Comments on: Glimpse of life in Chongjin — ABSOLUTELY MUST READ!!!

By: radix42

radix42 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:21:03 +0000

From page 2 of part one of the linked article:

“Seo had little equipment, save for an accordion, which all kindergarten teachers were required to play so they could lead their pupils in songs praising the Kim family.”

Mandatory accordion music???

Now I know that they are well and truly mad…

By: virtual wonderer

virtual wonderer — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:55:06 +0000

From some articles floating around by NK refugees, they say northern part of NK is very different from the southern part of NK in terms of treatment by PyongYang and their political outlook. I hope one day a brave and pulitzer deserving journalist can get into the region closer to the South Korean border…

By: snow

snow — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:18:08 +0000

What an amazing story. Things certainly do seem to be happening up there. It’s exciting to hear that the grip of KJI is loosening, and yet frightening to think of what could come, collapse or worse.

By: KrZ

KrZ — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:35:03 +0000

I can’t get it to work under XP-SP2 either, so it’s not just a Mac issue.

By: petrushka

petrushka — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 11:53:09 +0000

Thanks for a fascinating read.

I’d very much like to view the videos, but for some reason, WMV on Mac can’t handle them. Does anyone here know how to get to them from a Mac? I’ve tried downloading the site and so on, but nothing seems to work. Any clues?