February 11, 2010 in Asia 1

North Korea – worse than you thought?

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North Korea’s political system has little to do with Stalinism or communism, argues Christopher Hitchens:

…we should instead regard the Kim Jong-il system as a phenomenon of the very extreme and pathological right. It is based on totalitarian “military first” mobilization, is maintained by slave labor, and instills an ideology of the most unapologetic racism and xenophobia.

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  • abdulhamit aktas
    11.02.2010 2:11 pm Reply avatar

    dear sir and madam
    the uyghur situation form day to date will be more problem
    how we can chane this politic syetem in xingjang our china ?
    all day more uyghur family member shave very strong problem
    and the uyghur in the out side like germany u.s.a and the european countrys think not any syetem why?
    the human rights for my country is very important the government so the military attack to our country will not stop any time.thepolicy the scurity the affairs we most be chance we most teach more uyghurs the problem is not pejing the problem is the xingjang governments only.
    more family members missing how the family members think our have afelling nobody can understant this life more people can not speek afree rights no human rrights now law so no lwayer we most try some projects .
    i will be happy for ahelp thanks
    wiht the best regrads
    abdul hamit aktas