[TigerLikesRooster]

A noose has been tightening around Kim Jong-Il's neck for a while, according to this report.

In another longer article from this paper, Dong-A Ilbo, there is a transcript of this interview. I do not have enough time to translate it now. But I will give it a try later on.

In it, he stated that America was involved in this project and provided financial assistance. He further stated that there are many high level N. Korean elites disaffected with N. Korean regime, who are eager to defect. U.S. tried to open a diplomatic mission of Nauru in Pyongyang but it failed. They did open one in Beijing instead. He said that China was probably aware of this activity (defection project) but S. Korean government was out of the loop.

He is now in Japan to promote the Japanese version of his book on N. Korea, while at the same time meeting families of Japanese abductees and Japanese political/media figures.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I hope this post stays as a breaking news because it sheds light on an important project of the regime change in N. Korea, which is still in progress.

Apparently, U.S. tries to engineer "draining of N. Korean elites."

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[aristeides]

Anybody know whether there is any truth in John Loftus's claim on the Batchelor & Alexander radio show that military-age males in North Korea are now quarantined in barracks to prevent their catching SARS?

[AmericanInTokyo]

like I said, there is a lot of crap going down these days

[Ol' Sox]

I think if you opened a can of dog food and whistled, you could induce 2/3's of the population of N.K. to defect. Kim Jong-Il's days are numbered.

"Mene mene tekel upharsin" seems to be written on a lot of walls lately.

[ellery]

bttt

[Paradox]

Ooh, I want to play the old "how can this be" game...

"But, but how can this be? After all, we know that Bush has been ignoring the North Korean problem because of his obsession with Iraq. This report must be false!"

[HighRoadToChina]

BUMP!!!

[Allan]

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