What's New at Kimsoft? July 2001 |
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07/30 kww: Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman - by Sun-Ok Yi - The prison camp conditions and treatment of the prisoners described are something that is so difficult for the human mind to comprehend. The only thing that I can think of to compare it to would be the Holocaust under the Nazis. Somehow, however, the story described within has escaped the eyes of the West -- Soon Ok Li's experience is one among hundreds of thousands of others -- she was released in the early 1990's but since then nothing has changed inside NK. If anything, things have gotten worse -- and there has been no outcry from the rest of the world. If you are willing to be challenged this is a book for you -- but be warned, after reading it you will find it impossible to do nothing -- her story and those of others cry out for justice.
07/30 kww: Prisoners in Paradise : American Women in the Wartime South Pacific by Theresa Kaminski - Although most of us are familiar with accounts of POWs, few realize that the Japanese imprisoned thousands of American civilian women in the Philippines during World War II. They were businessmen's wives and career girls, missionaries and teachers, nurses and mothers-and some were even spies. Many had grown accustomed to the good life in a colonial society, but after the Japanese invaded they had to learn to fend for themselves. Prisoners in Paradise is the most complete look at the experiences of these heroic women
07/28 kww: N. Koreans say U.S. policy is forcing them to boost their military might - The Bush administration’s “hostile policy” toward North Korea is hurting relationships on the peninsula, and the North has no choice but to increase its military power, North Korea told the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Wednesday.
07/26 kww: The Bridge at No Gun Ri A Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War - The untold human story behind the massacre of Korean civilians by American soldiers in the early days of the Korean War, by the Pulitzer Prize?inning journalists who uncovered it. In the fall of 1999, a team of Associated Press investigative reporters broke the news that U.S. troops had massacred a large group of South Korean civilians early in the Korean War. On the eve of that pivotal war? fiftieth anniversary, their reports brought to light a story that had been suppressed for decades, confirming allegations the U.S. military had sought to dismiss. It made headlines around the world.
07/24 kww: O Paek, opaque: North Korea, not ARF - North Korea will not be sending Foreign Minister Paek Nam-sun to this week's Asean Regional Forum meeting, preferring to be represented by a lesser official, and thereby avoiding having to talk to the Americans there. This snub confirms some countries' doubts about letting Pyongyang join the forum at all, writes Aidan Foster-Carter, who suggests it is about time North Korea followed through on some of its commitments.
07/23 kww: 'Criminals...like rats running away' - China's "Strike Hard" campaign which has involved a sharp increase in the number of aid workers arrested and fined and refugees repatriated, many to face death or imprisonment.
07/23 kww: China Steps Up Repatriation Of North Korean Refugees - China has launched a campaign of forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, according to an international humanitarian organization, which expressed "grave concern" about what will happen to the refugees when they return home.
07/20 kww: Juche on the beach: summer reading on North Korea - The days were when it was not easy to find good specialist books on North Korea written in English. Times have changed, and there is now a wide range to choose from, writes Aidan Foster-Carter, who picks a few of his favorites.
07/20 kww: The Korean peninsula's imperfect past - Pivotal periods on the Korean peninsula include the aftermath of World War II through to the war of 1950-53, the Sino-Soviet split, the democratization of Seoul's regime and the end of the Cold War. Mark B M Suh traces these events, and the great hope to overcome the division between North and South.
07/18 kww: Japan's Mass Rape and Sexual Enslavement of Women and Girls from 1932-1945: The "Comfort Women" System - Beginning in 1931 or 1932 and continuing throughout the duration of the Asian/Pacific wars, the Japanese Government instituted a system of sexual slavery throughout the territories it occupied.1 During that time, women were recruited by force, coercion, or deception into sexual slavery for the Japanese military. These women were euphemistically referred to as "comfort women" by the Japanese Imperial Army. Although historians often disagree about the number of "comfort women," the most widely used figure is estimated at 200,000
07/18 kww: Web Resources on Japan's Sex Slaves 07/16 kww: Baker Says Japan May Have to Change Constitution: Missile Defense Committment Clashes With Pacifist Prinicples - New U.S. Ambassador Howard Baker said today that Japan's participation in the planned U.S. missile defense system may force it to decide "before very long" whether to revise the pacifist constitution that now restricts its military.
07/16 kww: PYONGYANG WATCH North Korea in Southeast Asia: comradeship bombs - As with most things North Korean, its relations with countries in its own quasi-backyard of Southeast Asia have often defied logic and are marked by Pyongyang's uncanny ability to shoot itself in the foot.
07/16 kww: North Korea: first of the worst - North Korea has earned itself an award as the world's worst country, outstripping the likes of Afghanistan and the Sudan. This is no surprise. The country, like no other, combines extreme totalitarianism with abject misery.
07/10 kww: Symbolic Tribunal Tries U.S. for Crimes in Korea: Rite for the Wronged - "The GIs took away my arms and hands," said Oak Hee Lee of North Korea, describing the tragedy she suffered as a child during the Korean War. American soldiers, she said, shot off both her hands when they caught her foraging for food for her family. Afterward, she recalled, "The GIs put me in a truck and drove to a nearby village. I screamed and yelled and cried for Mommy." The GIs blindfolded her, tied her to a wooden bench, and, "after they cut off my left arm, they started on my right," she said through tears. She didn't know whether they had used "a saw or a knife."
07/09 kww: No, not that President Kim - This week North Korea's President Kim is off to tour Indo-China, but it's not the president we all know and love. Aidan Foster-Carter explains the tortuous upper reaches of Pyongyang's political hierarchy.
07/09 kww: Asian Art in the Venice Biennale 2001 - This year Asian and Pacific Islander artists are making a big splash at the Venice Biennale, the oldest and most prestigious exhibition of contemporary art in the world. This special report offers a comprehensive collection of articles, information on participating artists and links to art resources
07/04 kww/kr-war: On American Intervention In Korea, 1950 - Statement by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, July 4,1950. The events now taking place in Korea broke out on June 25 as the result of a provocative attack by the troops of the South Korean authorities on the frontier areas of the Korean People's Democratic Republic. This attack was the outcome of a premeditated plan.
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07/03 kww: North Korean refugees: the plot thickens - China acted with uncommon haste in allowing seven North Korean asylum seekers to leave the country, leaving unanswered the wider issue of the many hundreds of thousands of other North Koreans illegally in the country. The whole incident also smacks of a broader plot to ensnare Beijing on the eve of the crucial vote on who will host the 2008 Olympics.
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