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Global Voices Online » North Korea
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Russia and Korea: Siberian Timbering
Robert Neff from The Marmot's Hole blogs about Korea's role in the logging of Siberian timber, in particular how North Korean are working as slave loggers in Russia.
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Korea: Lunar New Year
Ask a Korean! translated a story written by Joo Seong-Ha about Lunar New Year in North Korea.
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China: Threatened by American Internet censorship
Reactions from Chinese programmers to SourceForge.net's decision to follow American law and block users from several countries include suggestions for how to work around American censorship of the global Internet.
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Korea: Cell phone information belt
Ask a Korean! translates an article that explains how NGOs obtain information from North Korea via cell phone imported from China.
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Adoption: Securing the Rights of Mothers and Children
Women speak out from all sides of the issue: adoptees, natural mothers and adoptive mothers try to make sense of the legal, reproductive and human rights issues behind adoptions.
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China: Vist to North Korea
Alice Liu translated Rose Luqiu Luwei (闾丘露薇)'s blog post on her trip to North Korea to report on Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit. Luqiu Luwei is an executive news editor for Hong Kong's Phoenix Satellite Television.
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Israel: Hacking Ahmedinejad's Gmail Account– With Screenshot
Israellycool and Israel at Ground Level display a hacked screenshot of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Gmail account. Correspondents include Osama Bin Laden, Hassan Nasrallah, Hugo Chavez, Kim Jong Il, and Mel Gibson. [...]
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Korea: Kim Jong-Il's “kitsch” taste in art?
Ask a Korean! questions the bias interpretation made by Wall Street Journal on Kim Jong-Il's “kitsch” taste in art.
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Korea: Commentary on Clinton visit
Ask a Korean! translated two blog entries from a famous North Korea blog, Nambukstory, that commented on Clinton's visit and the release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
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China: Reactions on Clinton Rescue Reporters From N.Korea
Fauna from ChinaSMACK blogs about Chinese netizens' reactions on Clinton's trip to North Korea and the release of two reporters.
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China and North Korea: Kim is like Chairman Mao?
On 4 July, the United States’ National Day, North Korea has launched seven missiles tests again and some of them were medium-range rockets that pose threat to Japan and South Korea. While Kim Jong Il has been portrayed as a crazy and authoritarian figure, Chinese netizens are eager to compare him with Chairman Mao.
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South Korea: Citizen declaration
Cynthia Yoo from Ohmynews International reports on a citizen declaration petition against President Lee Myung-bak's government.
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Korea: Kim Jong-il’s Heir
Beom-seok Sohn from Ohmynews International discusses the potential candidates of North Korea state leader Kim Jong-il's successor.
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USA: Saberi to Ling and Lee: “You are not alone”
Roxana Saberi, the American journalist who was imprisoned for four months in Iran, is asked by the CPJ blog what she would say to journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee who were recently sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea.
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North Korea: Two American Journalists Sentenced to Hard Labor
News coming out of Pyongyang is not encouraging. After being accused of illegally crossing the border to North Korea, American Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. The bleak outcome is eliciting strong reaction online from those who support freedom of press and want North Korea to release the two journalists.
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