Comments on: National Geographic, ‘Escaping North Korea’

By: james

james — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:32:44 +0000

For those who really enjoyed this NG piece, here’s a little bit of a follow up on NPR.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99878352

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:06:16 +0000

I have the print edition. National Geographic sent me a complimentary copy.

By: danb

danb — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:27:47 +0000

Just read that BBC article linked to by james, that is big news. Not only will it help with life in South Korean society, but any defectors who want to travel to China (eg, to meet/help family who haven’t made it safely to the South yet) will be able to do so much more safely.

By: danb

danb — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:11 +0000

has anyone seen the print edition yet? it’s possible they did an accompanying side piece on detention camps, etc., that isn’t on the website.

By: Adeel

Adeel — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:26:07 +0000

Social security number? Is that the national ID number?

Excellent article, thanks for posting it.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:27:12 +0000

I think I probably figured into the early stages of their research. They talked to me for a long time about where to go for a lot of other information they did quote. Some of the people I recommended they talk with (Lankov) ended up quoted. Some of the facts and figures I related are in there. They probably had a limited amount of space and cut to the bone.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:01:41 +0000

You said “You wonâ€™t see me or this blog mentioned in the article.”

Just out of curiosity, Why not?

By: james

james — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:13:15 +0000

Thanks for this Joshua and your participation.

In today’s news I found this interesting re: NK refugees in SK.

They won’t be identified as refugees by their social security numbers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7842967.stm