| THE NORTH KOREA REPORT: MAY 28, 2002 NEWS FOUR MORE REFUGEES ENTER SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN BEIJING SOUTH KOREA REFUSES COMMUNIST DEMAND TO TURNOVER REFUGEES TO PRC FIVE REFUGEES TAKEN FROM JAPANESE CONSULATE RELEASED, NOW IN SEOUL Three North Korean refugees in Communist China escaped to South Korean Embassy in Beijing last week � one on Thursday and two on Friday, and a fourth �joined them on Monday� (BBC). Communist China demanded that South Korea hand them back �to be sent back to the Stalinist regime and long-time PRC ally � but South Korea refused, asking instead that the PRC allow them to fly to South Korea. Meanwhile, the family of five refugees whom Communist police seized from inside the Japanese consulate in Shenyang are now in South Korea (Washington Post). The refugees told reporters, �We are happy to be here. We were not so happy in China.� Japan was also pleased. Also reporting: CNN The PRC sends back any refugee from North Korea that it finds � even though this usually means imprisonment, torture, or starvation by the Stalinist regime and long-time PRC ally. Tens of thousands of North Koreans are hiding in the PRC after having escaped a regime that hordes international food aid for itself and its military as the people continue to suffer a near-decade long famine. U.S. PONDERING NORTH KOREAN OFFER FOR TALKS Officials from the Bush Administration are still considering North Korea�s offer for talks. The questions mainly are whether the Stalinist regime is �sincere� about the talks, and whether have talks with an axis-of-evil regime at all is such a good idea. Report: Washington Times Of course, the label has yet to lead to any change in U.S. policy to the North � including the deal to build two power plants there. Despite the Administration announcing that North Korea has violated that deal, no one with the Administration is talking about ending it. No Commentary or Analyses this week 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. Check out the latest on the Communist China and the Terrorist War 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. |