The NKHRA Makes Waves Korean press reaction to Bush’s signing of the NKHRA here, and the Unification Minister’s futile two cents’ worth of regret here. Now, the GNP (Grand National Party, South Korea’s “conservative” opposition) wants to get into the act. So they finally found their voice, now that the song is half over. And it’s a dirge. Meanwhile, the spigot on North Korean emigration has loosened another half-turn with only the second known successful defection by sea: Two North...

The NKHRA Makes Waves Korean press reaction to Bush’s signing of the NKHRA here, and the Unification Minister’s futile two cents’ worth of regret here. Now, the GNP (Grand National Party, South Korea’s “conservative” opposition) wants to get into the act. So they finally found their voice, now that the song is half over. And it’s a dirge. Meanwhile, the spigot on North Korean emigration has loosened another half-turn with only the second known successful defection by sea: Two North...

Sometimes, the ideological chasm between Seoul’s generations make you think America is positively single-minded. Nice to see Koreans defending the values our soldiers fought to protect like they actually mean it. Nice to see real common ground with a few Koreans. Too bad the people who share that common ground with us have a demographic half-life of ten years. The only way to keep Seoul from becoming Kim Il-Sung City is to capture the imagination of the younger generations with...

They have arrived in Seoul, and L.A. is presumably not on their itinerary at this point. Sounds like the ROK government made a call to the Mongolians, sensing that the arrival of North Koreans in the United States would be a profound embarassment. Letting North Koreans arrive in the United States also threatens Seoul’s ability to keep muzzling defectors who might tell the Americans where the bodies are buried. Sounds like my theory that the North Korean Human Rights Act’s...

Posted here on the White House Web site. Hat tip: NKZone. The qualifying language is intended to preserve the President’s position in a longstanding dispute with the legislative branch over who gets to make foreign policy (expect that one to reach the Supreme Court some day). All in all, a great day.

Sometimes, the ideological chasm between Seoul’s generations make you think America is positively single-minded. Nice to see Koreans defending the values our soldiers fought to protect like they actually mean it. Nice to see real common ground with a few Koreans. Too bad the people who share that common ground with us have a demographic half-life of ten years. The only way to keep Seoul from becoming Kim Il-Sung City is to capture the imagination of the younger generations with...

They have arrived in Seoul, and L.A. is presumably not on their itinerary at this point. Sounds like the ROK government made a call to the Mongolians, sensing that the arrival of North Koreans in the United States would be a profound embarassment. Letting North Koreans arrive in the United States also threatens Seoul’s ability to keep muzzling defectors who might tell the Americans where the bodies are buried. Sounds like my theory that the North Korean Human Rights Act’s...

I explain the connections between them on NKZone.

I explain the connections between them on NKZone.

. . . defectors from North Korea arrive today. I’m glad the North Koreans have paid attention to our efforts and are already taking advantage of them. I yield to no one in my enthusiasm for the North Korean Human Rights Act overall; however, I have two reservations. Really. First, the President hasn’t signed the NKHRA into law yet, which means Section 302 asylum still isn’t available to these two individuals. Second, the North Koreans are too emotionally scarred and...

. . . defectors from North Korea arrive today. I’m glad the North Koreans have paid attention to our efforts and are already taking advantage of them. I yield to no one in my enthusiasm for the North Korean Human Rights Act overall; however, I have two reservations. Really. First, the President hasn’t signed the NKHRA into law yet, which means Section 302 asylum still isn’t available to these two individuals. Second, the North Koreans are too emotionally scarred and...

Heh.

Since I’m on a roll here, I’ve humbly presented my plan to use information warfare to exploit the weaknesses–Marx would say the inherent contradictions–of the North Korean regime to undermine it. No doubt I’m giving ammo to those who claim that the NKHRA is meant to change the NK regime. It is, of course. Here’s how I think it could be done. Read the discussion, too.

I’ve posted an interesting inside scoop on the passage of the North Korea Human Rights Act on NKZone. Michael Horowitz, one of the persons most responsible for its passage, describes the steep odds proponents of the Act had to overcome.

Heh.

Heh.

Since I’m on a roll here, I’ve humbly presented my plan to use information warfare to exploit the weaknesses–Marx would say the inherent contradictions–of the North Korean regime to undermine it. No doubt I’m giving ammo to those who claim that the NKHRA is meant to change the NK regime. It is, of course. Here’s how I think it could be done. Read the discussion, too.

I’ve posted an interesting inside scoop on the passage of the North Korea Human Rights Act on NKZone. Michael Horowitz, one of the persons most responsible for its passage, describes the steep odds proponents of the Act had to overcome.