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ESL Daily reports that North Korea has permitted a group of Americans to enter North Korea to teach English.
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I predict a drop of black ink, in the Han river.
A lot of quiet moves towards opening the country recently, which has me wondering what those communists are up to
They want to avoid war, at least China does and is probably worried.
Damnit, Chul-soo! “Imperialist American Bastards” only has one ‘l’! Off to Sunghori for you!
There’s a book out written by a former DPRK English teacher (or was it writer?) In any case, it’s an interesting read, particularly the naive subplot detailing his attempts to gain approval to court a local girl. One day she vanished. I often wondered whether she’d been sent to the gulags.
In any case, this new teacher drive begs the question, will we see a new thread start up on Dave’s detailing the thrifty exploits of DPRK hagwon bosses? I can only imagine what the complaints would be like…
Do you mean “A Year in Pyongyang”?
http://www.aidanfc.net/a_year_in_pyongyang.html
Actually I was thinking of Comrades and Strangers by Michael Harrold.
http://www.amazon.com/Comrades.....0470869763
But I might check out the one you mentioned - is it any good?
Sunny Lee at Asia Times wrote a nice article on North Korean female hostesses in Beijing. These North Korean “room-bang” girls are very different from their South Korean counterparts in that they come from some of the best universities in North Korea. Anyways, Sunny said that he thought their English was pretty dang good and better than the average South Korean going to an English hagwon.
Just my twenty won…
Comrades and Strangers and A Year in Pyongyang really ought to be read together. The authors’ sojourns in North Korea overlapped, and they write about several of the same characters.
And you thought your hogwon was tough. Now, nobody in SK Engrish is allowed to complain anymore.
“My hagwon boss took my passport!’
“That’s nothing. My hagwon boss ordered a self-criticism session that ended with 2 entire families packing for concentration camps.”
SK teacher falls silent…
The teachers include five second-generation Korean-Americans. I wonder if what’s really behind this is an attempt by Pyongyang to cultivate spies. They might think the people who would answer the call to go to North Korea are already sympathetic to Pyongyang’s problems in relation to Bush’s America.
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“The teachers include five second-generation Korean-Americans……”
Pawi?
#12, could be why Pawi disappeared.
Really, Pawi is anti-The Expat™, not pro-North.
Pawi will return.Guaranteed.I haven’t checked yet, has The Nomad returned to blogworld?
#14
My bad for going there in the first place…
Will they be able to get front row seats the next time Kim jong Il orders his generals to be publicly burned at the stake in May Day stadium like he did in the late 90’s?
What spooks me about this is the ‘human shield ‘ potential that we’re giving to Mr. Evil with this move.