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    The Dear Reader: DPRK Thoughts, Observations & Musings

  • UK Mockumentary Contestant Wants to Give Kim Jong-un a Big Hug

    liberatelaura
    6 May 2012 | 12:10 pm
    The six finalists have been set for beActive Media‘s latest Digital Comedy LAB, a program that seeks to encourage budding UK and Irish YouTube mockumentary makers. Among this group is the North Korea-flavored entry Embracing Kim. Should its pitcher Ted Wilkes, Sports Participation Coordinator at the University of Bristol, become a winner of 50,000 pounds, [...]

  • Seven Million Dollars a Second

    liberatelaura
    15 Apr 2012 | 3:30 pm
    If we go with the highest-end estimates of what it cost North Korea to burn up the sky this past Friday the 13th, we’re left with a staggering bit of DPR-Kaput math. The sum of $850 million U.S., divided by 120 seconds (e.g. the roughly two minutes the rocket flew), equals a new benchmark for [...]

  • The Emperor Has New Collaborators

    liberatelaura
    1 Apr 2012 | 11:00 am
    The first co-author, John H. Cha, is an Oakland-based award-winning translator of Korean literature. The second, K.J. Sohn, is an editor-in-chief for The Daily NK and former secretary to North Korea‘s highest ranking defector, Hwang Jang-yop. Together, Cha and Sohn have written Exit Emperor Kim Jong-il, a March 1 book release that tells the story of the [...]

  • Three ‘Chukbae’ for North Korea’s First European Restaurant

    liberatelaura
    18 Mar 2012 | 4:20 pm
    It’s not quite as momentous as the decision to defiantly launch a satellite to commemorate the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung. But the recent opening of North Korea‘s first officially sanctioned restaurant in Europe is still cause for some DPRK celebration. The establishment, which seats 24, is already taking full advantage of Twitter and [...]

  • How a North Korean Judo Champ Got Chopped

    liberatelaura
    3 Mar 2012 | 9:00 am
    It’s extremely rare to get reliable information about the way North Korea likes to punish its athletes for failing to perform on the international stage. But thanks to Reuters reporter Heejung Jung, this week we have that… and a whole lot more. In the remarkable March 1st article, former North Korean judo star Lee Chang-soo [...]
 
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    Wikio - Laura Ling

  • Journalist Laura Ling shares details of N. Korean capture in during Law Day luncheon in Wichita (The Wichita Business Journal )

    1 May 2012 | 2:57 pm
    In her career, journalist Laura Ling has traveled the globe covering such issues as drug murders in Mexico and human trafficking in China. It has long been her mission to shed light on the issues that few dared to discuss. But her life was forever changed in 2009 when she was transformed from a person covering the stories to being the story — something that no journalist wants to do.Source : The Wichita Business Journal Explore : Entertainment, Euna Lee, International, Journalists

  • Wichita’s Law Day celebration to feature Laura Ling as keynote speaker (The Wichita Business Journal )

    25 Apr 2012 | 12:41 pm
    Laura Ling, a journalist who was imprisoned in North Korea in 2009, will be the featured speaker during the annual Law Day luncheon next week in Wichita. In March 2009, Ling and her colleague, Euna Lee, were arrested by North Korean officials who accused the two of crossing into North Korean territory with “hostile intent.” Ling and Lee were filming near that country’s...Source : The Wichita Business Journal Explore : Euna Lee, International, New York Times, North Korea

  • Ling Sisters Promote “Save My Friend” Campaign for North Korean Refugees (ROK Drop)

    18 Mar 2012 | 5:33 pm
    No matter what you think about the circumstances of how Laura Ling was detained in North Korea, I think we can all agree with her that we should support any effort to help North Korean refugees:Source : ROK DropExplore : International, North Korea

  • STUDENT - laura jobling (print & pattern)

    23 Feb 2012 | 2:00 am
    laura jobling is currently a textiles student, specialising in print, in her final 4th year at the glasgow school of art. laura designs for both fashion and interiors but is especially interested in digital design and digital print. you can see more of laura's work online at her website or checkout a scarf or notebook at her etsy shop.Source : print & patternExplore : Etsy, International

  • Journalist Laura Ling in town for Red Cross fundraiser (Florida Sun Sentinel)

    7 Feb 2012 | 1:22 pm
    Want to meet Laura Ling, the journalist held captive for 140 days by North Korea?Source : Florida Sun Sentinel
 
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    "laura ling" OR "euna lee" - Google News

