North Koreans

And it is all about meat, and where it comes from, while just a few hundred kilometres away, North Koreans are dying in a famine.

China has "made it pretty clear that they're very unhappy with the way the North Koreans have been behaving, " he said.

He was prepared to go on a moment's notice to begin discussions with the North Koreans.

"I think they [the North Koreans] recognize that this indeed means the matter is resolved, " Hill said.

All the same, the number of North Koreans ready to take the risks is rising fast.

Ms. Park said she used to look down on North Koreans. "I associated them with something poor, dark and negative, " she said.

In August, he made a trip designed to remind North Koreans of his father, Kim Il Sung, the country's founder and ruler for four decades.

He said the North Koreans continue to pursue new ways to stimulate the agricultural sector but cannot fund their ambitious projects.

He said the appointments were also meant to rally North Koreans behind the communist regime to stave off rising external pressure.

Meanwhile, the emergence of informal markets since the last famine underlines how much better North Koreans' coping mechanisms have become.

"We actually are in discussions with the North Koreans and I think we'll just see where we come out in a few weeks. "

The North Koreans take sports seriously and we see them really trying to be as prepared for the Olympics as possible.

Look at how much difficulty the older East Germans had adapting. The North Koreans will be 10x harder to integrate into a modern society.

But China will continue trying to prod the North Koreans into reforming the economy and opening the country more to the outside world.

But their distinctive accent, similar to that of North Koreans, betrays their origin.

Once again, Mr Kim showed how he puts his own survival over that of the North Koreans he brutalises.

Any video appearance by ordinary North Koreans in a state media outlet, however, is unlikely to be completely spontaneous in nature.

PC: Besides the body of Kim Il Sung, who North Koreans believe to be the greatest human being ever to live?

Even so, defectors and North Koreans who do business with China increasingly are able to get news out of the country.

The public description of the meeting leaves the reader with a one-dimensional impression of the North Koreans as inflexible.

"If past is prologue, I mean that's the way the North Koreans operate, " he said. "Let's see where we are by the end of the week. "

In November and December, police in Yanji, Jilin province, turned up the heat by raiding more homes suspected of harboring North Koreans.

'The North Koreans have always threatened to turn the South into a sea of fire. But now I've seen it. '

He said it struck the deal in Pompei, Italy, in early February, which predates the negotiations between Pirma and the North Koreans.

Clinton declined to elaborate on her assertion that every possible channel with the North Koreans was being used.

It is not clear, however, how far the Americans will press the point if the North Koreans continue to deny enriching uranium.

(*) Russians, Chinese, North Koreans -- I'll bet you could make it an invasion from Grenada and shoot an almost identical script.

"What China should do is make the North Koreans feel that they have got to stop messing around, " Zhu said.

The Americans want the plant to be dismantled. The North Koreans have not made it clear that they are willing to go this far.

As it was, the North Koreans snubbed their only ally, to evident Japanese relief.

North Koreans whom my group approached in parks or at tourist attractions would occasionally spontaneously break out in song.

So reversing the policy and allowing markets to operate more freely may be the only way for many North Koreans to feed themselves.

The price is also rising on corn, and coal, which used by many North Koreans to heat their homes, he said.

The North Koreans also shot off artillery on Friday, after a visit by an American general to the island, called Yeonpyeong.

North Koreans authorised to speak to visitors appear to be oblivious of their guests' annoyance at such privations .

Oh, the North Koreans took the field Tuesday night, and kicked the ball around in suddenly frigid Johannesburg.

She was quite suitable to be a teacher of life to North Koreans.

The North Koreans were in Seoul to honor the pioneer of that policy, President Kim Dae-jung, who died last week at 85.

Along the upper reaches of the Yalu, North Koreans wash clothes and bathe off the banks.

Those North Koreans who have never crossed the border have no way to make sense of their tribulations.

On the face of it, there seems little reason why 23 million North Koreans should continue to support their "Dear Leader" .

The increased economic interaction with China means that the flow of information to North Koreans is steadily increasing.

In all, about 500 North Koreans, some waving artificial flowers and flags, bid the ship farewell in a choreographed performance.

During the year reports suggested that the number of North Koreans in northeastern China declined.

"We've ceded the initiatives to the North Koreans, " he said.

If the North Koreans refuse to allow a US crew to search the ship, the US could order it into the nearest port.

North Koreans from a collective farm work alongside a road close to the border with China in North Pyongan province this April.

Midway across the ice, they said, they heard yelling and saw they were being pursued by armed North Koreans.

Last March Free North Korea Radio claimed to have equipped three North Koreans with satellite phones, which offer a lower risk of detection.

'Only the North Koreans could build my statue, ' says Mr. Wade, sitting in a red velvet chair in his palace.

