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Days after Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un, called South Korea "the enemy" and said North Korea would "decisively carry out the next action"... Action has been taken. Amid rising tension between North and South Korea over the actions of North Korean defectors, North Korea has blown up the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong. Here's the latest breaking news story during a VERY busy 2020.
Days after Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un, called South Korea "the enemy" and said North Korea would "decisively carry out the next action"...
Action has been taken.
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Is Kim Jong-un Critically Ill? 👀
💬 金正恩病危❓
最近這幾天最常看到的新聞，除了新冠肺炎外，就是北韓領導人突然消失的新聞，今天就來聊聊這件事。進入文章前，先來看看單字～
【✍主題單字】
1. critically ill「病危的」：critically 常用來形容「病情危急地」。
2. absent「缺席的」
3. speculation「猜測，推斷」：當名詞，動詞為 speculate。
4. credible「可信的」
5. severity「嚴重性，嚴重程度」：當名詞，形容詞 severe。
6. North Korean defector「脫北者」：defector「叛逃者」，指脫離原本國家、逃到對立政治立場的另一個國家者。
7. obesity「過胖」
8. decline「拒絕，謝絕」：比 reject 跟 refuse 要婉轉一些。
9. in light of「有鑑於」
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On April 15, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was absent from the celebration of his grandfather Kim Il-sung’s birthday. Kim Il-sung was the founder of North Korea, and the anniversary of his birth is the nation’s most important holiday. Ever since then, there has been speculation about Kim Jong-un’s health. Kim’s last known appearance was at a Politburo meeting on April 11.
4 月 15 日，北韓領導人金正恩缺席祖父金日成的誕辰。金日成是北韓國父，所以他的誕辰可說是北韓全國上下最重要的國定節日。自此之後，有關金正恩健康堪慮的傳言四起。而金正恩最後一次現身，是參加 4 月 11 日勞動黨中央政局會議。
According to a U.S. official, Kim is in grave danger after undergoing surgery. And another U.S. official told American media that the concerns about Kim’s health are credible, but the severity of his condition is hard to access. What kind of surgery? Daily NK, a newspaper run by North Korean defectors, reports that Kim received heart surgery because of “excessive smoking, obesity and overwork.” On the other hand, two separate South Korean government sources have said that the reports about Kim’s health aren’t true, and that there have been no unusual signs coming from North Korea.
一名美國官員指出，金正恩術後病危，而另一名美國官員告訴媒體，有關金正恩健康的揣測是可信的，不過嚴重程度還不得而知。那麼，金正恩做的是什麼手術？由脫北者經營的韓國媒體《Daily NK》指出，金正恩所接受的手術是心血管手術，因為他有「嚴重煙癮、過重而且過勞」。不過另一方面，兩個不同的南韓政府消息來源指出，有關金正恩的健康傳聞並非屬實，北韓看起來並沒有任何不正常的徵兆。
When asked about Kim’s health condition, the U.S. National Security Council and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment. The State Department and the CIA have also made no public statements. But in light of the military exercises carried out by North Korea on April 14, which included the launch of several missiles, U.S. intelligence agencies are continuing to closely monitor the situation.
當被問及金正恩的健康狀況，美國國家安全委員會與國家情報總監都拒絕評論。國務院與中央情報局也沒有做任何公開聲明。不過，鑑於北韓在4月14日執行軍事演習，其中還發射數枚導彈，美國情報單位仍密切關注情勢發展。
【📎美國新聞相關】
1. the U.S. National Security Council「美國國家安全會議」：簡稱國安會，是由美國總統主持的最高級別國家安全及外交事務決策委員會，處理外交與安全事務。
2. the Office of the Director of National Intelligence「國家情報總監」：處理有關國家安全的情報事務時的主要諮詢對象，統領 16 個美國情報體系。在建立國家情報總監之前，美國情報體系龍頭是中央情報局（CIA）總監。
3. the State of Department「美國國務院」：美國政府負責外交事務的行政部門。
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Người Việt Đồng Tâm
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- Đồng ý cho đại diện các đại sứ quán, các tổ chức trong nước và quốc tế đến thăm hỏi, tìm hiểu, giúp đỡ dân làng và các nạn nhân.
