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A hat tip to an influential official in the U.S. government, who saw this post at usinkorea and e-mailed me this morning to say, “Josh: These continuing developments in South Korea worry people in Washington.” Thanks also to Antti, whom I presume is the Finnish blogger who helped with the translation: Japanese bastards were expelled, and American bastards came in. We thought it was liberation, but they were all same bastards. Kick them out! Kick them out! USFK! Kick them...

HRC Update: They’ve released their action plan, which is to use the time and money they saved not worrying about state-imposed famine, concentration camps, infanticides, and Orwellian thought control, and focusing those resources on the cause of imposing a socialist nanny state in the South: Korea’s National Human Rights Commission on Monday finalized an action plan to promote human rights and protect the less privileged in society. The plan calls for greater political rights for government officials and teachers, who...

Usinkorea just forwarded me links to the two APEC propaganda videos in question. These are produced by South Korea’s Korean Teachers Union, which has links to North Korea and some of its more obvious stooges in the South (home, then scroll down). You can see the one that’s caused all of the fracas here; more here. And what are the kids learning in South Korea? Repeated use of the “f” word is highly appropriate for children. Corporations are evil, greedy,...

For new readers, here’s my original post on the violent 9/11 anti-American protests in Incheon, by North Korean sympathizers who want to tear down a statue of General Douglas MacArthur. Today saw the first major coverage by major U.S. media. This L.A. Times piece by Barbara Demick, though an incomplete picture, was much better than nothing. First, what the article does say: On Sunday, more than 4,000 anti-MacArthur demonstrators armed with bamboo sticks clashed with an almost equal number of...

20th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL ON U.S.-KOREA SECURITY STUDIES Changing Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for the U.S.-ROK Alliance October 7, 2005 The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE Washington, DC Paper: The Trojan Horse: Pyongyang’s Successful Propaganda Campaign to Win the Hearts of South Koreans and Undermine the U.S.-ROK Alliance by Dennis P. Halpin Professional Staff, House International Relations Committee This paper reflects my own views and not necessarily, except where explicitly stated, the views of Chairman...

by Dennis P. Halpin, Professional Staff, East Asian Affairs International Relations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives ______________________ Presented at North Korea Freedom Week North Korea Human Rights Conference Sponsored by the Korean Association of Maryland Metropolitan Area and Jubilee Campaign _________________ New Covenant Fellowship Church Germantown, Maryland April 30, 2005 This statement reflects my own views and not necessarily those of the International Relations Committee nor its Chairman Henry J. Hyde. The recent death of John Paul II is a...