"When [the North Koreans] say that they view that as an important element, I can say with great sincerity, so do we, " Bosworth said.

It was bought from the owners in 2000 and dismantled on site in a matter of weeks by a team of North Koreans and British engineers.

In a still largely command economy, many North Koreans are left without a safety net against starvation.

U. S. officials had also held informal talks with the North Koreans on Monday, a State Department official said Tuesday.

In September of nineteen fifty, Mac Arthur led the UN land and sea attack at Inchon, pushing the North Koreans back across the border.

If we do not take significant and effective action against the North Koreans now, we'll spark an arms race in Northeast Asia.

Another sought to convince readers that the removal of the dynasty would lead North Koreans to live 'as happily as South Koreans.

Ideas of racial purity lie at the heart of North Koreans' self-image.

South Korean intelligence officials interview thousands of North Koreans who defect to the South each year.

Despite the restrictions, thousands of North Koreans are being exposed to life south of the border.

I was personally involved in the 6-party talks in which China's role was to mediate between the North Koreans and Americans.

As recently as this week in an exhibition with Greece, the North Koreans wore a jersey made by Spanish apparel company Astore.

Only a little more than 15, 000 North Koreans have made it to a country of 50m.

Until recently, those North Koreans who even knew of his existence dared not mention his name.

Now, there may be a reaction (of) North Koreans to that, militarily.

However, we have seen no reports yet that indicate the North Koreans have begun fueling up for launch.

On occasion we got away from silly politically correct fake countries and fought the North Koreans on our staff exercises and simulations.

As it is, North Koreans need only look to the plunging value of their local currency to realise how fragile their situation is.

It was impossible to ascertain whether the North Koreans had been coached on what to say or how to say it.

Q: Some North Koreans claimed that if repatriated, they would be prosecuted or even sentenced to death.

They are rarely able to speak to the closely watched North Koreans.

North Koreans who traveled to Dandong last week for business declined to speak about conditions in their country .

The North Koreans wanted a 'personalized' design for their jersey, including fabrics that were 'off the catalog, ' Mr. Grimaldi recalls.

Banbury says the food crisis is probably the worst since the late 1990s when an estimated million North Koreans died of hunger.

Mr. Richardson said that he was invited by North Koreans whom he had met before, and that he extended an invitation to Mr. Schmidt.

North Koreans are somewhat more protected today than they were before the great famine of the mid-1990s, in which perhaps 1m died.

North Koreans certainly struggle to eke out a living, but they are not starving.

North Koreans applauded the historic first performance in their capital by a U. S. symphony orchestra.

Our skirmish went on for 20 minutes; finally an infantry platoon came up behind us and chased the North Koreans into the valley.

Many employers are unwilling to employ North Koreans, whom they consider backward, leaving many to subsist on government largesse.

Q: Did the Chinese security guard enter the South Korean Embassy to take the North Koreans out of the embassy?

Those who have saved in foreign currencies -- which, though not illegal, is difficult for ordinary North Koreans -- would appear unaffected.

She says it's odd that while North Koreans are starving to death, people here strive to be slim.

That too was an alien concept to North Koreans.

The North Koreans obviously used the journalists as a bargaining chip and now they want a gesture in return.

Indonesias Foreign Ministry says five North Koreans have entered the Indonesian embassy in Vietnam, apparently in a bid to seek asylum.

North Koreans have turned to the market out of sheer desperation.

But for all the tighter controls imposed by the North Koreans and Chinese, there are still ways of slipping through the cracks.

Mr Hyun said Seoul would focus on making preparations for unification while working to improve welfare for ordinary North Koreans.

A contact in Asia informed him that the North Koreans had struck a deal with Legea SRL, an Italian company.

But for all the tighter controls imposed by the North Koreans and Chinese, there are still ways of slipping through the cracks.

Mr Hyun said Seoul would focus on making preparations for unification while working to improve welfare for ordinary North Koreans.

A contact in Asia informed him that the North Koreans had struck a deal with Legea SRL, an Italian company.

But even in police states, people must eat -- and markets feed North Koreans while lining the pockets of the elite.

So dependent are they on its favour that North Koreans have become accustomed to policing themselves.

Most of the North Koreans we spoke with said they were fleeing poverty and food shortages.

Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew described North Koreans as 'psychopathic types' ruled by a 'flabby old chap. '

Some organizations have interesting discussions with the North Koreans.

North Koreans stroll along the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea.

The North Koreans, however, are defiant, boasting their nuclear prowess and now openly provocative.

The North Koreans, however, are defiant, boasting their nuclear prowess and now openly provocative.

North Koreans also like volleyball and there's a flying-saucer shaped baseball stadium in Pyongyang.

For North Koreans with cash, private markets offer food in abundance, along with Chinese-made TVs, DVD players and refrigerators.

