Talk:North Korea/Archive 1

message: The duplicated notice by Sewing was moved to Talk:Dispute over the name Sea of Japan, not to make discussion scattered over Wikipedia.
:The above unsigned comment was added by Nanshu. --Sewing 16:29, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought it was unknown who started the conflict. Crusadeonilliteracy 19:10, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought so too--131.216.163.213 04:48, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Notice

message: Hm. It looks like a slight pro-North Korea government POV has been replaced by an obviously anti-North Korea government POV. I will have to fix this this weekend. Until then please read our NPOV policy. --mav 08:23, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits 

message: Could someone with a better grip on formatting issues than mine please do something about the horrible white space at the top of this article? Adam 07:36, 31 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Format

message: This page uses the style "Worker's Party of Korea (WPK)", while Politics of North Korea uses "Korean Worker's Party (KWP)". Is there a standard form? If so, both pages should use it. If not, we should choose one and stick with it.
For what it is worth, "Workers Party of Korea" gets more hits on Google than does "Korean Workers Party".
Molinari 02:19, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: WPK or KWP?

message: I really think that any article about North Korea should include information about the recent market trials. I have attempted to add a paragraph about this with NPOV based on information now widely available about North Korea's market trials. This information is just not very widely reported in North America due to political reasons, but a few have popped up, which you can use as research material for expanding information about North Korea's trials, including a number of articles from reputable sources such as BBC and Washington Post:  
    Mdrejhon 05:53, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Market Trials

message: Whenever I try to load a page that has to do with Korea (North_Korea, Korea, History of Korea, etc.) I get an IE (version 6.0.2600.00) error (page has created errors) and IE closes. Very strange, I have never seen anything like this. Anyone else the same problem? Perhaps something to do with a font?? Pascal 00:45, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: IE Error

message: Why have we changed from 'Panmunjom' to the far less common English spelling 'Panmunjeom'? jguk 18:56, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The Revised Romanization is Panmunjeom (32200 Ghits). The McCune-Reischauer is P'anmunjŏm (174000 Ghits). It is at the North and South border.--Jusjih 18:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Panmunj(e)om

message: That is absurd, and this article is not to be some sort of a Communist mouthpeice. Have a look at some other encyclopedias on the subject of N Korea... Sam Spade Arb Com election 12:04, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't misunderstand me - I don't dispute for a moment that the North Korean economy just fell off a proverbial cliff... I think you haven't grasped all meanings of the word 'develop'. 'Develop' doesn't have to refer to a positive event. Wars, famines and natural catastrophies can all 'develop'. I don't see why you oppose using this word so much. --Ce garcon 04:03, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Developed? 

message: I've tried to add this link multiple times:
* Where Is Ms. Cho? - opinion piece about Cho Sung-hye and other North Koreans who attempt to leave North Korea.
but the system won't let me.A2Kafir 01:05, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can't add a link 

message: Gzornenplatz, Gzornenplatz, to keep kicking against the goads makes it hard for you.--Jerryseinfeld 23:05, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: Regarding the previous comment about 1500 visas, I can confirm that there is officially no fixed amount of visas allowed. That would also contradict other reports of a yearly tourist flow of about 2000-4000 tourists in NK every year, and also that the government of DPRK alledgedly need the "hard cash". Why then should there be a fixed limit? 
Also, regarding the "Further Reading" list of links. I think it is too long and should be broken into subsections, or maybe even put in their own articles with categories that match some of the links. Because I think right now many of the links presented cover too wide a range. 
My suggestion is keep the official links, and the bare neccessities, move "Travel accounts" to its own article presenting maybe "Travels to DPRK" or "North Korean Tourism". Move food recipie links to "North Korean Food Recipies" as a subset to "Korean Cuisine". I am sure everyone reading this will agree, that the list of links at the bottom of the article for "North Korea" cover to wide an area, and should therefore be put in its own subset of context.
-Bjørnar-
Very good the way the links is organized now.
--Bjornar 23:25, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion 

message: I have been bold and tidied the links section. Firstly, the Pedia is not a link collection (readers can engage Google, themselves). Secondly, I couldn't stand the misspelling of independent. Thirdly, which other country has a section of links against the country? This is so not NPOV... Fourthly, some of the links were dead anyway. I have considered every link before removing. For example, a travel account? We don't have links to travel accounts to the US, do we? OK, North Korea is less of a common destination, but it is possible to visit. A Japanese comedy site with video clips? Not very authoritative, and well, it's got errors there, too. Let's not confuse propaganda with the Pedia... Metro0 23:43, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Links

message: This country has currently not really a geography entry (it refers to the whole island). Kokiri 21:19, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography 

message: I don't know if this has bee nasked before, but why is they no picture of the North Korean's flag in the main infobox? - Nick_C 12:50, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag? 

message: Should the new British documentary film A State of Mind be mentioned in the external links or somewhere as a resource? It is one of the very first documentaries to, be allowed to, be made by westerners inside North Korea. Very interesting stuff to see on screen. --Fluxaviator 10:30, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  State of Mind 

message: George Bush placed North Korea in the Axis of Evil in 2002, not in 2005 as the article suggests. I will make the appropriate edit.
After further reflection, anybody beating up soldiers or stealing their weapons or rampaging across town would run the risk of being shot in any country I can think of.
Sukiari 07:33, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Axis of Evil 

message: 139.164.130.170 made a reversion stating that Bush added N. Korea to the 'Axis of Evil' in 2005 as a response to Korea's declaration that they had nuclear weapons. In fact, Bush placed N. Korea in the Axis of Evil when he first coined the phrase in his State of the Union address in 2002. If 139.164.130.170 insists on pointing out the talking point phrase 'Axis of Evil' then I think it would be preferable to do this in an accurate manner.
Sukiari 04:49, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad revert by 139.164.130.170 

message: For some reason folks insist on reverting my edit of this page, back to the old version which said that Bush put N. Korea into the Axis of Evil as a result of their declaration they were a nuclear power. In fact, Bush put them in the Axis when he invented the term in his 2002 State of the Union address.
I can't figure out why this keeps getting reverted to the old and nonfactual version. If it continues, I will request that this page be protected.
:This was not my intention in reverting and I plan to fix it soon. --TJive 12:50, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continued reverts of my edit to this page. 

message: In the article, it say NK's motto is One is sure to win if one believes in and depends upon the people (translation). Can anyone verify this? Because even the Korean editors of Korean Wikipedia couldn't find the source, nor the original version of it. Thanks, -- WB 02:46, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motto 

message: i have heard that there was an exodus of communists(including many scientists and engineers) from soviet union to DPRK , when soviet union collapsed. is that true?
:I believe this idea is from many post-USSR works of fiction where unemployed former-soviet scientists take part in North Korea's war-related efforts. There was no exodus as almost all of such candidates in former USSR lived in secluded cities and bureacratic confusions after collapse made it extremely difficult for them get permissions to travel. Also, North Korea does not, due to its Juche ideology, welcome foreigners from interfering in any manners with itself. Even Chinese, who are closest to ally as North Korea have, have met with considerable oppositions to them giving any assistance. -- Revth 08:20, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soviet refugees to dprk?