Lots of incoming traffic today, but it’s not coming from any other linked url on the internet. If you’re one of those visitors, would you mind dropping a comment to tell me where you heard about this site?
Just a guess – but – my sister forwarded an email to me that had a link to an MSNBC page about Melvin and the Google Earth project – I guess following up on the Wall Street Journal piece.
I didn’t check it out because my connection is too slow. I was off a Rachel Maddow show homepage.
Apparently Melvin was a guest of the show and she linked a video.
Doing a quick Google – I saw where the interview and the North Korea Google Earth connection were mentioned on Air America radio.
That’s actually quite cool. Curtis e-mailed me later and told me he’d done the spot. Good for him.
I am also getting unusual traffic, when usually I get little to no traffic. I am taking advantage of it too. 😀 Curtis appeared on FOX News too, which was really, really cool. I felt immense pride when he was on, and I wish him all the success in the world. His Google Map project is one of the best resources I have ever seen.
I’ve been emailing the site to everyone since the Journal article, so some of that might be follow-on traffic. Oh, and sharing interesting posts as they come up too. I think we’re all watching Korea more closely, and I like the ACTUAL news you post here.
Not sure where I first found out about your site, to be honest. Picked it up from reading others… I use Google Reader and rarely actually visit the sites or leave comments – just scanning news and views.
Great work here on the Norks though. Lots of good information and clear opinions. Keep it up!
I have had a surge in traffic this week as well with one day this week getting over 10,000 page views, which was a new record for my site. Hopefully this interest in North Korean issues continues and people get more educated in other aspects of North Korea other than its nuclear program.
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Well said GIKorea. On other debate forums, there are so many threads about North Korea, it feels like Christmas in July. Most of the time, most people I know can care less about North Korea. During these tests and the tensions, yes, people should learn about the atrocities of the Pyongyang regime, a subject not talked too much about.
I’ve found out about your site via Brian in Jeollanamdo. I’m a gyopo currently living in Seoul, and the news of North Korea considering the armistice null has been alarming me not just a little. I’m actually quite worried about the situation and am considering returning to the U.S. (I’ve even taken to carrying my passport with me at all times in case I have to leave suddenly). Thank you for your thorough investigation on the various issues surrounding North Korea.
HML,
I’m not in South Korea now and haven’t been since 2002, but I don’t think you should leave out of fear of the North.
I’m probably going to head back to South Korea for a year or two this summer myself…
There has been some level of concern about upheaval since the early to mid-1990s – primarily due to fear of what NK might do if/when it starts to collapse — with important people in the public eye coming out to predict a North Korean collapse “in the near future” every couple of years since the mid-1990s.
I think most people who watch Korea roughly agree there isn’t much chance of NK starting major military action against the South — (unless it does begin to collapse, perhaps).
And most people don’t believe the US will ever risk provoking a general military conflict by trying to use limited military strikes against the North.
I remember when I was preparing to go to Korea for the first time in 1995 that the out-going commander of US troops in the South predicted the North would collapse within three years….
Just a guess – but – my sister forwarded an email to me that had a link to an MSNBC page about Melvin and the Google Earth project – I guess following up on the Wall Street Journal piece.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/30991359#30991359
I didn’t check it out because my connection is too slow. I was off a Rachel Maddow show homepage.
Apparently Melvin was a guest of the show and she linked a video.
Doing a quick Google – I saw where the interview and the North Korea Google Earth connection were mentioned on Air America radio.
That’s actually quite cool. Curtis e-mailed me later and told me he’d done the spot. Good for him.
I am also getting unusual traffic, when usually I get little to no traffic. I am taking advantage of it too. 😀 Curtis appeared on FOX News too, which was really, really cool. I felt immense pride when he was on, and I wish him all the success in the world. His Google Map project is one of the best resources I have ever seen.
I’ve been emailing the site to everyone since the Journal article, so some of that might be follow-on traffic. Oh, and sharing interesting posts as they come up too. I think we’re all watching Korea more closely, and I like the ACTUAL news you post here.
Not sure where I first found out about your site, to be honest. Picked it up from reading others… I use Google Reader and rarely actually visit the sites or leave comments – just scanning news and views.
Great work here on the Norks though. Lots of good information and clear opinions. Keep it up!
I have had a surge in traffic this week as well with one day this week getting over 10,000 page views, which was a new record for my site. Hopefully this interest in North Korean issues continues and people get more educated in other aspects of North Korea other than its nuclear program.
All of your sites now belong to famous
Well said GIKorea. On other debate forums, there are so many threads about North Korea, it feels like Christmas in July. Most of the time, most people I know can care less about North Korea. During these tests and the tensions, yes, people should learn about the atrocities of the Pyongyang regime, a subject not talked too much about.
I’ve found out about your site via Brian in Jeollanamdo. I’m a gyopo currently living in Seoul, and the news of North Korea considering the armistice null has been alarming me not just a little. I’m actually quite worried about the situation and am considering returning to the U.S. (I’ve even taken to carrying my passport with me at all times in case I have to leave suddenly). Thank you for your thorough investigation on the various issues surrounding North Korea.
HML,
I’m not in South Korea now and haven’t been since 2002, but I don’t think you should leave out of fear of the North.
I’m probably going to head back to South Korea for a year or two this summer myself…
There has been some level of concern about upheaval since the early to mid-1990s – primarily due to fear of what NK might do if/when it starts to collapse — with important people in the public eye coming out to predict a North Korean collapse “in the near future” every couple of years since the mid-1990s.
I think most people who watch Korea roughly agree there isn’t much chance of NK starting major military action against the South — (unless it does begin to collapse, perhaps).
And most people don’t believe the US will ever risk provoking a general military conflict by trying to use limited military strikes against the North.
I remember when I was preparing to go to Korea for the first time in 1995 that the out-going commander of US troops in the South predicted the North would collapse within three years….
It’s now 2009….