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| Mongolia Agrees to Build Camp for N.K. Defectors |
| 2002-06-24 |
| Mongolia has agreed to the establishment of a camp for North Korean refugees on its soil if it can get financial assistance from abroad, a German doctor said. Norbert Vollertsen said that he would renovate a military base, which was used by soldiers of the former Soviet Union, to set up the camp to provide accommodation for up to 1,200 North Korean defectors. The German said that he has already secured some money to begin the renovation work. Vollertsen said that he would visit Mongolia in August for the project, for which he has consulted with the Mongolian government through a South Korean nongovernmental organization. I guess I'd rather be in Outer Mongolia than North Korea, too. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 Unfortunately the Dear Leader is no Egon Krenz. If Dear Leader or Dear Leader, Jr. - he probably won't kick off for another 30 or 40 years unless his liver goes - does give up power it will be in the manner of Ceaucescu. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-06-24 20:16:41 |
| #3 All kidding aside, this is significant. Remember how East Germany fell? In part it was because Hungarian leaders decided that they would no longer detain East Germans trying to flee to the west via Budapest. Once the neighbors refused to help, the Ossies were doomed. So too in North Korea: Wonderous Leader depends on all his neighbors to the north and west to back him up on the defector issue. The Chinese are tacitly allowing some N.K.'s to slip out, and now Mongolia will allow refugees to stay. I don't care how backward N.K. is, word is still going to get back home. There could be plenty of N.K.s sneaking out to adore the vistas of Ulan Udeh, and that could hasten the end of Wonderous Leader's time on earth. I sure hope so. Regards, |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-06-24 16:38:12 |
| #2 Ah, Ulan Bataar in the winter! The vistas of Ulan Udeh! The heart sings! |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-06-24 16:28:41 |
| #1 Come to think of it, so would I. Mongolia's got real _history_. It's the stamping grounds of Genghis and Kublai Khan. These days, I understand it's even got some decent Internet connections. And I expect the Mongolians will have plenty of yak milk available for the refugees (just a teensy bit snarky, but I couldn't resist :) ). |
| Posted by: Joe 2002-06-24 16:02:19 |