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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Huge thanks to Michael Rank for flagging this up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I hope he won't mind it being broadcast more
widely.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Everyone concerned with Korea should watch this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>This is a fascinating and revealing report. It's the
first film</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I've ever seen of North Korean logging camps in
Siberia.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>And who knew that a British firm was profiting from
them?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Newsnight is a daily programme, so best be quick as I
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>don't think it stays up online indefintely. But as of
now</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>you can watch it in full at <A
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/newsnight">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/newsnight</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>This item starts about 27 minutes in, so just move the cursor
to the right.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>(Wince as Kirsty Wark mispronounces Kim Jong-il,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>but after that it only gets better.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>There's also a short video clip, for now, on Newsnight's front
page</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>at </FONT><A
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm"><FONT
size=3>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>and a presumably permanent summary article about it
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>(which also includes the video clip) at</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8221164.stm"><FONT
size=3>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8221164.stm</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Simon Ostrovsky is an excellent investigative
journalist.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Google will lead you to other examples of his work,
for</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>instance in Uzbekistan and even Kalmykia:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7068096.stm"><FONT
size=3>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7068096.stm</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/inside%20europes%20buddhist%20nation/894772"><FONT
size=3>http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/inside%20europes%20buddhist%20nation/894772</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Importantly, when he gets North Koreans to speak on
camera,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>he is careful to disguise and protect them.
Unlike, </FONT><FONT size=4>it would seem, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>the gushing and much gushed-over Mss Ling and
Lee:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-underground23-2009aug23,0,2753762.story"><FONT
size=3>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-underground23-2009aug23,0,2753762.story</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Highly recommended. Many thanks again to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Michael Rank for spotting this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/26/2009 20:42:29 GMT Daylight Time, rank@MAILBOX.CO.UK
writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=4 face=Arial>At the
last moment I have just spotted that Newsnight tonight (Wed) <BR>will have
"an extraordinary film which reveals the partnership between <BR>a
company run by British businessmen and the secretive and
repressive <BR>regime of North Korea, operating in a remote Russian
forest."<BR><BR>Michael Rank<BR> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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