Comments on: North Korea Freedom Week 2007: Bringing Attention to an Unreported Genocide http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: OneFreeKorea » Noland and Haggard: Kim Jong Il’s Palace Economy Is Broken http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-53758 OneFreeKorea » Noland and Haggard: Kim Jong Il’s Palace Economy Is Broken Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:31:08 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-53758 [...] North Korea is a land made in the vision of John Edwards:  to a greater extent than almost anywhere, there are two North Koreas.  That division is even preserved by a semi-official, hereditary caste system.  That’s why it wouldn’t be completely accurate to say that North Korea’s economy is near collapse; one of the North Korean economies — the peoples’ economy — collapsed a dozen years ago.  What was left of it was severely disrupted by the Great Famine, when hundreds of thousands of people left the gutted factories that no longer paid them to become fugitives in China, vagabonds in their own country subject to internment in so-called 9/27 camps, or corpses.  [...] [...] North Korea is a land made in the vision of John Edwards:  to a greater extent than almost anywhere, there are two North Koreas.  That division is even preserved by a semi-official, hereditary caste system.  That’s why it wouldn’t be completely accurate to say that North Korea’s economy is near collapse; one of the North Korean economies — the peoples’ economy — collapsed a dozen years ago.  What was left of it was severely disrupted by the Great Famine, when hundreds of thousands of people left the gutted factories that no longer paid them to become fugitives in China, vagabonds in their own country subject to internment in so-called 9/27 camps, or corpses.  [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » “Famine in North Korea:” An Interactive Review (1 of 3) http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-52064 OneFreeKorea » “Famine in North Korea:” An Interactive Review (1 of 3) Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:33:58 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-52064 [...] Let’s return to the problem of using an agricultural economy’s model for an industrial economy, because the concentration of people away from their food sources poses what I’ll call the problem of the “goners.”  In any famine, people wander away from their homes in search of food, but the problem is greatly concentrated for large numbers of people concentrated in factory towns like this one, as opposed to smaller concentrations of people surrounded by other farming areas.  According to Andrew Natsios, “goners” was a grim expression aid workers applied to wandering famine refugees few were likely to survive.  Defector Yomiko Chiba vividly described the arrival of scores of goners in Sinuiju in 1995.  They wandered in from the countryside and began showing up dead on the town’s streets, which concerned local officials.  Chiba was a teacher, so the regime mobilized her and her students to collect and bury cartfulls of goners of all ages and both genders.  Natsios also wrote of having witnessed mass burials of famine victims in unmarked graves and described defector accounts of daily collections of corpses at railroad stations.  [...] [...] Let’s return to the problem of using an agricultural economy’s model for an industrial economy, because the concentration of people away from their food sources poses what I’ll call the problem of the “goners.”  In any famine, people wander away from their homes in search of food, but the problem is greatly concentrated for large numbers of people concentrated in factory towns like this one, as opposed to smaller concentrations of people surrounded by other farming areas.  According to Andrew Natsios, “goners” was a grim expression aid workers applied to wandering famine refugees few were likely to survive.  Defector Yomiko Chiba vividly described the arrival of scores of goners in Sinuiju in 1995.  They wandered in from the countryside and began showing up dead on the town’s streets, which concerned local officials.  Chiba was a teacher, so the regime mobilized her and her students to collect and bury cartfulls of goners of all ages and both genders.  Natsios also wrote of having witnessed mass burials of famine victims in unmarked graves and described defector accounts of daily collections of corpses at railroad stations.  [...]

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-43774 usinkorea Mon, 14 May 2007 16:45:33 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-43774 I don't have the link handy right now, but the Yomiko Chiba speech is up on C-Span if you do a video search off their main page. It is in Real Media Player format. She is the last speaker. The whole things is an hour and 13 mintues long. I've been breaking the speeches up and uploading them to You Tube. I'll have hers up by tomorromw - it will likely take 3 videos since she spoke for about 30 minutes. I don’t have the link handy right now, but the Yomiko Chiba speech is up on C-Span if you do a video search off their main page. It is in Real Media Player format.

She is the last speaker. The whole things is an hour and 13 mintues long.

I’ve been breaking the speeches up and uploading them to You Tube. I’ll have hers up by tomorromw – it will likely take 3 videos since she spoke for about 30 minutes.

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-41657 usinkorea Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:29:07 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-41657 Did you notice how Kim Jong Il tried to disrupt the presentations by having his spies pull the fire alarm?... Did you notice how Kim Jong Il tried to disrupt the presentations by having his spies pull the fire alarm?…

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-41472 usinkorea Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:12:25 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-41472 [<a href="http://freekorea.us/www.aei.org/events/eventID.1500,filter.all/event_detail.asp" rel="nofollow">link</a>] Audio, video, and texts from the American Enterprise Institute event yesterday. [link]

Audio, video, and texts from the American Enterprise Institute event yesterday.

