), PREL, MNUC, ECON, SN, CH, KN SUBJECT: DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG’S MAY 30, 2009 CONVERSATION … Continue reading →

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The cultural life of North Korea

Posted on 15 October 2010 by admin

North Korea’s 65th anniversary of the Workers’ Party offered a rare insight of every day life in the capital Pyongyang. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/15/north-korea-pyongyang-secret-culture Tania Branigan Old men playing cards in a park; a woman shopping for vegetables; tired workers jostling for space … Continue reading →

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Roh Moo-hyun

Posted on 25 May 2009 by admin

Obituary commissioned by The Guardian. Completed 24 May 2009. Edited version published on 25 May 2009 at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/24/roh-moo-hyun-obituary Combative South Korean president who challenged the old elite Aidan Foster-Carter Roh Moo-hyun, who ended his life on Saturday aged 62, was … Continue reading →

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