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Meet the New Korean Ambassador

This certainly doesn’t look very encouraging: – Will your criminal record for tax evasion hinder your diplomatic activity? “That is a tough question. I’ve never heard anything from the United States. It is a relief to me that I was appointed ambassador by the [progressive] Roh administration, the successor to the Kim Dae-jung administration [which indicted him]. It means that my punishment for tax evasion in 1999 could be viewed from another perspective.” Note that this guy wants to be...

Media Roundup

It’s come to this–Kang Chol-Hwan tells us that North Korea is building a border fence and tiger traps to kill and maim refugees. If there were a futures market on North Korea, I’d be indicted for insider trading. As you heard me speculate here, the NK secret police suspect an assassination attempt by “rebellious forces” was behind the Ryongchon explosion; they’re in full purge mode and are confiscating every cell phone they can find. The Korea Herald may be onto...

Media Roundup

It’s come to this–Kang Chol-Hwan tells us that North Korea is building a border fence and tiger traps to kill and maim refugees. If there were a futures market on North Korea, I’d be indicted for insider trading. As you heard me speculate here, the NK secret police suspect an assassination attempt by “rebellious forces” was behind the Ryongchon explosion; they’re in full purge mode and are confiscating every cell phone they can find. The Korea Herald may be onto...

Why I hate Kerry

A friend today asked me to explain why I hate Kerry. My choice of words. Fundamentally, his election would be a disaster for this nation when we can’t afford weak leadership. His policy weaknesses are rooted in his character weaknesses. Here’s my ranting, incohertent stab at ‘splaining a view I’ve felt strongly since the 1980s: 1. Deep down, he’s an America hater. Now G-d knows, if America sent me to an unpopular war, I might hold some bitterness at somebody,...

Why I hate Kerry

A friend today asked me to explain why I hate Kerry. My choice of words. Fundamentally, his election would be a disaster for this nation when we can’t afford weak leadership. His policy weaknesses are rooted in his character weaknesses. Here’s my ranting, incohertent stab at ‘splaining a view I’ve felt strongly since the 1980s: 1. Deep down, he’s an America hater. Now G-d knows, if America sent me to an unpopular war, I might hold some bitterness at somebody,...

Keynote Address by Suzanne Scholte, North Korean Human Rights Conference, Seoul, December 2005

I’d like to thank my friend Suzanne Scholte for forwarding the full text of her keynote address at Freedom House’s North Korean Human Rights Conference in Seoul. Keynote Speech for Seoul Summit: Promoting Human Rights in North Korea Remarks by Suzanne Scholte . . . December 8, 2005 I am deeply honored to be a part of this Seoul Summit: Promoting Human Rights in North Korea and thank the Organizing Committee and Freedom House for asking me to be one...