- Cho phép các tổ chức quốc tế, phóng viên quốc tế như của AP, NY Times, Reuters, RFI, CNN, Aljazeera đến Đồng Tâm để tác nghiệp và cung cấp thông tin trung thực nhất.
- Yêu cầu nhà cầm quyền Hà Nội ngừng sử dụng bạo lực, hay tiếp tục đe doạ sử dụng bạo lực cũng như chấm dứt hành vi vu cáo khủng bố đối với mọi dân làng Đồng Tâm.
Dear Sir/Madam:
It is with grave concerns that I draw your attention to the following:
•On January 9, 2020 a violent clash over a land dispute in Dong Tam commune, Vietnam where excessive military and police force was deployed that killed an 84-year-old civilian and injured several others. The elderly who had been a vocal leader in the struggle against land confiscation was shot twice in the head and once in the chest while sleeping in his bed. Several other elderly and farmers of the same commune were arrested or assaulted and badly injured. Reportedly there were some 3000 police heavily armed with tear gas, explosives and live ammunition that launched the attack at approximately 3 a.m. on that day targeting the house of the local elderly leader. His sons were also arrested and his daughter in law and grandchildren were also hunted down while running away by police sniffer dogs.
•This is the latest bloody conflict of land seizures in Dong Tam commune where tension has been simmering for some three years. Farmers claim that the government seizes 59 hectares (116 acres) of their farmland for the military-run Viettel Group, which is Vietnam’s largest mobile phone company, without consultation, consent and adequate compensation for the rightful owners.
•While violent land confiscations are not uncommon in Vietnam, this is the first time the authorities claimed there had been 3 policemen killed during the attack against the rightful owners of the lands. Human Rights Watch and other international human rights organizations have urged the authorities to investigate the killings fairly and to hold accountable those who used violence and whether excessive police force was justified so as not to wrongly accuse and further victimize the victims.
•Similarly, last year, just days before the Vietnamese traditional new year, “Tet”, on January 4 and January 8, the authorities in Ho Chi Minh city also launched an attack against the Loc Hung Vegetable Garden, a settlement area claimed by the Catholic Church and registered for agricultural use in 1991, 1995, and 2005, and ever since the land had been used by residents for growing vegetables.
•During the two-day operation, some thousand uniformed police and plain clothes forces wearing masks equipped with about 8 bulldozers and earth movers to demolish all the houses in Loc Hung Vegetable Garden, Tan Binh district, without prior warning, proper notice, or adequate compensation for the residents.
•This forced hundreds of displaced victims who are mostly defectors and people who had escaped the Communist regime in the North in 1954, and former prisoners of conscience, political dissidents and veterans of the former army of South Vietnam out of their homes.
•Lawyers in the country protested against the local authorities’ abuse of power claiming the state should have issued an order for land appropriation first before any issuance of an eviction order to residents of Loc Hung Vegetable Garden.
Therefore, we earnestly ask [your embassy] [U.N. organization]…. to exert diplomatic pressure and
1. Urge the Vietnamese government to end military and police repression and abuse of powers against civilians;
2. Urge the Vietnamese government to recognize the importance of engaging in respectful dialogues and fair negotiations to solve land disputes peacefully rather than resorting to violence.
3. Urge the Vietnamese authorities to investigate with impartiality and transparency and punish all those who are responsible for the human rights violations and the violence in Loc Hung Vegetable Garden and Dong Tam commune so that there is no impunity for crimes committed by state officials.
4. Urge the Vietnamese authorities to permit access to Dong Tam and Loc Hung survivors by local and foreign journalists, diplomats, UN agency officials and other impartial observers to assess what evolved there and monitor the government’s investigation of these incidents.
5. Urge the Vietnamese government to recognize unfair and arbitrary land confiscation for economic projects displacing local people is the source of social unrest, publi
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[HOW WOULD YOU TAKE DOWN NORTH KOREA? (THE 7 CHOICES)]
If you were put in charge of one mission - to take down the North Korean regime - a mission that had previously left world leaders beaten and befuddled, where failure could result in changes to the political and physical landscape for generations to come….what would you do?
