Dear LiNK,

It’s been almost a year since you launched your new website. Looks great. Now please update it. As a matter of fact, I’ve met the web designers in a job (didn’t get it though) interview last year and, according to them, updating it is a breeze. I notice that the news section is updated occasionally, but that’s someone else content (my news feed is done automatically by the spiders at Google). Even I, now juggling two jobs, can find the time to write something once a day (most of the time). Even if it means copy/paste old press releases would be great. In this Web 2.0 environment where users demand a constant flow of content, there no excuse for organizations seeking an online presence to display old content, much less 10 months old content. Hell, I’ll do it for you, for free.

your adoring fan,

kyochan

No.

In more serious news, I welcome President Lee’s slimming of the executive branch (Via. Marmot’s Hole). Not only it matches my views on small government, but the downsizing includes every NKHR activist’s least favorite government agency, the unification ministry. Hopefully, the South Korean “Human Rights” Commission gets it too.

Update: Also, Lee is also pushing for the release of POW’s still held in the North (Via. OFK).

Update #2: (Via. Rok Drop) Praise Allah! How did I miss this?

The DailyNK reports of rumors of female North Korean merchants being kidnapped as part of the sex trafficking trade in northeast China. In North Korea, many women are the sole providers in the family. It is very common for women to cross the border into China to purchase goods for their family and for commercial purposes. Thus, they make tempting targets. One, as merchants they carry a substantial sums of money. Second, because they are illegally in China, chances of turning to the authorities are nil. Finally, China’s widening male:female ratio creates a high demand for females among Chinese men, especially the poor. The only doubt about this story is whether these women are North Korean at all. Further evidence is needed to verify the story but there is no doubt that North Koreans still face adversity when they step into China.