Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Photios: North Korea Kidnaps Japanese - Background

For anyone interested in recent Asian history, Photios has started a series on Japanese nationals who were kidnapped by the North Koreans and forced to train spies in Japanese language and culture. The title link is to the first entry in the series, posted March 5.

File under: Korea watch.

1 comment:

Kathryn Judson said...

Thanks!

(I don't suppose that I'm allowed to ask who that really is in the portrait you have bolstering your pseudonym? I'm just enough of a history buff to feel silly I can't put a name to him. At a guess, I should recognize the fellow?)