And time is of the essence here, as the longer you wait, the likelier it is for Dear Leader to complete development of nukes capable of reaching the continental US, or perhaps anywhere else in the world. Actually, according to some reports, it might already be too late!
But whether North Korea actually fires is another question altogether. If we are to rid the world of this nefarious regime - I’m talking the regime not the people - we have to consider the options. In this video, I’ll go over the seven way to take down North Korea - including the most destructive, the most convenient, the most secretive, and the most unexpected.
Sources:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/the-risk-of-nuclear-war-with-north-korea
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/26/north-korea-nuclear-tests-shock-experts-215533
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-08-10/only-effective-arms-against-north-koreas-missile-bunkers-are-nuclear-weapons-says
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/timeline-of-the-north-korean-nuclear-threat-w496701
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-nuclear-weapons/
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/06/how-not-to-kill-kim-jung-un/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/nervous-kim-jong-un-trying-avoid-assassinated/
http://www.dw.com/en/kim-yo-jong-who-is-the-north-korean-leaders-mysterious-sister/a-40862677
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/05/05/what-war-north-korea-looks-588861.html
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/war-north-korea-looks-like/
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/how-isis-started-syria-iraq/412042/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-banks-china/chinas-central-bank-tells-banks-to-stop-doing-business-with-north-korea-sources-idUSKCN1BW1DL
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/world/asia/north-korea-executions-jang-song-thaek.html
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/why-north-korea-is-a-black-hole-for-spies-242473
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/860936/north-korea-news-china-plans-remove-Kim-Jong-un
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardminiter/2017/08/15/bomb-north-korea-with-its-own-money/2/#59f098d2418b
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/03/world/north-korea-hackers-banks/?iid=EL
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-north-korea-sell-its-nuclear-technology/
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[HOW WOULD YOU ESCAPE NORTH KOREA? (THE 7 CHOICES)]
If you were living in North Korea right now - trying to survive on a diet of rats, grass, soil and tree bark, quenching your thirst by drinking out of mud puddles in the ground - what would you do?
There's also the conceivable chance of being sent to a political prison camp for years on end just because you innocently thought out loud one day to a bunch of friends (North Korean propaganda is strong), where you are then beaten, tortured, and left so hungry that you are forced to dig and consume the grains out of faeces, or the maggots from dead bodies just so you have the energy to perhaps last one more day.
You'd probably wanna escape. But how?
The North Korean government in Pyongyang refuses to let its citizens leave, a clear violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, viewing North Korean defectors as traitorous criminals. Captured North Koreans would be subject to unimaginable torture and often public executions.
If they are successful in their escape, then three to four generations of their family back home would be sent to North Korean prison camps to rot ....or worse. This is a strong deterrent.
But this still doesn't stop desperate North Koreans from tempting fate. In this video, I'll go over the seven ways to escape the DPRK, including the most dangerous, the most unforgiving, the most unique, and the most unexpected.
The North Korean border on the south side (ie. South Korean border / Korean DMZ) is the shortest distance to travel for safety and stability but as a result, the regime makes it dangerously hard. A North Korean escapee can be shot down by North Korean soldiers (border guards) or step on the many landmines in the area.
The northern border to China has it's own set of challenges. Most North Korean refugees escape through this way, usually crossing the Tumen River border (like the famous North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee). Once in China, the nightmare doesn't end there.
There are also other, more unconventional ways you can try to escape such as through North Korean labor camps.
Even if you make it to safety and resettle in a stable country, the North Korean regime will still try to hunt you down, so you're never truly safe. Especially if you're an outspoken critic or a threat to Kim Jong-un's power - just ask his half brother, Kim Jong-nam.
Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070303203248/http://www.hrnk.org/refugeesReport06.pdf
http://bushcenter.imgix.net/legacy/gwb_north_korea_executive_summary_r4.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/world/asia/north-korean-soldier-braves-dmz-to-defect-to-south.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/11033003/North-Korean-pair-swim-across-sea-border-to-defect-to-South-Korea.html
http://time.com/4205785/london-new-malden-north-korean-refugees/
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