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The Great Wall of Whiner
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Middle Land
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| ratslash wrote: |
sounds quality and good luck gwow. how much they paying you?!?!  |
Not as much as I would like, but more than enough to save. |
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stalinsdad
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
Location: Jeonju
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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| If you need a Boy Wonder to your Batman send me a message! |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| stalinsdad wrote: |
| If you need a Boy Wonder to your Batman send me a message! |
If you live in North Korea, they'll restrict your contact with Koreans and force you to fraternize with foreigners.  |
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ratslash
Joined: 08 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
| The poor women will be throwing themselves at you out there whiner, I wonder if Kim Jong allows his country's gals to marry foreigners? |
hey, i know as well as the next person that you have to take everything in the lonely planet with a pinch of salt, but it does say you should not even contemplate touching north korean women for any reason. therefore, if this is true, i imagine the prospect of marrying a north korea lady can be swiftly kicked into touch.
good luck again gwow. keep us up to date if you can.
take care. |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:37 am Post subject: |
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The more I think about this, the less I like it.
I have to wonder what your thoughts are on the DPRK's government? Knowing what I know about them (which isn't much), I don't think I could work for them. I might feel like I was complicite with the regime.
Do you feel comfortable working for an organization with the history of the N. Korean Communist party (or whatever it's called)?
What do you want out of this experience?
I'm not passing judgement; it's your decision. If you do it, I'm sure it'll be an amazing experience. I'm interested in what you have to say.
ps. I'm going to speculate wildly and guess that it's hard to do a runner in N Korea.
edited once for crappy writing |
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Joe Thanks
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
Location: Dudleyville
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| ratslash wrote: |
| rapier wrote: |
| The poor women will be throwing themselves at you out there whiner, I wonder if Kim Jong allows his country's gals to marry foreigners? |
hey, i know as well as the next person that you have to take everything in the lonely planet with a pinch of salt, but it does say you should not even contemplate touching north korean women for any reason. therefore, if this is true, i imagine the prospect of marrying a north korea lady can be swiftly kicked into touch.
good luck again gwow. keep us up to date if you can.
take care. |
Consider this:
Of the American Korean war defectors that stayed in North Korea: all but one of them stayed past 1960 and he married a kidnapped Japanese national. Jenkins is his name.
The others went back to America or moved to China � no Korean wives.
Think about that�
I think any foreigner going to North Korea to work for cash from the government is supporting the most vile regime on planet earth. It is nothng less comparable to volunteering to teach sonder kommando English during the holocaust.
Joe |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| That brings up a good question: who in fact is paying your salary? North Korea, some other gov't (perhaps GB),or some NGO? |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| I don't think it matters who's paying his salary. GWOW will be playing by their rules and that's all that matters. |
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Gord
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 9:59 am Post subject: |
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| Joe Thanks wrote: |
Of the American Korean war defectors that stayed in North Korea: all but one of them stayed past 1960 and he married a kidnapped Japanese national. Jenkins is his name.
The others went back to America or moved to China � no Korean wives.
Think about that� |
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Jenkins defected in 1965. |
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Joe Thanks
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
Location: Dudleyville
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| Gord wrote: |
| Joe Thanks wrote: |
Of the American Korean war defectors that stayed in North Korea: all but one of them stayed past 1960 and he married a kidnapped Japanese national. Jenkins is his name.
The others went back to America or moved to China � no Korean wives.
Think about that� |
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Jenkins defected in 1965. |
Then I rest my case. None of the American defectors (surviving) are still there - and Jenkins could only couple with a kidnapped Japanese woman.
My point stands - thanks for the correction though.
Joe |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:43 am Post subject: Re: North Korea--I am on my way! |
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| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
| Needless to say, I will be leaving my position in two-months time, travelling to Harben, China, and flying (I was hoping by train) to Pyeongyang. |
One more month, huh? Keep us updated.. anything changed since you began the original post? |
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oldfort
Joined: 09 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, please keep us posted. Thanks! |
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Len8
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
Location: Kyungju
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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There was a report by a guard from one of the goolags who defected and how he said that he supervised some old westerners in their 70's on road construction up in the North somewhere.
I also read that of the defectors during the Korean war there was only one who was ideologically attracted to communisim. He was pretty much convinced that it was the ideal way to live. The questions and discussions he had with his soldier buddies made them all uncomfortable. He was sincere, so they couldn't handle it. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 6:16 am Post subject: |
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I have heard through the grapevine that he is now not going.
For reasons you'll have to ask him. |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| Definitely a good reason to hold off making public announcements about employment status... or girlfriends, for that matter... |
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