11 June 2010

So, did you hear about Lee Myung Bak’s plot to kill Kim Jong Il?

Sure, the idea that we can punish North Korea for sinking the Cheonan by staging some event at the World Cup is absurd in itself, but hey, it’s still not as dumb as blaring K-pop over loudspeakers at the DMZ. It might have some merit in the context of a broader campaign of subversion, which doesn’t appear to be taking shape.

There aren’t many people I’d say this about, but I really wish Fidel Castro would just hurry up and put us all out of his misery:

In the final analysis, the U.S. could do too easily such big job, ie, the operation to eliminate the coalition government of Hatoyama but it is paying a very dear price for what it has done, he observed. The political leaders and the world public opinion have proof of the cynicism and absolute lack of scruples that characterize the United States’ imperial policy, he stressed.

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How North Korea acquired Russian missile technology: I’ve seen reports that it acquired other designs from the Chinese, but those reports aren’t mutually exclusive.

What happens to reformers in North Korea.

South Korea is holding a purge of its own, though I expect there will be fewer mysterious deaths in this case.

from rural North Korea.

Here’s a profile of Japan’s new Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, and an analysis of his plans to repair relations with America.