United States delegation due in North Korea over food aid

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     A United States fact-finding team departed for North Korea with some of its members helping over a week for detailed inspection of the food conditions according to the official. The team is expected to stay in North Korea for about eight days to research their food shortages in regions starting outside from Pyongang. After their examination, the United States is expected to share their information with South Korea. The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry stated that the exact amount of the food must be estimated in order to provide North Korea a guaranteed food distribution. Soon, the U.S. delegation is likely to meet with Pyongang officials to discuss the issue of monitoring the North's food distribution process.
I believe that the United States support in providing food aid is very efficient to the North Koreans; however, North Korea will not be helpful with their nuclear program talks regardless of how many times they get supports from other countries.

North Korea leader visits industrial complex in China

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North Korean leader, Kim Jong il visited an economic development zone and a discount store in the eastern city of Yangzhou on Monday, which it is a trip for North Korea to study China's economic reform. Kim had a dinner with former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and the meeting may show the effort of extending Kim family's dynasty into a third generation; Kim il Sung, Kim Jong il, and Kim eun Jung. I believe  that this meeting was a very essential talk between two countries, because, this shows how North Korea is planning to progress their economy as they get assists from China and they are trying to maintain the Kim family's regime. North Korea realizes how poor their economic growth is which since 1992, there was no progress in North Korea's GDP rate.

North Korea's nuclear program.

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In October 2006, North Korea became the world's eighth atomic power, conducting an underground nuclear weapons test. Although the country's nuclear program and its development of  its systems has outraged world opinion, it is still not clear whether the country holds the ability to deliver a working nuclear weapon. The dictatorship's dream of a nuclear arsenal dates back half a century, the years just after the Korean War. Kim Il-sung, North Korea's founder, was aware that General Douglas MacArthur had requested nuclear weapons to use against his country during the conflict, and showed that he pressed his cold war allies,first Russia, then China for nuclear technology. But it took decades to put together the equipment, and it appears that only recently did the North make a political decision to speed forward.
I believe that North's nuclear weapon must be eliminated in order to develop as a country through having a communication with other major countries like United States.

North Korean Prison Camps Massive and Growing

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     New satelite images and firsthand accounts from former prisoners and jailers in North have confirmed its huge scale and poor conditions of the secretive system based on the report released by the human rights group Amnesty International. North Korea states that they were frequently tortured and were forced to watch the executions of their fellow prisoners: however, the network of prisons is estimated as 200,000 inmates. Interestingly, the authorities have denied to admit the existence of its massive political prison camps.
I believe that this shows how there are lots of political prisoners wanting to escape its horrible government, mostly worked under the Kim's power, which they can possibly be people who are against the communism.
Also, by hiding its existence of the massive prison, they are also hiding how politicaly corrupted they are, which can affect their citizen's mind by proving this massive camps.

Rights body urges North Korea defectors to report abuse

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     The state human rights cheif in South Korea sent a letter to some 1500 North Korean defectors, which urged them to report cases of human rights abuse that they had to suffer or witnessed in their country. Hyun Byung chul of the National Human Rights commission also states the regret over the lack if systematic measures to appeal their egony and frustration at their poor human rights conditions. Interestingly, the letter was also ment to inform North Korean defectors that the watchdog opened a center to register a few recorded cases of North Korea's humanr rights violation.
I believe that the institutions are planned to improve the human rights after receiving reports of human rights violation under its dictatorial North Korean regime, which overall they are working to raise up the value of  North Korean's human rights.

North Korea human rights training

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     A training day for people wishing to campaign for North Korea human rights will be held soon. The justice for North Korea volunterr orientation program is planning to launch a Korean language workshop in South Korea, seoul. The orientation will be running from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will have to pay 20,000 won( $20). I believe that this will somehow assist South Korean's mind to pity North Korean citizens but not hate him as a people from same continent. Also, people attending this campaign will be able to understand their thoughts and what situation North Koreans are in.

( The poster of the campaign that will be held on Saturday, May 14th)

Lee says North's nukes an obstacle to unification

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      South Korea's president, Lee Myung Bak said sunday that Korea must seek unification with North Korea at any time and he stresses the need to end Pyonyang's nuclear programs. He states that any sacrifice will bring unification as to boost the Korean people, which eliminating the nuclear system will allows the Koreans to interact with eachother. "The existence of nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula would delay unification. If we are unified with nuclear weapons in possession, neighboring countries won't easily accept it," Lee said.
I believe that the president Lee has stated a false opinion. It will take Koreans to be one another in about 50 years, because no one talks about any sort of unification among South Korean citizens that seriously and no one does any physical protest like the remark in Berlin.

