Posted on November 17, 2009 by sleepingcow
Andrei Lankov has an op-ed in the IHT offering his take on what American negotiators can accomplish as they prepare to engage with Pyongyang fully aware that its leaders have no intention of abandoning their nuclear arsenal.
1) it is possible to agree on dismantling the North Korean nuclear research and production facilities.
2) North Koreans will [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2009 by sleepingcow
An article on the life and work of photographer Kim Young-gap, who spent the last ten years of his life submerging himself into the hidden beauty of Korea’s southern island. Kim died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2005.
I visited a gallery set up in his name on the island in 2006. His love of the [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2009 by sleepingcow
Went to the local E-mart a few nights ago. Standing around with my son while my wife finished the shopping we both got sucked into staring at a nearby flat-panel TV screen showing Madagascar 2. “Wow, look at that quality, and the price… but what the hell is a Haier?” The sales woman told us [...]
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