Free Republic

N. Korean Defector Calls on U.S. to Stand ToughNorth Korean defector and Chosun Ilbo journalist Kang Chol-hwan called on U.S. leaders to reject any South Korean requests for aid to the Stalinist country. In an article for the Wall Street Journal titled "Give Us an 'Eclipse Policy,'" Kang said there were many signs that North Korea is faced with imminent regime collapse just as it was in 1998. Kang said the food crisis was affecting even North Korea's ruling class, with reports that food rationing has been curtailed even in Pyongyang, and this was probably the reason the North asked...