North Korea exported nuclear materials to Libya

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    In 2004, nuclear materials were found in Libya, which were highly likely to have been produced by North Korea according to the Uinted States funded broadcaster Voic of America interview with a former senior offical of the U.N nuclear watch dog . The formere deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Uranium hexaflurooride, also known as UFA was discovered in Libya, which was highly positive the it was made by the communist state.
This shows how North Korea have been dealing with many countries in order to profit their country and to decrease their poverty over time. However, this shows how North Korea was advanced in creating an Nuclear weapon but also that they are living of those trades that are not allowed or legal.

North Korea accuses Seoul of blocking talks.

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     North Korea accused South Korea of intentionally avoiding inter korean dialogue and claiming that seoul was blocking its allies from talking and providing assistance to the North. One unidentified spokesman has stated that this was because of the South Korea's will to unify the two seperated Koreas by force, which might involving military fights. Also, he has announced, under the situation where there is deep-rooted distrust between the North and the South and huge armed forces are confronting each other, which might possibly create any attempt on the part of a side to swallow the other side up would inevitably spark a war. Overall, the spokesman announced that the way to unify the divided Koreas are through proposal for unification by federal formula. However, South Korea has stated several times that the inter Korean relations will continue after North shows sincere commitment to apologize the two severe attacks from last year and its denuclearization. I believe that it will take more than 50 years in order to fully bring peace in both countries and be one.

U.N. agency could press North Korea to stop hacking Seoul

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     A United Nations agency responsible for taking care of information and communication technologies could force North Korea to stop its continous cyber attacks on South Korea. Earlier this week, South has stated that North has attacked the computer network system, which were main;y South Korean's government web sites. Also, the Foreign Ministry strongly believes that latest North Korean hacking was in violation of international law.
I believe that North Korea is technologically improving as they are accepting more foreign influences, which also shows North Korea's development in parts like this. This also states that they are still in the war as North have hacked that government associated sites in order to gather importan inforamtion as an enemy.

United states to add conditions for North Korea terrorism delisting

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     The United States has made a decision to impose a few different conditions for remvoing North Korea from Washington's list of state sponsors of terrorism according to the Japanese news paper. One of the conditions were to reveal the amount of plutonium it has extracted, which they are close to six-way talks designed to disable North Korea's nuclear program. These new conditions are including United States requirement, which North Korea completes to close its nuclear facilities. Interestingly, North has not yet admitted the declaration of their nuclear programs with one month remaining before the deadline; however, they was not likely to accept it. This shows that North are slowly allowing more talks with other countries, which they are stepping towards other foreign influences and giving up its possesion of nuclear weapons. I believe that North will not easilt give up its hold of nuclear powers; however, their poor conditions will end up leading North Korea to agree with these delcaration.

North Korea rated worst in press freedom

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      North Korea was rated the worst in terms of press freedom based on the report by Freedom House, which among the 196 countries that were studied last year. North ranking was the lowest, while South was running the 70th place according to the research.In addition, Press freedom is the freedom of communication and expression through vehicles including various electronic media and published materials. This shows how poor North Korea's communication is compare to the other countries that are consistently developing over years through internets and massive communications. North Korea needs to improve this press freedom through allowing more other countries technology and ideas, which North Korea's government has been denying for many years. I believe that this is the main cause of triggering the country to be one of the poorest but also slowest improving nation.

United States tighten monitoring of food distribution in North Korea

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     The World Food Program will increase its personal residing in North Korea to intensify monitioring the food distribution according to the United States funded radio station. This plan has been launched as the U.N agency prepare to assist an emergency operation in order to help 3.5 million North Koreans from food shortage by providing 310,000 tons of food. North has agreed to let the WFP to monitor its food situations in some places every month and the aid operation in the authoritarian has stated the they will perform the highest standards of monitoring the food aid to ensure where it is needed.
I believe that this is an very efficient agreement for both countries, which United States will have more high security system and North will get more stable food support. Also, North will improve the communication between other major countires in the world, which will benefit in many ways, such as, technology wise.