May 22, 2008

Fate of S. Korean abductees finally confirmed by photo from North Korea

More than 20 South Korean fishermen abducted decades ago have been identified in a photo taken during a North Korean "re-education" session. "Of the 31 men on the photo, two were North Korean trainers and the other 29 were all South Korean fishermen kidnapped into the North," a Seoul newspaper reported, citing families and defectors. (FULL STORY)
The photo of the South Korean abductees was taken in 1985 while during an ideological indoctrination program in Rajin. Chosun Ilbo

Post-quake China's communists intensely focused on political damage control

More than 10 days after the Sichuan earthquake, Beijing has issued a strong denial that government departments had either failed to make accurate forecasts or ignored tale-tale signals that often precede major temblors. And while the Communist Party had initially displayed a relatively open attitude toward media reporting of China’s worst natural disaster in 22 years, the authorities have since the weekend tightened official coverage of the quake. (FULL STORY)
Hu Jintao listens to a military officer describing the rescue work in Yinghua, Shifang city, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on May 18. AP/Xinhua, Ju Peng
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In North Korea, when the going gets tough, the bureaucrats get greedy
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