North Korea

Over the past several weeks there has been an increased level of both condemnation and saber rattling between the United States and its ally, South Korea, and the People Republic of Korea (i.e. North Korea).  Read More »

so n. korea dismantled their nuclear powerplant last year, the "free" world heralded it as a great step forward. question is, at what cost and is it even really forward? we just saw a moving speech here in america by our president where he called for a vast expansion of renewable energies so that we can move away from the fossil-based fuels that contribute the co2 we all know and love.  Read More »

Kim Jong-Il=Big Brother. This means that he controls the way that people under his rule act, think, do anything. He keeps his country on the brink of starvation and technologically behind the rest of the world. But, could this all be changing?  Read More »

Intellectual stimulants can come in the strangest ways, especially when it’s from a concert video uploaded on youtube. I’m a huge fan of Korean music, and one of my favourite Korean artists is Shinhwa (Myth), a 6-member boy band. Out of the hundreds of videos I watched of them, there was one that really sent my mind reeling.  Read More »

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My knowledge of North Korea is limited to a couple of anecdotes and the debate whether North Korea is building an atomic bomb. It doesn't seem like anyone at all has a pure idea of what it's really like: perhaps more than any other country, it is entirely shrouded in mystery.  Read More »

Ron Paul, at least on the internet, is massively popular.  He seems to be the perfect candidate, although he is a Republican, he supports "States' Rights" and Libertarianism, ending the war in Iraq, as well as the war on Drugs These seem like terrific ideas, right?  Well, yeah, but that they are coupled with a few horrible ideas and the right ideas come for the wrong reasons.  Read More »

I never used to be interested in current events because I always thought that they were extremely depressing, but I always ended up reading a newspaper or looking up certain things online. Maybe it's because like everyone else I wonder, what is going to happen next?  Read More »