Anju Links for 10 June 2008

I REALLY HOPE THIS WOMAN WINS HER LAWSUIT, but isn’t her first claim against her own parents, for bringing her back to North Korea to begin with?

MINISTRY OF IRONIC PROPAGANDA: Famine-plagued North Korea jumps on the anti-U.S. beef import bandwagon. I’m guessing this message is sort of like North Korean food imports — not to be consumed by ordinary North Koreans.

MAYBE THEY SHOULD ASK THE ONES WHO ARE STARVING: The North Korean regime refuses to acCept a South Korean offer of 50,000 tons of corn. Because, you know, National Pride matters more than human life.

WE KNOW THAT NORTH KOREA’S METH PROBLEM has hit home, and some evidence suggests that the regime’s illegal drug revenues have declined, but  North Korean meth is still destroying lives outside North Korea.  This report notes the appearance of large quantities of North Korean meth in the Philippines.

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  1. [OFK: At the request of a person mentioned in this long and mostly unsubstantiated comment, I’m removing the text, but I’m leaving the links to reputable published sources, so that you can read the linked stories and draw from thos what you will.]

    http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-22436577.html

    http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jun28/0,4670,BarbecueDiplomat,00.html

    http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/09/njspy200709 Then click on this link about N Korea’s possible assistance from Pakistan for uranium enrichment.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/30/AR2008013003214.html