North Korea: Divide and rule

Although there are signs of hope, most North Koreans are resigned to their oppressive way of life, according to one defector.

By Karyn Scherer In Current Affairs, Politics

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13th July, 2012

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Revelations this month that North Korea could be planning a massive nuclear arsenal may have alarmed some New Zealanders, but they are unlikely to have raised eyebrows on the Korean Peninsula. Koreans on both sides of the border have long grown used to shocking claims and counterclaims about the dastardly intentions of “the other side”. At the time the Listener went to press, the revelations, published by Japanese newspapers, had not been verified. But at a media conference organised by the Honolulu- based East-West Center in Seoul last month, which discussed security in the region, ...

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