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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear friends and colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>These striking images of Hwanghae-namdo, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>taken </FONT><FONT size=4>about a month ago, </FONT><FONT
size=4>may be of interest:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/a-view-of-hunger-in-north-korea/"><FONT
size=3>http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/a-view-of-hunger-in-north-korea/</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>You may well have seen some of them. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>(Apologies to </FONT><FONT size=4>anyone for whom all this is
old hat.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Less well-known, I think, is the fact that the
photographer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>is Bosnian. As such, his own comments are worth
reading.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2011/10/07/eyes-from-behind-the-mirror/"><FONT
size=2>http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2011/10/07/eyes-from-behind-the-mirror/</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Again if you've not seen it already, the accompanying
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Reuters report </FONT><FONT size=4>is insightful, including on
wider issues:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>typicality, causes, and interpretation generally.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>One tries to maintain academic composure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>But sometimes the sadness is just too much.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Kind regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Aidan FC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3>Aidan
Foster-Carter<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB>Honorary Senior Research
Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB>E</SPAN></EM><SPAN
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lang=EN-GB>: <A title=mailto:afostercarter@aol.com
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A
title=mailto:afostercarter@yahoo.com
href="mailto:afostercarter@yahoo.com">afostercarter@yahoo.com</A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria">W</SPAN></EM>: <A title=http://www.aidanfc.net/
href="http://www.aidanfc.net/">www.aidanfc.net</A><SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria"
lang=EN-GB>W in Korea:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB><A
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http:/aidanfc.net/index.html"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><FONT size=3><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB>Skype</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB>:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aidan.Foster.Carter <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cambria">Twitter:</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>@fcaidan <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-GB>Recent
articles, broadcasts and other activities on Korea
(mostly):<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-GB>26
October, 2011<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></I><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black" lang=EN-GB>McCarthyism, South Korea-style<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB>The limits on free
speech in Seoul.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Asia Times Online</I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><A
href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/MJ26Dg01.html">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/MJ26Dg01.html</A></SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black"
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Candara; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"
lang=EN-GB>15 October, 2011<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></I><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"
lang=EN-GB>Soft-soaping Samsung<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"
lang=EN-GB>The lead letter in the Economist, criticising their kid-glove
coverage of the big beast recently<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"
lang=EN-GB><A
href="http://www.economist.com/node/21532241">http://www.economist.com/node/21532241</A></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>