Open Sources: Multicultural Children May Erupt in Terrorism!

Also, they make ddok from the blood of pure Korean children:

“There is a possibility that the discrimination, scorn and frustration felt by migrant workers, multicultural children and North Korean defectors may erupt in acts of terrorism,” Howon University Professor Lee Man-jong, head of the Korean Association for Terrorism Studies, wrote in the paper. Drawing on examples from the 2004 Madrid train bombings and the 2005 suicide attacks in London, Lee said that the “discrimination and scorn of minorities were the main cause of terrorism.” [The Korea Times]

I don’t know the last time I’ve seen such groundless broad-brush scapegoating. If any members of the above-mentioned groups support acts of terrorism in South Korea, I’m pretty sure they have that purpose in mind when they come to South Korea in the first place.

“A South Korean-U.S. Marine Corps joint drill is planned for Yellow Sea islands this year,” the official said on the condition of anonymity. “The planned drill would take place near the islands of Baengnyeong or Yeonpyeong.” [link]

North Korea has suspended rental of mobile phones to foreign visitors since January, visitors to the country said Monday, a move that may reflect concern in the North over the flow of information about democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East.

You’re kidding. North Korea used to let foreigners rent cell phones? Hell, when I was in South Korea, a foreigner could barely rent one there.

We too often forget that some North Korean prison camp survivors are American. Here’s a new memoir from one of them.

Yet again, a totalitarian may hang onto power through the ruthless application of force against his subjects:

Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi used tanks, helicopters and warplanes to quell a growing revolt, witnesses said on Tuesday, as the veteran leader scoffed at reports he was fleeing after four decades in power. Warplanes bombed portions of the capital Tripoli on Tuesday in new attacks in the Mediterranean coastal city, and mercenaries fired on civilians, Al Jazeera reported.

As bad as this is, I shudder to think of what will happen if Khaddafy’s army rolls into Benghazi and the other cities of the east. Think Hama. Things like this are the reason why I say that non-violent resistance has no chance of changing North Korea. Either the military mutinies, or the people need guns.

So no one really expected to see the overthrow of the Chinese government this weekend. In fact, the mysterious “Jasmine Revolution” looks suspiciously like a hundred-flowers hoax or a police response exercise. Still, the authorities there certainly seem jittery, don’t they?