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2008-07-13 China-Japan-Koreas

Workers Paradise - Videos from North Korea 'tour'.

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Posted by CrazyFool 2008-07-13 10:23|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1745 views ] Top

1 I'd be awful careful up there...

South Korean tourist shot dead by North soldier

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean soldier gunned down a 53-year-old South Korean woman tourist who wandered into a military area at a mountain resort in the North in the predawn hours of Friday, a South Korean official said.

The woman identified by her family name Park, was killed in an incident that comes as ties between the two states have chilled since a new South Korean president took office in February promising to get tough with Pyongyang.

Park was strolling on a beach and entered a fenced-off North Korean military area near the Mount Kumgang resort, just north of the border on the east coast, and was shot in her torso and leg by a sentry, the official said.

South Korea will halt tourism to the resort from Saturday, Unification Ministry official Kim Ho-nyoun told a news conference.

...and the inevitable Norkie response

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) regrets the death of a South Korean tourist killed by a DPRK soldier but the woman should take full responsibility for the incident, a DPRK spokesman said Saturday.

South Korean government should take full responsibilities, make an apology to the DPRK and promise that a similar incident would never happen again, said the spokesman for the DPRK Guidance Bureau for Comprehensive Development of Scenic Spots.

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-13 11:48|| 2008-07-13 11:48|| Front Page Top

2 Watched all 14 of the episodes, couldn't stop.
I'm not familiar with Shane Smith, I suspect he was going to try to put the hippie, liberal spin on things until he saw how truly f*cked up Nkor really is. He took some real risks to make this, it's the most film I've ever seen out of NKor. Very interesting and worth the time to view.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-07-13 12:15|| 2008-07-13 12:15|| Front Page Top

3 If you start watching this, you won't stop. It's so bizarre that it's mesmerizing.
And they did take some big time chances.

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-13 13:35|| 2008-07-13 13:35|| Front Page Top

4 thought I was gonna watch one clip -- wrong.. totally worth the time.
thanks for the great link.

Kimmie luvs show tunes and broadway type musicals --- frigin sweet hilliarity.

Posted by macofromoc 2008-07-13 13:55|| 2008-07-13 13:55|| Front Page Top

5 Simply amazing.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-13 17:34|| 2008-07-13 17:34|| Front Page Top

6 They show off the Pueblo still, hmm. Tomahawk ought solve that. Its our property.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-13 17:43|| 2008-07-13 17:43|| Front Page Top

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