North Korea's control of information for its hunger stricken people is starting to develop "cracks," with more people listening to foreign radio broadcasts and watching outside TV programs and movies, the U.S. human rights envoy said.
Amb. Robert King, special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, made the remark during a speech last week in Brussels, according to a transcript provided Monday by the State Department. He was addressing the European Parliament subcommittee on human rights.
"Cracks in the information blockade are starting to form," King said. "The latest study by the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors found that 35 percent of North Korean refugees and travelers had listened to foreign radio broadcasts inside North Korea, even though it is still illegal to possess a radio that can be tuned."
The envoy also said that about 85 percent of refugees and travelers abroad have seen foreign DVDs in the North and North Koreans are increasingly familiar with South Korean K-Pop and have seen movies like "Titanic" and "Bend It Like Beckham."
King lauded the EU for playing a leading role in getting a landmark resolution on North Korea's human rights record to pass through the U.N. General Assembly last year. The resolution calls for referring the issue to the International Criminal Court.
"The world will not, and cannot, close its eyes to what is happening in North Korea," he said. "Ultimately, we will judge the North not by its words, but by its actions -- the concrete steps it takes to address the core concerns of the international community, from its nuclear program to its human rights violations," he said. (Yonhap)
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Monday, January 26, 2015
IT’S THE FREE AIRWAVES LIKE RADIO NOT THE INTERNET IS HOW NORTH KOREANS GET INFORMATION FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD–ONLY THE LEFTIST POTUS BHO CAN CLAIM ANOTHER ARAB SPRING CAN FREE THE PEOPLES OF NORTH KOREA–CONSIDER THE DEMOCRAT POTUS IS ALWAYS A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT WHEN BACKING THE WRONG HORSE IN THE RACE–WHEN FREE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FREE AND NOT SOME PROPAGANDA BS
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