  • Indonesia-Korut tingkatkan kerja sama informasi - BBCIndonesia.com

    8 May 2012 | 9:56 pm
    Indonesia-Korut tingkatkan kerja sama informasiBBCIndonesia.com hidup di salah satu negara paling tertutup di muka bumi itu. Wartawan asing ditangkap ketika sedang melakukan peliputan di Korea Utara, termasuk reporter AS Laura Ling yang ditahan selama 140 hari saat melakukan tugas jurnalistik untuk Current TV.and more »

  • Indonesia, North Korea Sign Media Swap Deal Ahead of Top Official's Visit - Jakarta Globe

    8 May 2012 | 9:18 am
    Jakarta GlobeIndonesia, North Korea Sign Media Swap Deal Ahead of Top Official's VisitJakarta GlobeForeign journalists have been detained while reporting in North Korea, including the American reporter Laura Ling, who was held for 140 days while reporting for Current TV. And North Korean citizens critical of the Kim regime are allegedly sent to one and more »

  • Celeb pix: Scarlett Johansson lands Hollywood star - News in photos

    3 May 2012 | 3:37 pm
    Celeb pix: Scarlett Johansson lands Hollywood starNews in photos(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Presenter Laura Ling arrives at The Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences' 5th Annual Television Honors at Beverly Hills Hotel on May 2, 2012 in Beverly Hills. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Presenter and more »

  • E! Plans Scripted Series: Is There Life Beyond the Kardashians? - IndiaGlitz

    2 May 2012 | 8:54 am
    IndiaGlitzE! Plans Scripted Series: Is There Life Beyond the Kardashians?IndiaGlitzWe've already started to see that shift with focus on families like The Eastwoods (as in Clint Eastwood) and the E! Investigates series with journalist Laura Ling, but the scripted series push is an incongruent move for the network's general and more »

  • Journalist Laura Ling shares details of N. Korean capture during Law Day ... - Wichita Business Journal (blog)

    1 May 2012 | 3:03 pm
    Kansas.comJournalist Laura Ling shares details of N. Korean capture during Law Day Wichita Business Journal (blog)Ling and fellow journalist Euna Lee became the story in March of that year when they were captured near the boarder of China and North Korea. Ling spent 140 days in captivity, every day fearing for her life and not sure what would happen next.Journalist tells of captivity in North Korea at Wichita law eventKansas.comall 2 news articles »
 
 
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    North Korea News

  • Korean Army and People Full of Confidence in Victory

    16 May 2012 | 1:33 pm
    The delegation of Tokyo Ward Assemblymen's Liaison Society for the Promotion of Japan-Korea Friendship and the group of Korean residents in Japan who are visiting their homeland visited the statues of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il standing on Mansu hill and paid tribute to them on May 15.

  • North Korea Upgrading Missile Launch Site

    16 May 2012 | 9:23 am
    North Korea has started work to upgrade its Musudan-ri missile launch site and potentially make the facility capable of firing an intercontinental ballistic missile.

  • Eugene Billo, a Marine veteran of the Korean War, is sending a...

    16 May 2012 | 7:13 am
    Eugene Billo, a Marine veteran of the Korean War, is sending a replica division guidon and streamer that is autographed with survivors of his regiment, to a Korean War museum in South Korea, commemorating the battle where nearly all of his division was killed.

  • North Koreans Quietly Open to International Broadcasts

    16 May 2012 | 3:04 am
    For well more than a decade, Korea experts who specialize in international media have been examining the impact of foreign broadcasts and DVDs on users in North Korea.

  • Lee Meets Aung San Suu Kyi

    15 May 2012 | 11:09 pm
    President Lee Myung-bak shakes hands with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after their joint press conference at a hotel in Rangoon, Burma on Tuesday.
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    Press Freedom

  • Azerbaijan: Media Freedoms in Grave Danger

    Human Rights Watch
    2 May 2012 | 11:45 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) should speak out about Azerbaijan’s appalling record on freedom of expression in the lead-up to the Eurovision Song Contest. (Berlin) – The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) should speak out about Azerbaijan’s appalling record on freedom of expression in the lead-up to the Eurovision Song Contest, Human Rights Watch said in a video report released today.read more

  • Jordan: Publisher, Journalist Charged in State Security Court

    Human Rights Watch
    24 Apr 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The charges by Jordan’s military prosecutor against a journalist and publisher of a news website apparently violate their free speech rights. The two were charged on April 23, 2012, with “subverting the system of government” for an article concerning the king’s supposed intervention in a corruption investigation. (Beirut) – The charges by Jordan’s military prosecutor against a journalist and publisher of a news website apparently violate their free speech rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The two were charged on April 23, 2012, with…

