Open Sources: Is this Kim Jong Il’s daughter? Also: Open News on Drugs in N. Korea

Now here is a prom date you probably can’t turn down.

Does anyone else find this sort of rhetoric eerily similar to what the Nazi press said about Britain and France in the 30’s?

China’s humiliations at the hands of Western powers in the past centuries “left the Chinese people with the deep pain of having seas they could not defend, helplessly eating the bitter fruit of being beaten for being backward,” said a front-page editorial in the paper.

All of this nationalist rage will probably have a terrible ending, and the potential damage to humanity is even greater than it was in 1939.

Open News has a whole series on the country’s growing drug problem:
– Some background on the origins, history, and scope of the problem: “Especially in this extremely difficult situation, drugs have become a way to cope for those who harbor strong discontent and a sense of loss.”
– The North Korean government’s involvement in manufacturing and selling illicit drugs.
– The authorities are now trying to regain control of their borders, as customs inspectors take bribes to allow drug shipments through.
– Today, elementary school kids are become drug addicts because they’re using meth as a replacement for medicine that isn’t available (Margaret Chan was unavailable for comment).
– All of this is hurting the Chinese people, too, but the concerns of local authorities won’t matter much. Beijing is more interested in using Kim Jong Il to keep Korea divided and cause security problems for America.