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?

Wall Street Journal that is. the WSJ is an essential source of North Korea related news and Opinionjournal was even more important for human rights related columns. That was, if one could access to it’s entire site. Not anymore, the subscription wall has fell. It appears Dow Jone has preempted Rupert Murdoch to do the same in order to fend off any takeover. So enjoy

So where have I been the last 3-4 months? Well, after I returned to the states in mid October I was a jobless college graduate suffering from blogging burnout. It took almost 2 months to finally find a contracting gig and just last Monday I pulled in my first paycheck. By the way, the time spent building this site translated gave me the skills to secure this well-paying gig I have today (hobby in college: 1 college education: 0). Now with a bit of income flowing my way, I can continue building this site. Expect regular blogging to resume.

Update: Nothing much changed in the world of NK since my hiatus. It’s the same reneged deals and slow grind in the human rights front. Hopefully 2008 will bring more positive changes.