| THE NORTH KOREA REPORT: APRIL 15, 2002 TWO DOZEN NORTH KOREANS DEFECT TO SOUTH AS FAMILY REUNIONS ARE SET As North and South Korea agreed to reunions for separated families, to occur in late April and early May (CNN), 24 residents of the Stalinist regime defected to the South (BBC). This brings the number of Koreans who escaped the land of repression and starvation to 238, on pace to break last year�s record of 583 defections from the North to the South. STALINIST REGIME PUSHING PEOPLE TOWARD �LOOMING FOOD CRISIS� North Korea, pushed into a famine by Communist economic mismanagement, will �run out of food in three month's time� without outside help, according to the BBC. Past aid to the Stalinist regime has been stolen by the Communists to feed party members, the armed forces, and their families. According to CNN, demands from food donors �to ensure food is going to the right places� have been unmet. U.S., JAPAN, AND SOUTH KOREA MEET TO DISCUSS �BREAKTHROUGH� Envoys from the United States, Japan, and South Korea met this week to discuss the �breakthrough� in the South�s talks with North Korea (BBC). The Stalinist regime and long-time Communist Chinese ally agreed to talks on economic cooperation, family reunions and a possible inter-Korean railway. U.S. ENVOY MAY GO TO PYONGYANG American envoy Charles Pritchard may go to North Korea for talks with the Stalinist regime, according to the BBC. Pritchard will meet with Lim Dong-won, who met with the North Korean Communists last week. The Communist Chinese ally �indicated� that it wanted warmer ties with the U.S. � likely due to the food crisis mentioned above � in those talks. Stop the Nuclear Power Deal: The United States is building two nuclear power plants in North Korea while the Stalinist regime refuses to let us inspect their nuclear weapons program to verify they have halted it as required in the deal. Tell the President to end the deal. Sign the Boycott Petition: In reaction to the 2008 Olympic Games being awarded to Beijing, the China e-Lobby has begun a petition for an American boycott of those games. As Communist China�s allies and customers enter the cross-hairs, check out the latest on �Communist China and the Terrorist War,� either directly or via our main page. There�s still time to contact the President and tell him not to appoint pro-PRC Doug Paal as de facto ambassador to Taiwan. See Follow-Up for more on Paal. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested in receiving it. Anyone who wishes to join can send his/her name and e-mail address to [email protected]. Please feel free to send any news on Communist China you happen to find to the same address. |