]]> By: Nathan Hill http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-41413 Nathan Hill Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:00:15 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-41413 More stuff... Here is a recent article which is very timely from the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/world/asia/26refugees.html Also, a search on Yahoo! News for North Korean Genocide turned up an article from the Christian Post, Christian News Wire, and US News Wire. That is unfortunate. More stuff…

Here is a recent article which is very timely from the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/world/asia/26refugees.html

Also, a search on Yahoo! News for North Korean Genocide turned up an article from the Christian Post, Christian News Wire, and US News Wire.

That is unfortunate.

]]> By: Nathan Hill http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-41412 Nathan Hill Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:52:49 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-41412 Well, I do know that CBNews is doing a piece on it, as I have been communicating with the reporter on that story. Also, Washington Korean TV did a piece (which I was interviewed for). I am planning on asking the CBNews reporter if they will make the segment available online. I asked the WKTV reporter, and she said they can't do that yet... though they shoot the stuff on digital video (which should make that easy). If I can turn up anything, I will. Well, I do know that CBNews is doing a piece on it, as I have been communicating with the reporter on that story.

Also, Washington Korean TV did a piece (which I was interviewed for).

I am planning on asking the CBNews reporter if they will make the segment available online.

I asked the WKTV reporter, and she said they can’t do that yet… though they shoot the stuff on digital video (which should make that easy).

If I can turn up anything, I will.

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-41395 usinkorea Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:03:01 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-41395 Is Amb Lefkowitz' office a broom closet in some federal building? He does have a staff, right? They can speak, or at least write, in English, no? Maybe if he could have made the press hate him as much as they did John Bolten, at least some ink would have been spared for the first 3 days of this conference........ Is Amb Lefkowitz’ office a broom closet in some federal building?

He does have a staff, right?

They can speak, or at least write, in English, no?

Maybe if he could have made the press hate him as much as they did John Bolten, at least some ink would have been spared for the first 3 days of this conference……..

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-41393 usinkorea Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:34:27 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-41393 I'm stunned. I mean literally flabbergasted. Normally, I might use such words to color up a comment or post. But, after searching the New York Times, Washington Post, and Google News searches. The only thing that turned up was on the Google search, and that was from the Daily North Korea and then I think I remember seeing something about an interview with Lefkowitz from a New Zealand source....!!! I said the other day ---- after spending a lot of time the last month (since my time is totally free these days except for time with my dad) --- watching the documentaries and other footage over and over and over again for the You Tube stuff ------- ---- I admire people like you and those working with the NGOs who have the stamina to process that information month-after-month, year-after-year, because it is heartbreaking and depressing. Now, seeing what press coverage has come half-way through this week ----- when the conference is right in DC --- with Washington Post reporters and editors probably having to walk around the events and people associated with it to get to venues of other stories..... .....it's like getting blindsided from another angle. I’m stunned. I mean literally flabbergasted. Normally, I might use such words to color up a comment or post. But, after searching the New York Times, Washington Post, and Google News searches.

The only thing that turned up was on the Google search, and that was from the Daily North Korea and then I think I remember seeing something about an interview with Lefkowitz from a New Zealand source….!!!

I said the other day —- after spending a lot of time the last month (since my time is totally free these days except for time with my dad) — watching the documentaries and other footage over and over and over again for the You Tube stuff ——-

—- I admire people like you and those working with the NGOs who have the stamina to process that information month-after-month, year-after-year, because it is heartbreaking and depressing.

Now, seeing what press coverage has come half-way through this week —– when the conference is right in DC — with Washington Post reporters and editors probably having to walk around the events and people associated with it to get to venues of other stories…..

…..it’s like getting blindsided from another angle.

]]> By: Joshua http://freekorea.us/2007/04/26/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-41390 Joshua Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:13:32 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/04/21/north-korea-freedom-week-2007/#comment-41390 That's right; probably none of them aired spots. We'll see how much media attention Saturday's demonstration attracts. On the other hand, it's not dry think tank stuff that makes great viewing. The most compelling video is the guerrilla camera stuff you see coming out of North Korea itself. The testimony would have been great viewing, however. No, we're not getting the media attention we should be. No, we're not buying the ad space and media we wish we could. We're in great need of donors who think this cause is worth a place in our national conversation. I've been at this for three years, I've been frustrated, and yet I keep going. At times, I wonder why, but I suppose it's because I feel compelled to. Instead of getting frustrated, I think the answer is to either find a way to help more or recruit someone who can. If I could clone myself, I'd do it, but as things stand now, my job and family don't leave any more time for this. My kids are small and my work is big. That’s right; probably none of them aired spots. We’ll see how much media attention Saturday’s demonstration attracts. On the other hand, it’s not dry think tank stuff that makes great viewing. The most compelling video is the guerrilla camera stuff you see coming out of North Korea itself. The testimony would have been great viewing, however.

No, we’re not getting the media attention we should be. No, we’re not buying the ad space and media we wish we could. We’re in great need of donors who think this cause is worth a place in our national conversation.

I’ve been at this for three years, I’ve been frustrated, and yet I keep going. At times, I wonder why, but I suppose it’s because I feel compelled to. Instead of getting frustrated, I think the answer is to either find a way to help more or recruit someone who can. If I could clone myself, I’d do it, but as things stand now, my job and family don’t leave any more time for this. My kids are small and my work is big.

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