China issues work visas to 20,000 N. Koreans to legalize rampant border-crossing

China issues work visas to 20,000 N. Koreans to legalize rampant border-crossing

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com China has moved to accept more legal North Korean workers while searching for and kicking out illegal border crossers in a bid to “purify” its northeastern border — an area in which many North Korean refugees are hiding, creating a long-standing diplomatic headache for Beijing. China has started […]

N. Korean hell on earth: Purges, gulags for unconvincing mourning loom

N. Korean hell on earth: Purges, gulags for unconvincing mourning loom

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The rise of the son as “supreme commander” of North Korea’s armed forces gives rise to nostalgia. Already the reign of the father is beginning to seem like the good old days. At least as long as Kim Jong-Il was around a certain sense of security prevailed. South […]