Officials say the leaflets are intended to inform North Koreans about the sinking of the South Korean naval vessel.

This winter, North Koreans have been told to achieve food self-sufficiency by their own efforts.

the North Koreans would need several days to fuel up the rocket on the pad.

North Koreans complain bitterly about the darkness, which they still blame on the U. S. sanctions.

Mr. Kim, the defector, said oppressed North Koreans 'harbor a grudge deep inside' against those in the ruling class.

In this case, the retaliation will merely help the North Koreans to achieve their goals of "teaching Seoul a lesson" .

Prejudice against North Koreans and icy stares were other obstacles that were hard to cope with.

Prejudice against North Koreans and icy stares were other obstacles that were hard to cope with.

There has been widespread media speculation that Mr. Carter also would hold political talks with the North Koreans.

" 'Arirang', 'Arirang', " the North Koreans whispered to each other as the violins played the opening notes.

Bitten by sanctions, the North Koreans are looking to revive commercial schemes with the South.

Those North Koreans in prison camps, or who go hungry outside them, will just have to wait.

South Koreans import foreign words whereas North Koreans create indigenous ones.

Ms Fifield watched North Koreans "perking up, tapping their feet, smiles across their faces" .

We tried to acquaint the [North Koreans] with those standards and ultimately couldn't get it done during this round.

But this time the North Koreans definitely attacked us.

For millions of undernourished North Koreans, the notion of eating at a restaurant belongs strictly to the world of fantasy.

For millions of undernourished North Koreans, the notion of eating at a restaurant belongs strictly to the world of fantasy.

After signing a breakthrough agreement last month, the North Koreans are stalling again.

My research suggests millions of North Koreans listen to or hear about foreign radio broadcasts.

China has taken tough steps to stop North Koreans from entering the country.

More than 20, 000 North Koreans have fled to the South since the war ended in 1953.

As Mr Maazel and the concert master returned to the empty stage, some North Koreans applauded over their heads.

All the consequences should be borne by North Koreans.

A number of North Koreans are believed to cross into China regularly to trade and work.

Consider the recent Aspen Institute meeting with the North Koreans in Germany.

United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans.

United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans.

The Americans and North Koreans discussed pending bilateral issues at this working group.

Now that I am no longer in government, talking to the North Koreans is even more challenging.

Still, most observers give the North Koreans very little chance of advancing to the second round in South Africa.

With totalitarian obsession, it groups North Koreans into 51 social categories, graded by loyalty to the regime.

The North Koreans believed that they had two options: going nuclear or go into negotiations.

But the deal fell apart after the Bush administration accused the North Koreans of reneging on their promises.

In turn, North Koreans find South Korean language effeminate and insincere.

The North Koreans know that if Saddam Hussein had nuclear capability in 2003, he and his sons would be in power today.

U. S. envoy Christopher Hill says common ground with the North Koreans is emerging.

U. S. envoy Christopher Hill says common ground with the North Koreans is emerging.

Health professionals who work with North Koreans were also consulted.

Beneath the slope is the patrol boat that North Koreans fired on, the bullet holes circled in red to show the damage.

North Koreans with relatives in China but not in South Korea are allowed to apply for passports to cross the border.

Although Chinese clothes are most prevalent, North Koreans prefer South Korean products for their higher quality.

The North Koreans have conducted two underground nuclear tests.

[The North Koreans] could stockpile SSMs in these facilities, using the "runways" as mass launching areas.

Traders who sell to North Koreans have shops in the streets around China's customs post in Dandong.

"North Koreans are more likely to learn about the functioning of a market economy through the Chinese than from the South Koreans. "

Mr Roh has also cut humanitarian assistance to ordinary North Koreans.

Mr Roh has also cut humanitarian assistance to ordinary North Koreans.

When the team takes to the field it will be the first chance for many people to see North Koreans up close and personal.

We hope that the North Koreans will grant clemency and deport them.

While the North Koreans have made pre-Cup appearances this year, they have yet to show off the shirt they will wear in South Africa.

Very few North Koreans have even seen an image of the heir apparent.

The test set off a scramble among Washington's Asian allies to assess what the North Koreans had done.

Then again, North Koreans, frustrated with their flailing economy, are not feeling very festive.

South Koreans, who have an extremely courteous culture of client service, find North Koreans abrupt and rude.

He said North Koreans prefer buying household items made in South Korea because they are reliable - and marked with Korean characters.

North Koreans have learned more about the outside world in recent years, thanks to increasing use of cellphones and availability of DVDs.

The North Koreans reap tactical benefit from our ignorance.

As for Kim Jong-un, defectors say North Koreans feel neither respect nor fear.

We are still working to try to dissuade the North Koreans.

