The following is loosely based on an actual article written on the April 8, 2003 liberation of an Iraqi prison for children. Please dream the impossible with me for a moment.
HAENGYONG, NORTH KOREA (AFP) - More than 50,000 men, women and children held in a political concentration camp celebrated their freedom as US […]

Korean version
“If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death,
those who go staggering to the slaughter;
if you say, ‘Look, we did not know this’-
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it?
And will he not repay all according to their deeds?” […]

With the exception of Kim Dae Jung, I cannot think of a more zealous, well-intentioned but ultimately boneheaded advocate for North Korean human rights than the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. A response to at least one of Mr. Kristof’s editorials published in the last few weeks regarding the situation of North Korean […]

The Chosun Journal has often been accused of being too one-sided and polemical. As the editor, I am mostly to blame for this unfortunate indictment. It is unfortunate because The Chosun Journal’s staff itself is made up of liberals and conservatives, Christians and agnostics, diverse people with opposing points of view. What binds us […]

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.” - Victor Hugo
“He who saves one life saves the world entire.” - […]

As Eun Hong pinches Eun Ok, Eun Ok shouts, “Ow! What was that for?” Eun Hong answers with a grin on her face, “I just wanted to make sure we’re not dreaming.” The two North Korean girls, who have been friends from childhood, look at each other and smile. The two boys, Guang IL […]

“They initially wanted to go to the United States, but Washington rejected their demand, citing its position that it does not accept North Korean defectors.”
4 N. Koreans arrive in Seoul, Korea Times, July 9, 2003
“Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”
Inscription on the Statue of Liberty
“Why should we expend […]

On July 4, 2003, four young N. Korean refugees gained their independence upon entering a foreign consulate in China. At one point, Chinese police tried dragging the four teenagers out of a building in order to arrest and deport them back to North Korea. The refugees cried, tearfully yelled out that the media were […]

Let us think outside the box for a moment. The United States should ally with Beijing to make North Korea a Chinese protectorate. Among the choices of war, the status quo, and the above option, the Chinese protectorate plan is the least worst of only bad choices for North Koreans.
It may be in the […]

It’s not easy being the curator of North Korea’s virtual holocaust museum in real-time.
For one thing, it’s a thankless job. Hardly anyone appreciates what The Chosun Journal stands for. A monument to free peoples’ apathy. A testimonial to South Korea’s unprecedented levels of narcissism. Holocaust museums are depressing enough. Having one in which its […]