Not too long ago, the Chairwoman of the North Korea Freedom Coalition, Suzanne Scholte, pointed out a key problem with activism on behalf of the dire North Korean human rights situation. Namely, that while Darfur has George Clooney and Mia Farrow, and Tibet counts on Richard Gere and the Dalai Lama, the problematic half of the Peninsula has no celebrity drawing much needed attention to it.
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September 15, 2009 • 4:02 pm 0
Some Strange Signs
A couple of developments today point to the idea that moving forward, North Korea‘s capital city of Pyongyang may become even more of a more privileged, isolated stronghold. That would be the dedication of the brand new, foreign-funded Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), the latest achievement in the remarkable life of Korean-American success story James Kim; and the announcement by New York and Bangkok-based travel company Remote Lands that they are now offering $1,000-a-day luxury tours of the Hermit Kingdom.
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