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By: OneFreeKorea » ‘Pyongyang Soju’ Importer Arrested

OneFreeKorea » ‘Pyongyang Soju’ Importer Arrested — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:12:02 +0000

[...] know others have already blogged about this story, but something about that name, Steve Park, sounded [...]

By: Hwarang

Hwarang — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:34:58 +0000

I doubt anything will come of this. If this is all there is to the story, then I doubt anyone wants to see him go to jail, even the FBI. Just hold him for a while and scare the crap out of him to make him spill all the beans of everything he know about deals with NK (and especially everything he knows about the South Korean officials and what they were doing), and then slap him with a couple thousand dollar fine or a month in the pokey.

My prediction is that we won’t hear of this story again after a few days. Interesting though.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:17:56 +0000

“Probably because they think made-in-USA is far more reliable.”

I thought about that later. It’s a sad day for Chinese exports when even the Norks don’t trust their goods.

By: mateomiguel

mateomiguel — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:43:19 +0000

#15.

I thought I would educate you with some American examples of benchmarking

I don’t think the American style of benchmarking compares to North Korea’s, unless you want to claim that the North Mafia is ‘benchmarking’ US currency.

But hey, go ahead and continue to defend the North. I ain’t stopping you!

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:00:49 +0000

Sounds to me like the FBI may have been trying to turn him into a double agent. Since that failed, they arrested him.

By: YoungRocco2

YoungRocco2 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:38:51 +0000

Speaking of benchmarking, Ut Videam, I thought I would educate you with some American examples of benchmarking:

http://findarticles.com/p/arti.....i_13790776

Now I’m not calling you a hypocrite, but…

Hey, you got some egg on your face.

By: babarian

babarian — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:37:14 +0000

“Can’t NK get this stuff from China a lot cheaper?”

Probably because they think made-in-USA is far more reliable.

By: hoju_saram

hoju_saram — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:53:52 +0000

#12 beat me to it.

By: Ut videam

Ut videam — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:05:21 +0000

#11 -

“Maybe they wanted samples to copy.”

Benchmark, Sonagi. Benchmark.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:57:42 +0000

“For example, on March 20, 2007, FBI agents showed Park photographs of certain South Korean officials working in Manhattan, and Park stated that he did not know two of the officials. Park then drove directly from that FBI interview to a restaurant in New Jersey, where he met with one of the South Korean officials he claimed not to know.”

Didn’t take too much sleuthing to catch this dumbo. His shopping list of insecticides, anesthetics and veterinary products seems pretty harmless, albeit illegal. Can’t NK get this stuff from China a lot cheaper? Maybe they wanted samples to copy.