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There are two interesting new reports in the Daily NK, both based on clandestine interviews with a small number of North Koreans. The obvious cautions apply. -I- First, an interview of a resident of Chongjin, in the far northeast: The security agents say that they no longer arrest blasphemers. They even say that they will enforce laws on the basis of scientific evidences. (Blasphemers refer to those who blaspheme the system of the Kim Il Sung or Kim Jong Il...

N. Korean Trains Barely Running: Daily NK has an interview with a former engineer who defected, and who claims that no more than 10% of his former colleagues remain at their posts.

Take all reports from defectors with the same obvious cautions. This is the first report I’ve seen of starvation deaths in North Korea since famine began to reemerge this Spring. It’s also an interesting description of life inside a North Korean work camp.

There are two other accounts of the Freedom House conference, aside from my own. While I’m stuck in the details of what everyone said (I’ll stay stuck there because that’s the niche I’ve opted to fill), the other reports pan out for the wide-angle view. I recommend both. I can’t figure out what the deal is with cell phones in North Korea these days, but this report suggests that aside from senior officials and those who possess them illegally near...