NoKo: OPPOSING VIOLENT PROTESTS IS ‘TERRORISM:’ I think they’re referring to this. For the record, here is how North Korea deals with violent protests, and here’s how it deals with peaceful ones. PROTESTORS from Reporters Without Borders disrupted the Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Athens and interrupted a ChiCom party hack’s speech. The Washington Post has video. Tibetan protestors blocked a nearby road, and several were arrested. In Tibet, the protests continue: In the Chabcha area of Amdo [Hainan/Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous...

HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE TO KILL to get noticed by Amnesty International?  My theory is that it depends on how much you tell people you hate America, but it looks like North Korea may have exceeded Amnesty’s limit.  Let’s hope this turns out to be something sustained. NAMIBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DENOUNCES North Korea’s human rights record  on the occasion of Kim Yong Nam’s visit: Just about a week or two ago about 15 people were executed publicly...

WE PAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to get back the remains of our MIA’s, but North Korea lets them lie unclaimed, unmarked, and unmourned. Then again, that’s probably true of plenty of North Koreans today. HARD TIMES FOR BAD PEOPLE: The Washington Post reports from Colombia that the the Marxist, Chavez-backed, coke-dealing FARC guerrillas have suffered serious military setbacks and morale problems. Like Al Qaeda, the FARC has done serious harm to America on its own soil, and also...

BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS: “[D]espite the strong call for government action, South Korea had the largest number of people (41 percent) saying the employers should be allowed to refuse hiring a qualified person because of the person’s race or ethnicity.” The average on this question was 19 percent. Asked if the government should prevent employers from discriminating, 53 percent said yes, below the average 60 percent. [Yonhap, via The Hankyoreh] TIBET’S POLITICAL DEMOGRAPHICS: The Peking Duck explains...