North Koreans In Iran?

North Korean Woman searching for food in the weeds.

North Korean's in Iran...

"President George W. Bush was widely—and unfairly—castigated for referring to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as ‘The Axis of Evil.’ Academics denied that such diverse countries could cooperate, while diplomats condemned Bush for saying such mean things about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or Dear Leader Kim Jong-il. In hindsight, of course, Bush was right. The only legitimate criticism of the Axis of Evil was that he defined it too narrowly: Certainly, there might have been room for Venezuelan despot Hugo Chavez and Sudan’s murderous dictator Omar Al-Bashir, among others.

Blogger Challah Hu Akbar, whom I do not know personally but whose blog I always find interesting, has done some important analysis of Iranian media pictures and asks just what North Korean military officers are doing in Iran?"

North Korea Threatens the South

New Threats from the North

Gulags, Famine & Poverty - North Korean Style

More Gulag

North Korean Gulag...or Going into the Mountains.

North Korean Gulag

"Even prison guards attempt to escape the country. Based on their testimonies and those of former inmates, Mr Hawk estimates that there are 150,000-200,000 political prisoners, penned into a string of camps that can be pinpointed on Google Earth (being “sent up to the mountains” is a euphemism among ordinary folk for those who disappear). Many prisoners are stunted and deformed from back-breaking work, 12 hours a day, seven days a week, with so little food that they eat rats and snakes, and pick through cow dung for grains of corn. Clothing is threadbare."

North Korea, still crazy as ever

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/1230646

Ascom City 1964, and Pictures of Seoul

121 EVAC hospital motor pool.

 The pictures posted here were donated by Belford Duplantis for everyone's interest. THe images were taken in 1964.

Ruins near Ascom City, a result of the Korean War, 1950-53.

Aerial view of Seoul. 1964

Street scene, Seoul, 1964

Street scene, Seoul, 1964

Namdaemun, 1964. This is a striking image when compared with the high rise buildings that surround the South Gate now. It's Korea's number one national treasure, and it has undergone a facelift over the past few years.

Bridges over the Han River, Seoul, 1964

Walker Hill Hotel, 1964. Named after Gen. Walton Walker, the first field commander of  US forces during the Korean War. He died when his jeep flipped over.

Fields near Ascom City, 1964

Rice harvest, 1964.

Kimpo Airport Terminal Building, 1964

Ascom City, 1964

Aerial view of Ascom City, near Bupyong-dong. Top left you can see the 44th Engineer compound.

Aerial view of Ascom City, and War ruins in foreground.

Winter scene, Ascom City, 1964

Barracks, Ascom City, 1964

Ascom City, 1964

Village path, near Ascom City, 1964

Rail line and village fields near Ascom City, 1964.