“North Korea’s 007, a currently very popular short movie by some Chinese netizens, mocks Kim Jong Il and his secret agent buying Hennessy XO wine from Chinese black market.”

“Scrappy Chinese manufacturer, Wang Ming, saw an opportunity where others saw a crisis and pressed the excess pants into service as props in a baffling looking board game named Smack The Lion. “

“Amazingly, General Peng has a webpage on a PLA version of MySpace called 9Link. You get to see his picture, read his profile and resume, even (if you’re registered) click on a button to become his buddy.”

“The Bush administration alleges that North Korea’s criminal ventures include a devious scheme to counterfeit U.S. $100 bills of impeccable quality, passing them off around the globe. But the charge is a red herring…. It’s actually the CIA that prints the notes. It funds its own covert operations this way, then lays the blame at Pyongyang’s feet.”

“You all know the “Big Mac Index” of The Economist, now there is an iPod study.”

“Andrew Holloway wrote a manuscript describing his year in Pyongyang during 1987-88 when he was working as a reviser fo the North Korea Foreign Languages Publishing House. He died of stomach cancer without seeing his manuscript publishe into a book. But thanks to a guy who received the manuscript, you can read Andrew’s work, A Year in Pyongyang online. “