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...information. Thousands of North Koreans have crossed across the Tumen River into China attempting to flee or simply looking for food. Many come back not only with food, but also bearing tales of the wonders of China's booming cities and stores brimming with goods. According to one defector, Chinese-Koreans are bringing cell phones into North Korea, using them along the border and even leaving them behind for relatives to use - in a country where ordinary people don't have landline phones in their homes...
...emotions instead. Maybe Saddam could tape a couple of sessions with his psychiatrist and send them to Al-Jazeera. If Saddam really cared about winning over our adoration he could spill his guts about the family troubles he’s been having since he murdered his defector son-in-law, or he could have a manly cry about not quite destroying Iran in the 80’s. None of these regrets would have to be sincere—when Tony confesses to his psychiatrist he rarely means it—but just by publicizing the image...
...where her 13-year-old daughter had gone, until she read a series of articles in a newspaper three years later suggesting that North Korean agents were snatching Japanese citizens off the streets and whisking them to their motherland. Sakie's suspicion turned into conviction when a North Korean defector to South Korea told officials he had seen Megumi in Pyongyang on five occasions...
WELLS According to a defector, Iraq built an extensive network of wells in rural areas, virtually undetectable by satellite, which are used to hide radioactive material and other compounds...
...where her 13-year-old daughter had gone, until she read a series of articles in a newspaper three years later suggesting that North Korean agents were snatching Japanese citizens off the streets and whisking them to their motherland. Sakie's suspicion turned into conviction when a North Korean defector to South Korea told officials he had seen Megumi in Pyongyang on five occasions...