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N. Korean Artists Denied Entry to Thier Own Art Show
8 hours ago ago from ArtNowSF
Imagine being an artist from a developing country and having your political artwork, full of strife and struggle, accepted in a major developed nation. The enormity of that achievement would fill one with a profound sense of accomplishment and pride. Now imagine making your travel plans to attend your own show and being denied a VISA from the developed nation that eagerly welcomed your art. I wish I could say that this situation was ...
Related contentAustralia denies North Korean artists visas
19 hours ago ago from My sports shoes Blog
The Australian government has been accused of censoring five artists from North Korea by refusing them visas. But the government says the art is a product of the North Korean propaganda machine and so is not welcome. Promoters of the art show have argued the visa denial means an opportunity to help one of the world's most closed societies has been lost. North Korea's Stalinist regime bans access to the internet, outside phone ...
Related contentDaily Kor for December 10, 2009: Bosworth blackout
10 hours ago ago from Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*
Loads of North Korean news today, which is ironic considering that perhaps the biggest thing happening in North Korea the talks between Washington envoy Stephen Bosworth and whomever he's supposed to meet in Pyongyang are virtually shutting out the press. And that means either tough talk is being made or ugly deals are being brokered. I hope it's the former. Anyhoo, I've begun to wonder if the H1N1 outbreak in North Korea will end up ...
Related contentPropoganda or Not?
10 hours ago ago from Susan Buret
Australia was accused of censorship Tuesday after it denied visas to North Korean artists invited to a rare international exhibition of their work, saying their studio is a propaganda tool of their country's communist government. The following are extracts from an article by AP Writers Rohan Sullivan and Hyang-jin Kim which appeared in artdaily.org newsletter for December 9 2009.Propaganda or not I think it is sad to see artists denied ...
Related contentMore Violence Reported in N. Korea
20 hours ago ago from One Free Korea
The Wall Street Journal's Evan Ramstad, picking up on reports of the Ajumma Rebellion and fresh reports from Open Radio, writes: New reports emerged Tuesday of protests and deadly violence in North Korea as the country's authoritarian regime over the past week seized most of its citizens' money and savings via a new-currency issue. Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based shortwave radio station that broadcasts news to the North, said ...
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US envoy says talks with NKorea 'very useful'
3 hours ago ago from PopEater
SEOUL, South Korea -A senior U.S. envoy said Thursday his talks with North Korea were "very useful," a report said, as he wrapped up a rare trip to the communist nation aimed at prodding it back to international nuclear negotiations. Envoy Stephen Bosworth made the remark at an airport in Pyongyang as he headed to South Korea after a three-day trip, according to China's Xinhua news agency. "It was a very useful set of meetings," he was quoted ...
Related contentBBC News - North Korea's capital has secret tunnels - defector
19 hours ago ago from BBC
Pyongyang started building the network shortly after the Korean War North Korea's capital Pyongyang has a network of secret tunnels which could be used as emergency escape routes by top officials, a defector has said. The tunnels were built 300m (984 ft) below ground and stretch for some 50km (31 miles), Hwang Jang-yop told the Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio. He claimed that one tunnel could be used by North Korean ...
Related contentNew North Korean monetary policy leaves two dead, markets in uproar
14 hours ago ago from BloggingStocks
The timing couldn't have been worse. Just as a U.S. envoy arrived in North Korea to meet with the reclusive regime's officials, protests and violence are reported to have erupted . The country is reacting to a new currency issue that is being used to seize most of the citizens' money and savings. On November 30, 2009, the regime announced that it would issue new currency and cap the amount that could be exchanged at the equivalent of $40. ...
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