  • Azerbaijan: Journalist Viciously Attacked by Police

    Human Rights Watch
    18 Apr 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like A prominent Azerbaijani journalist was viciously attacked by police and security guards on the outskirts of Baku on April 18, 2012, demonstrating the government’s ugly disregard for media freedoms in the final weeks before the Eurovision song contest is to be held in the city. (Berlin) – A prominent Azerbaijani journalist was viciously attacked by police and security guards on the outskirts of Baku on April 18, 2012, demonstrating the government’s ugly disregard for media freedoms in the final weeks before the Eurovision song contest is to be held in…

  • Tunisia: Review Legal Framework for Protests

    Human Rights Watch
    11 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The interior minister’s decision to reauthorize peaceful demonstrations along the capital’s main thoroughfare is a positive move but is not sufficient to protect the right to assemble. (Tunisia) – The interior minister’s decision to reauthorize peaceful demonstrations along the capital’s main thoroughfare is a positive move but is not sufficient to protect the right to assemble, Human Rights Watch said today.read more

  • Tunisia: Seven Years in Jail for Mocking Islam

    Human Rights Watch
    6 Apr 2012 | 5:26 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The seven-year prison terms handed down on March 28, 2012 to two Tunisians for publishing writings perceived as offensive to Islam are examples of the need to repeal repressive laws dating to the Ben Ali era. (Tunis) – The seven-year prison terms handed down on March 28, 2012 to two Tunisians for publishing writings perceived as offensive to Islam are examples of the need to repeal repressive laws dating to the Ben Ali era, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
 
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    Asia

  • Philippines: Officials Hide Poor From Development Meeting

    Human Rights Watch
    3 May 2012 | 10:36 am
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The Philippine government built a fence that prevents participants to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) annual meeting in Manila from seeing a slum. (Manila)  – The Philippine government built a fence that prevents participants to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) annual meeting in Manila from seeing a slum, Human Rights Watch said today. Some of the poor families hidden from view are beneficiaries of apoverty reduction program financed by the bank. read more

  • China: Beijing’s ‘Assurances’ on Chen Guangcheng Must Be Monitored

    Human Rights Watch
    2 May 2012 | 3:25 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like Chinese government assurances to the US government about Chen Guangcheng may be insufficient to protect him and his family from a resumption of abuses and persecution they have suffered for extended periods at the hands of the authorities.  (New York) – Chinese government assurances to the US government about Chen Guangcheng may be insufficient to protect him and his family from a resumption of abuses and persecution they have suffered for extended periods at the hands of the authorities, Human Rights Watch said today.read more

  • Indonesia: EU Dialogue Should Press for Progress on Rights

    Human Rights Watch
    30 Apr 2012 | 7:00 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The European Union should press Indonesia to act against growing religious intolerance and to release all political prisoners during the EU-Indonesia human rights dialogue on May 3, 2012.  (New York) –The European Union should press Indonesia to act against growing religious intolerance and to release all political prisoners during the EU-Indonesia human rights dialogue on May 3, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today. read more

  • Sri Lanka: Australia Should Raise Torture Concerns

    Human Rights Watch
    30 Apr 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like Australia’s immigration minister should raise concerns with Sri Lankan officials about alleged arbitrary arrest and torture of people who were refused asylum and sent back to Sri Lanka when he visits this week. (Melbourne) – Australia’s immigration minister should raise concerns with Sri Lankan officials about alleged arbitrary arrest and torture of people who were refused asylum and sent back to Sri Lanka when he visits this week, the Human Rights Law Centre and Human Rights Watch said today. read more

  • Philippines: US Should Press for Justice

    Human Rights Watch
    29 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Tweet Widget Facebook Like The United States should press senior Philippine officials visiting Washington this week to fulfill the Aquino government’s commitment to bring abusive military personnel to justice. (New York) – The United States should press senior Philippine officials visiting Washington this week to fulfill the Aquino government’s commitment to bring abusive military personnel to justice, Human Rights Watch said today.read more
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    Blog

  • CPJ calls for release of jailed reporters in Central Asia

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    15 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    World leaders must hold Central Asian regimes responsible for denying global access to information by throwing critical reporters behind bars, CPJ Eurasia researcher Muzaffar Suleymanov told the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe  at a briefing Tuesday on political prisoners in Central Asia. Speaking before the agency, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Suleymanov highlighted the cases of journalists imprisoned in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Among those imprisoned in Uzbekistan are Muhammad Bekjanov and Yusuf Ruzimuradov of the opposition newspaper Erk, who…

  • Audio slideshow: Supporting family of Anton Hammerl

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    14 May 2012 | 4:05 pm
    Freelance photographer Anton Hammerl was killed in Libya on April 5, 2011. Friends of Hammerl are holding an auction May 15 to raise funds for his three children. James Foley elaborates.

