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KMK: Reader Email 4

October 18, 2009July 28, 2023 Brian Dye443Leave a Comment on KMK: Reader Email 4

My family is really concerned about the big move to Korea. I hadn’t even thought twice about it before, but now there constant worrying has started to rub off. Is it as safe as I think it will be? Deb Deb, have no fear! Tell your family that we don’t all walk around in hazard […]

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KMK: Clinton in Pyongyang

August 6, 2009July 28, 2023 Brian Dye594Leave a Comment on KMK: Clinton in Pyongyang

Do you know where your ExPresident is? Sure, its not like we have an obligation to keep up with an ex, but when you spend so much time and life together its a gesture of courtesy to simply check in once and while to see how they are doing. So, you can imagine the surprise […]

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Aliou Niane in North Korea

KMK: Aliou Niane in North Korea

June 17, 2009October 24, 2023 Brian Dye7282 Comments on KMK: Aliou Niane in North Korea

Care to know what it’s like to go to University in North Korea as an Exchange student? Well, look no further than the story of Aliou Niane of Guinea West Africa who, along with nine other students, was shipped off to North Korea to study Juche ideology on communal agriculture practices from 1982 to 1987 […]

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KMK: American Journalists Sentenced in North Korea

June 11, 2009April 19, 2011 Brian Dye3801 Comment on KMK: American Journalists Sentenced in North Korea

  The Verdict is in and eventhough I’m a few days late on this news, I’d like to add my 100won anyway. The two American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have just been given their verdict and the news isn’t good. Both journalists have been charged with unspecified crimes against the North Korean Government. […]

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KMK: Christine Amanpour

August 9, 2008July 29, 2023 Brian Dye5401 Comment on KMK: Christine Amanpour

Yeah, this is a bit late, but I still think worthy of a posting. A couple of months back CNN’s omnipresent reporter at large, Christine Amanpour, undertook a herculean task of reporting inside North Korea and living to tell the tale. I had seen the commercials on CNN advertising her big special and I meant […]

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KMK: DMZ – Dorasan Station

September 10, 2007October 24, 2023 Brian Dye725Leave a Comment on KMK: DMZ – Dorasan Station

Dorasan Station will be the first station to connect travelers from between North and South Korea by rail! The station is on the Gyeongui line. When the station opened a big production was made with even the US President everyone likes to hate making an appearance. However, the plans to begin service have yet to […]

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