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Cost-sharing negotiations between the U.S. and South Korea continue. Yes, that would be the sharing of the costs of defending South Korea with U.S. troops. Although the Pentagon will withdraw a third of its troops over the next few years, it’s not at all interested in continuing to bear the same burden of the cost for its wealthy host. South Korea is balking, and the negotiations have stalled. What this Korea Herald article does not mention is that although the...

Limited Reassurance: CNN reports that the Pentagon claims a “limited capability” to defend against North Korean missiles with its new interceptors.

Some newer readers may not be familiar with LiNK, a global organization dedicated to assisting North Koreans both inside and outside their own country, primarily by creating political pressure for North Korea to stop repressing its people. You can read about some of LiNK’s activities here, here, and here. Its founder, Adrian Hong, has a modest, easygoing way that defies his deep convictions; in fact, his mannerisms might remind you of Harold from “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.”...

The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that 80% of the Japanese people want sanctions against North Korea.

Yonhap reports that North Korea has shut down its casino along the Chinese border, as I predicted here two days ago. It’s simply amazing how reasonable Kim Jong Il can be when China starts fiddling with the valve on the fuel pipeline.

Cost-sharing negotiations between the U.S. and South Korea continue. Yes, that would be the sharing of the costs of defending South Korea with U.S. troops. Although the Pentagon will withdraw a third of its troops over the next few years, it’s not at all interested in continuing to bear the same burden of the cost for its wealthy host. South Korea is balking, and the negotiations have stalled. What this Korea Herald article does not mention is that although the...

Limited Reassurance: CNN reports that the Pentagon claims a “limited capability” to defend against North Korean missiles with its new interceptors.

Note: Video link fixed! Scroll down for updates. And a big welcome to all the readers from the Command Post and MSNBC! From the North Korean exile newspaper DailyNK, via Kommentariat, comes this remarkable video. The tape, which is the third to emerge from North Korea in two weeks, appears to be the first ever of an anti-government organization in North Korea. Those who made the tape would almost certainly have faced a firing squad had they been caught. Because...

Inauguration Sledding Day: My Election Day foray into politics was enough for me. Driven not so much by an affection for George Bush as my abject terror of a Kerry presidency (pretty well encapsulated in this image), I did it as one might crawl into a sewer to save a trapped child. Much showering followed later, until I used it my poll-watching stint as a way to con my way into one of the best seats in the Ronald Reagan...

Note: Video link fixed! Scroll down for updates. And a big welcome to all the readers from the Command Post and MSNBC! From the North Korean exile newspaper DailyNK, via Kommentariat, comes this remarkable video. The tape, which is the third to emerge from North Korea in two weeks, appears to be the first ever of an anti-government organization in North Korea. Those who made the tape would almost certainly have faced a firing squad had they been caught. Because...

Note: Video link fixed! Scroll down for updates. And a big welcome to all the readers from the Command Post and MSNBC! From the North Korean exile newspaper DailyNK, via Kommentariat, comes this remarkable video. The tape, which is the third to emerge from North Korea in two weeks, appears to be the first ever of an anti-government organization in North Korea. Those who made the tape would almost certainly have faced a firing squad had they been caught. Because...

Inauguration Sledding Day: My Election Day foray into politics was enough for me. Driven not so much by an affection for George Bush as my abject terror of a Kerry presidency (pretty well encapsulated in this image), I did it as one might crawl into a sewer to save a trapped child. Much showering followed later, until I used it my poll-watching stint as a way to con my way into one of the best seats in the Ronald Reagan...

Every man has a price; but mine is higher than this. What better way to mollify a blogger’s widow than a nice little check to cash, right? Yes, I spend plenty of time maintaining this site, and I wouldn’t normally see much of a moral conflict in accepting ads, but I drew slashed a deep line in the sand when I saw what one of the ads was selling–Kim Il Sung collectables! Not here, not ever, no way, and not...

Here’s a little social experiment for you. See if you can guess which of these acts the Korean left would not consider to be the slightest bit exploitive or morally reprehensible: 1. Lawn bowling with Marie Antoinette. 2. Box seats next to Uncle Adolf at the 1936 Olympics. 3. A golf tour of Kim Jong Il’s favorite courses while this is happening outside the city limits. Yep. You guessed it. Next week in OhMyNews–a tour of Dachau’s finest shuffleboard courts,...

Every man has a price; but mine is higher than this. What better way to mollify a blogger’s widow than a nice little check to cash, right? Yes, I spend plenty of time maintaining this site, and I wouldn’t normally see much of a moral conflict in accepting ads, but I drew slashed a deep line in the sand when I saw what one of the ads was selling–Kim Il Sung collectables! Not here, not ever, no way, and not...

Here’s a little social experiment for you. See if you can guess which of these acts the Korean left would not consider to be the slightest bit exploitive or morally reprehensible: 1. Lawn bowling with Marie Antoinette. 2. Box seats next to Uncle Adolf at the 1936 Olympics. 3. A golf tour of Kim Jong Il’s favorite courses while this is happening outside the city limits. Yep. You guessed it. Next week in OhMyNews–a tour of Dachau’s finest shuffleboard courts,...

I’ve posted some observations about United States v. Graner, the first Abu Ghraib case, here.

I’ve posted some observations about United States v. Graner, the first Abu Ghraib case, here.