It’s Han Chinese against Hui, who are ethnically like the Han, but Muslim.

This is Olenka Frenkiel’s BBC documentary on North Korea, which first televised the reports of the gas chambers in Camp 22. It will play on Discovery Times (channel 112 in the Washington, DC area) at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time. Listings here.

This is Olenka Frenkiel’s BBC documentary on North Korea, which first televised the reports of the gas chambers in Camp 22. It will play on Discovery Times (channel 112 in the Washington, DC area) at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time. Listings here.

This is Olenka Frenkiel’s BBC documentary on North Korea, which first televised the reports of the gas chambers in Camp 22. It will play on Discovery Times (channel 112 in the Washington, DC area) at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time. Listings here.

I just received this press release from LiNK in Seoul. They have already organized a protest in front of the Chinese U.N. Mission in New York, along with a virtual protest by phone, fax, and e-mail. At the post immediately below this one, I have added a sample letter you can copy, paste, and send to Chinese officials. As always, you’re free to edit, but when it comes to authoritarian governments, the “nice” approach works a lot better than what...

My apologies for the small type, to conserve space. Snail mail addresses, names, and phone numbers here. to: chinamission_un@fmprc.cn, webmaster@FMPRC.gov.cn, chinaembassy_us@fmprc.gov.cn cc: BeijingWebcomments@state.gov Your Excellency, I am writing to you to express my concern about the Chinese government’s arrest of 65 North Korean refugees and two South Koreans near Beijing on October 26th. Among those arrested were 11 teenagers and one person over 70 years of age. I respectfully ask that your government abide by the terms of the 1951...

I just received this press release from LiNK in Seoul. They have already organized a protest in front of the Chinese U.N. Mission in New York, along with a virtual protest by phone, fax, and e-mail. At the post immediately below this one, I have added a sample letter you can copy, paste, and send to Chinese officials. As always, you’re free to edit, but when it comes to authoritarian governments, the “nice” approach works a lot better than what...

I just received this press release from LiNK in Seoul. They have already organized a protest in front of the Chinese U.N. Mission in New York, along with a virtual protest by phone, fax, and e-mail. At the post immediately below this one, I have added a sample letter you can copy, paste, and send to Chinese officials. As always, you’re free to edit, but when it comes to authoritarian governments, the “nice” approach works a lot better than what...

My apologies for the small type, to conserve space. Snail mail addresses, names, and phone numbers here. to: chinamission_un@fmprc.cn, webmaster@FMPRC.gov.cn, chinaembassy_us@fmprc.gov.cn cc: BeijingWebcomments@state.gov Your Excellency, I am writing to you to express my concern about the Chinese government’s arrest of 65 North Korean refugees and two South Koreans near Beijing on October 26th. Among those arrested were 11 teenagers and one person over 70 years of age. I respectfully ask that your government abide by the terms of the 1951...

The BBC covered the story of China’s arrest of 65 North Koreans, which appears to be the start of a crackdown. Let’s hope it’s even less successful than the South Korean crackdown on prostitution appears to be. Please help these refugees by copying the sample letter here, pasting it into the congressional Web forms here and here, and hitting “send.” Then reach around and pat yourself on the back. Here is today’s illustration of why the leaders of China are...

After sounding steadfast after his talks with China and South Korea, Colin Powell sounded decidedly wobbly on human rights in North Korea today, specifically regarding how aggressively he will comply with the North Korean Human Rights Act: Addressing a separate matter, Mr. Powell said that in response to a recently enacted Congressional resolution on North Korea, the Bush administration would press for human rights concerns there to be discussed “by the international community” but that no plans had been set...

I missed this Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal when it was new, but it’s still worth discussion. It argues persuasively that some form of engagement with North Korea modeled on the Helsinki framework could be effective at improving conditions there. The fact that the signatories include people like Michael Horowitz (major force behind the NKHRA) and Max Kampelman (veteran of negotiating with Gorbachev and Schevardnadze) makes me pause to consider it. Many of the ideas are well-reasoned and show...

Check out this interesting interview of Tarik Radwan, who is another important player in helping the North Korean people. I understand that he lives and teaches law in Seoul today. Now, I hate to make Mario Puzo references to a man as devout and sincere as Mr. Radwan obviously is, so I’ll just say that a good lawyer or two has enormous potential to do the North Korean regime economic damage.

Finally, Best of the Web links to this interesting story about a South Korean who defected North; Taranto calls him “Wrong Way Koreagan.” (chortle)

The BBC covered the story of China’s arrest of 65 North Koreans, which appears to be the start of a crackdown. Let’s hope it’s even less successful than the South Korean crackdown on prostitution appears to be. Please help these refugees by copying the sample letter here, pasting it into the congressional Web forms here and here, and hitting “send.” Then reach around and pat yourself on the back. Here is today’s illustration of why the leaders of China are...

After sounding steadfast after his talks with China and South Korea, Colin Powell sounded decidedly wobbly on human rights in North Korea today, specifically regarding how aggressively he will comply with the North Korean Human Rights Act: Addressing a separate matter, Mr. Powell said that in response to a recently enacted Congressional resolution on North Korea, the Bush administration would press for human rights concerns there to be discussed “by the international community” but that no plans had been set...

I missed this Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal when it was new, but it’s still worth discussion. It argues persuasively that some form of engagement with North Korea modeled on the Helsinki framework could be effective at improving conditions there. The fact that the signatories include people like Michael Horowitz (major force behind the NKHRA) and Max Kampelman (veteran of negotiating with Gorbachev and Schevardnadze) makes me pause to consider it. Many of the ideas are well-reasoned and show...

Check out this interesting interview of Tarik Radwan, who is another important player in helping the North Korean people. I understand that he lives and teaches law in Seoul today. Now, I hate to make Mario Puzo references to a man as devout and sincere as Mr. Radwan obviously is, so I’ll just say that a good lawyer or two has enormous potential to do the North Korean regime economic damage.