Comments on: The going rate for North Koreans http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/ Korea... in Blog Format Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:41:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kunsanpcv http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59659 Kunsanpcv Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:54:25 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59659 I was at a conference at Peking University last year which had a Nork delegation assisted by a female interpreter. I would gladly have forked over $800 for her, not even haggled about it. I was at a conference at Peking University last year which had a Nork delegation assisted by a female interpreter. I would gladly have forked over $800 for her, not even haggled about it.

]]> By: hoju_saram http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59614 hoju_saram Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:03:57 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59614 Not wanting to hijack this thread, but I couldn't help but notice at the bottom of the linked article at OneFreeKorea the fact that the author praises Guantanamo Bay. I like OneFreeKorea mainly because I hate the NK regime. But to heap shit on the NK gulags while at the same time giving the thumbs up to "gitmo" is the height of hypocrasy. I'm not saying it is worse than the NK prisons, but surely the US can do better (as can our own "honorable" PM) particularly if it seeks to be a moral compass fopr the rest of the world. If anyone is interested, check this link about one guy who has been there for 5 years without trial: http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2006/12/does_david_hick.html Disgusting. Not wanting to hijack this thread, but I couldn’t help but notice at the bottom of the linked article at OneFreeKorea the fact that the author praises Guantanamo Bay. I like OneFreeKorea mainly because I hate the NK regime. But to heap shit on the NK gulags while at the same time giving the thumbs up to “gitmo” is the height of hypocrasy. I’m not saying it is worse than the NK prisons, but surely the US can do better (as can our own “honorable” PM) particularly if it seeks to be a moral compass fopr the rest of the world. If anyone is interested, check this link about one guy who has been there for 5 years without trial:

http://radar.smh.com.au/archiv....._hick.html

Disgusting.

]]> By: Breaktrack http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59503 Breaktrack Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:31:57 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59503 $800.00?! I'll take two now and three later! $800.00?! I’ll take two now and three later!

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59493 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:09:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59493 mateo, interesting point. The 500 million dollars that Kim Dae Jung sent to North Korea would have been sent to this Rev. Phillip Buck, he could have reunited 625000 North Koreans with their South Korean family members for good instead of reuniting a few dozen North and South Koreans for no longer than the time it took for them to digest the dinner that they shared. mateo, interesting point. The 500 million dollars that Kim Dae Jung sent to North Korea would have been sent to this Rev. Phillip Buck, he could have reunited 625000 North Koreans with their South Korean family members for good instead of reuniting a few dozen North and South Koreans for no longer than the time it took for them to digest the dinner that they shared.

]]> By: mateomiguel http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59479 mateomiguel Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:54:08 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59479 That's US$34,368,265,500 to get everybody out, or 0.2% of the GDP for the US for 2006. It can be raised by collecting US$116.21 from every man, woman, and child in the country. If we added in contributions from the citizens of Canada, South Korea, and Japan, the cost per person would only be US$68.10 per person. The payments can be averaged out in 12 easy monthly installments of US$5.60. I could have afforded this when I was 10 years old! I assume that as more and more people leave the country, the cost will lower as there will be less people to stop those who are being smuggled out. So the final cost might very well be less than that. Wow, with numbers like that, why isn't North Korea gone yet? That’s US$34,368,265,500 to get everybody out, or 0.2% of the GDP for the US for 2006. It can be raised by collecting US$116.21 from every man, woman, and child in the country.

If we added in contributions from the citizens of Canada, South Korea, and Japan, the cost per person would only be US$68.10 per person. The payments can be averaged out in 12 easy monthly installments of US$5.60. I could have afforded this when I was 10 years old!

I assume that as more and more people leave the country, the cost will lower as there will be less people to stop those who are being smuggled out. So the final cost might very well be less than that.

Wow, with numbers like that, why isn’t North Korea gone yet?

]]> By: virtual wonderer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59469 virtual wonderer Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:51:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59469 Bipolar Mindscrew Actually the price range pretty much overlaps the price range of a NK woman who are sold into marraige and/or prostitution. Bipolar Mindscrew

Actually the price range pretty much overlaps the price range of a NK woman who are sold into marraige and/or prostitution.

]]> By: North Korea News Roundup at ROK Drop http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59467 North Korea News Roundup at ROK Drop Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:24:10 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59467 [...] Finally the Marmot via OFK has a posting about the going rate of getting North Korean defectors out of China: [...] [...] Finally the Marmot via OFK has a posting about the going rate of getting North Korean defectors out of China: [...]

]]> By: Bipolar Mindscrew http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59457 Bipolar Mindscrew Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:29:43 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59457 Hmmm, cheaper than your average Thai or Filipino Mail-order bride... interesting. Hmmm, cheaper than your average Thai or Filipino Mail-order bride… interesting.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59452 SomeguyinKorea Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:06:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59452 R. Elgin, the question everybody's minds right now is how much it will cost us if he tries to get Kim Jong Il to agree to an inter-Korea summit in advance of the next elections. R. Elgin, the question everybody’s minds right now is how much it will cost us if he tries to get Kim Jong Il to agree to an inter-Korea summit in advance of the next elections.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59448 R. Elgin Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:08:14 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/19/the-going-rate-for-north-koreans/#comment-59448 I wonder how much it would cost to free Roh Moo Hyan from the Blue House? I wonder how much it would cost to free Roh Moo Hyan from the Blue House?

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