But there is scant evidence that most North Koreans know anything about the South Korean-run factories in their country.

As winter looms many North Koreans cannot feed or warm themselves.

"The North Koreans don't fly a lot, but if they come close, we have to scramble. "

Moreover, the Chinese regularly return North Koreans refugees to a harsh fate at home in order to save the DPRK's face.

If the North Koreans are hungry, just ask for food, plain and simple.

Even so, since November 11th about another 50 North Koreans have made it south.

China's booming economy is luring many North Koreans to seek work here.

Many people were also too poor to pay for treatment, the report citing North Koreans and health workers said.

Something approaching paradise has long been promised to North Koreans for 2012.

Are North Koreans nuts? Is their leader a certifiable wacko?

She says, she wants to tell North Koreans that people in the South are like kings - they can speak out, protest, and publish.

In the first days of nineteen-fifty-one, the North Koreans recaptured Seoul.

Have North Koreans already formed an opinion about Kim Jong Un?

Millions of North Koreans have gone hungry in recent years.

For ordinary North Koreans , the loss of aid from the South may be a disaster.

South Korea operates the Kaesong Special Industrial Zone, a border enclave where North Koreans work in southern factories.

But one thing the North Koreans haven't done in this case is kill anybody.

But one thing the North Koreans haven't done in this case is kill anybody.

The North Koreans could take the Chinese axiom a step further and release massive amounts of water from dams upstream from the DMZ.

If you actually ask North Koreans about the content of Kim Jong Il's writings, they know very little and they get embarrassed about that.

North Koreans saw his face for the first time in a photograph published by the state media on September 30th.

In fact, based on what the North Koreans revealed this month, an industrial-scale enrichment plant was already under construction.

North Koreans are now better informed about the outside world, and know whom to blame for their hunger.

It must do so within 60 days (in 1994 the North Koreans were given only a month).

The Chinese were very clear with the North Koreans, ' Mr. Campbell told reporters.

One might argue that the North Koreans just use outsiders for their own purposes.

On the same day the North Koreans launched a short-range missile.

That allows the North Koreans to speak more freely and openly about what is on their minds.

I hope that China and others persuaded the North Koreans that it just wasn't worth it, and we will see if that proves to be the case.

North koreans and Chinese New Year, as we also have posted in TaoFu even, vulgar, grilles.

One can't help feeling sorry for North Koreans.

There is no difficulty in finding out how many South Koreans and how many North Koreans there were when the Korean War began.

Thanks to the advancing creep of knowledge, North Koreans know that the South is richer by far.

Even if nobody else does, the North Koreans know who they are.

Still, Mr. Ahn knows what the North Koreans are up against.

This is what they keep saying, the North Koreans, that America wants the Korean peninsula split.

North Koreans have survived by bartering, smuggling and selling anything they can lay their hands on.

At present, 106 South Korean companies operate small factories in Kaesong that employ about 39, 000 North Koreans.

That is the price of caring more for North Koreans' welfare than their government does.

Not many people see North Koreans on a day-to-day basis.

North Koreans work in the fields near Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone.

A famine from 1995 to 1997 killed two million to three million North Koreans, aid agencies estimate, and sowed distrust in the government.

Instead, the North Koreans have a special internal intranet which I was shown at Pyongyang University.

In the past month, authorities in China's north-east have cracked down with dawn raids on neighbourhoods in search of North Koreans.

It's impossible to count how many North Koreans listen to these stations, but there is anecdotal evidence the numbers are significant.

The evidence is that some North Koreans do indeed risk starving.

It is time for China to step up as a real world leader. That is, it is time for China to lower the boom on the North Koreans.

I have been meeting with North Koreans for almost 20 years.

Nonetheless, by 2000 market exchange, both illegal and semilegal, came to play a decisive role in the lives of North Koreans.

Today about 22, 000 North Koreans work in the zone, mostly making low-skilled manufactured goods for South Korean companies.

A botched currency reform scheme last year significantly worsened the plight of ordinary North Koreans and provoked rare signs of dissent.

And we now know that Mr. Khan also provided similar capabilities to the North Koreans.

It is simpler than that. the North Koreans need food and fuel for the winter and crisis is their currency.

The 4 wild ways North Koreans are celebrating Kim Jong Il's 69th (or 70th).

The North Koreans, adept at farm work, have shown the South Koreans how to harvest yams and make scarecrows.

But state enterprises have been withering for 30 years, and North Koreans do all they can to escape work in them.

There are some 10 thousand North Koreans in the South.

For the North Koreans, using players raised in Japan has its advantages.

SHENYANG, China--It is economics--not politics--that is inducing many North Koreans to vote with their feet and make the dash to China.

The Chinese I talk to in China (and I am a big-nosed Mandarin speaker) ridicule the North Koreans unmercifully.

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