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...North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il had any inclination to leverage the moment of good feeling generated by last week's New York Philharmonic concert in Pyongyang, he has a funny way of showing it. North Korea earlier this week publicly executed 15 of its citizens for trying to flee the country by crossing the Tumen River on the border with China, a South Korean human rights organization reported on Wednesday...
...There are tens of thousands of North Korean refugees now living in China-no one knows the precise number-but in the past 18 months, aid groups say, Pyongyang has cracked down on what was a growing human tide seeking a slightly better life across the border. If accurate, the report of the executions, which came from Seoul's Good Friends Center for Peace, Human Rights and Refugees, sends a chilling message to those thinking about sneaking out of the country...
...authors to maintain their revenue stream, that is, to keep up prices,” Stock wrote in an e-mailed statement.He said that while he requires his own book for his class, he encourages students to buy older editions and international copies, and said one student bought a Korean copy for 15 percent of the domestic list price.“Some new editions really do make substantial intellectual improvements, but I would suggest that is the exception not the rule,” Stock said.In certain fields, professors said, constant updating is necessary.“The field...
...musicians played compositions by Richard Wagner, Antonin Dvorak and George Gershwin, but it was the last piece that brought down the house. Arirang is a 600-year-old Korean folk anthem adored in both North and South, and the orchestra "played it beautifully," a beaming Mr. Kim pronounced. As the musicians left the stage, some turned and waved goodbye, and many in the audience reciprocated. The cheers then got louder and went...
Associate principal bass player Jon Deak later said he was near tears. So too was assistant concertmaster Michelle Kim, a descendant of a North Korean family. "Tonight I didn't feel South Korean or North Korean, but Korean," she said. U.S. diplomats present were euphoric. Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, who once presented plans to President Bill Clinton for bombing the North's nuclear sites, gushed that the evening "may have pushed us over the top" when it comes to negotiating about the North's nuclear-weapons program...