  • Nigeria journalists obstructed on World Press Freedom Day

    Peter Nkanga/CPJ West Africa Consultant
    11 May 2012 | 3:50 pm
    On World Press Freedom Day last week, Nigeria's Information Minister, Labaran Maku, publicly asserted that the country's media "is one of the freest in the universe." On paper, Nigeria's 1999 Constitution guarantees the freedom of the press to "uphold...the responsibility and accountability of the government to the people." But seven journalists who attempted to put this principle to practice on World Press Freedom Day experienced a different reality -- one all too common for independent journalists working in Africa's most populated nation. On May 3, seven journalists turned up at the police…

  • Chinese microblog regulates, suspends users--again

    Madeline Earp/CPJ Senior Asia Research Associate
    10 May 2012 | 2:40 pm
    Pity those of us who monitor the ups and downs of China's popular microblog platform, Sina Weibo. For every story its users spread in defiance of local censorship, there follows a clampdown. Whether it's the latest strike against rumors, or real name registration, or newly banned keywords, there's always another restriction in the works as the service struggles to keep a lid on sensitive conversations without driving away its user base. "China tightens grip on social media," we might report, as the Financial Times did in April. And last October. (The U.K.-based newspaper also noted China's…

  • Greek far-right party casts shadow on Europe press freedom

    Jean-Paul Marthoz/CPJ Senior Adviser
    9 May 2012 | 10:11 am
    The celebration Tuesday of the 50th anniversary of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) should have been a joyful and lighthearted affair. Dozens of journalists from all parts of the European Union had traveled to Brussels to share memories, new projects, champagne, and petits fours. However the conference hosted by the European Parliament to assess the state of European journalism quickly took on a somber tone. Two days earlier, Greek voters had elected 21 deputies of the Chryssi Avgi (Golden Dawn) party. Known for shaved-head militants dressed in military uniforms, Hitler…
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    Committee to Protect Journalists - Asia

  • Pakistani journalist killed by gunmen

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    11 May 2012 | 1:45 pm
    New York, May 11, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murders of a local Pakistani journalist, his brother, and a friend, and calls on authorities to immediately investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice. 

  • Five journalists killed in jet crash in Indonesia

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    11 May 2012 | 1:16 pm
    New York, May 11, 2012--Five journalists were killed in Indonesia on Wednesday when a jetliner slammed into Mount Salak, a volcano south of Jakarta, during a demonstration flight, according to news reports.

  • Philippines must determine motive in journalist murders

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    8 May 2012 | 1:14 pm
    New York, May 8, 2012--Authorities in the Philippines must investigate the murders of two journalists in the past two weeks, determine the motive, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

  • Cameron and Gilani should discuss journalist security

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    8 May 2012 | 9:52 am
    Dear Prime Minister Cameron: As you begin your meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to review the Pakistan-U.K. Enhanced Strategic Dialogue, we would like to draw your attention to concerns regarding the protection of journalists in Pakistan. CPJ data show that the country has been ranked the deadliest in the world for journalists for two consecutive years. This year, Pakistan also placed 10th on CPJ's Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where journalists are regularly murdered and their killers go free.

  • China shuts out Al-Jazeera English in Beijing

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    7 May 2012 | 8:10 pm
    New York, May 7, 2012--China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs should immediately grant accreditation to Al-Jazeera English reporters to work in China, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The channel said China has refused its long-time correspondent Melissa Chan and other colleagues journalist visas, forcing it to close its Beijing bureau. 
 
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    Committee to Protect Journalists

  • Attacks on Iraqi journalists should be investigated

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    9 May 2012 | 3:39 pm
    New York, May 9, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns two official attacks on journalists working in Iraqi Kurdistan, including the assault on a television news crew and the arrest of an editor whose articles alleged corruption. CPJ also calls for an investigation into a car bombing that wounded a journalist in Baghdad.

  • Burundian prosecutor requests life sentence for journalist

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    8 May 2012 | 4:47 pm
    New York, May 8, 2012--State prosecutors requested a life sentence today for Burundian radio reporter Hassan Ruvakiki who was imprisoned after airing a November interview with a purported rebel leader, according to news reports.

  • In Sudan, journalist detained; newspapers confiscated

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    8 May 2012 | 3:55 pm
    New York, May 8, 2012--The Sudanese security services must immediately release journalist Faisal Mohamed Saleh, who was arrested at his home today after facing two weeks of harassment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

  • Philippines must determine motive in journalist murders

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    8 May 2012 | 1:14 pm
    New York, May 8, 2012--Authorities in the Philippines must investigate the murders of two journalists in the past two weeks, determine the motive, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

  • Palestinian broadcaster's equipment must be returned

    Committee to Protect Journalists
    8 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
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