http://freekorea.us/2008/06/27/the-year-of-the-boat-people/ Wed, 23 May 2012 01:51:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://freekorea.us/2008/06/27/the-year-of-the-boat-people/comment-page-1/#comment-58297 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » US food aid arrives in DPRK Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:21:34 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/06/27/the-year-of-the-boat-people/#comment-58297 [...] But let’s take a step back.  I am not claiming that food prices are falling–the Daily NK is reporting it.  Good Friends is reporting, along with most other credible commentators, famine conditions in North Korea’s southern provinces.  I am not sure how to reconcile these claims.  True, the Daily NK reports lower market prices in the northern provinces and Good Friends claims famine conditions in the southern provinces–and these are not necessarily mutually exclusive statements.  But believing both of them to be simultaneously true requires North Korea’s grain markets to be highy inefficient.  I am not prepared to accept that either.  [...] [...] But let’s take a step back.  I am not claiming that food prices are falling–the Daily NK is reporting it.  Good Friends is reporting, along with most other credible commentators, famine conditions in North Korea’s southern provinces.  I am not sure how to reconcile these claims.  True, the Daily NK reports lower market prices in the northern provinces and Good Friends claims famine conditions in the southern provinces–and these are not necessarily mutually exclusive statements.  But believing both of them to be simultaneously true requires North Korea’s grain markets to be highy inefficient.  I am not prepared to accept that either.  [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2008/06/27/the-year-of-the-boat-people/comment-page-1/#comment-58293 La Corée du Nord conciliante | Schizodoxe Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:40:55 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/06/27/the-year-of-the-boat-people/#comment-58293 [...] Source : One Free korea. [...] [...] Source : One Free korea. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2008/06/27/the-year-of-the-boat-people/comment-page-1/#comment-58291 Are You Nkay? » Two if by sea Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:22:51 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/06/27/the-year-of-the-boat-people/#comment-58291 [...] (Via OFK) Thanks to crackdowns in China and famine in coastal areas, the ocean is becoming a popular escape route among defectors. Ten North Koreans have defected by boat to the South this month, coming in a total of six trips, four of which were reportedly taken in stolen motor boats. [...] [...] (Via OFK) Thanks to crackdowns in China and famine in coastal areas, the ocean is becoming a popular escape route among defectors. Ten North Koreans have defected by boat to the South this month, coming in a total of six trips, four of which were reportedly taken in stolen motor boats. [...]

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