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Kim Jong Il on eHarmony

seonghuhn — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:46:23 +0000

Arowana Films created a humorous parody of eHarmony commercials. Instead of your typical American couple this eHarmony commercial is about how Kim Jong Il and Penny met.

Kim Jong Il is played by the Korean-American comedian Danny Cho while Penny is played by his friend Grace Su aka Peachies.

The video is quite funny though the ending is somewhat jarring. You can see it below hosted by YouTube.

I think this video is great because we need to raise awareness about the atrocities going on in North Korea any way we can. You can see more videos like this at Kim Jong Il Jr.

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North Korean Refugee Now Dancing

seonghuhn — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:56:53 +0000

Joseph Kim’s father starved to death when he was thirteen. His mother and sister went to China to look for food and he never heard from them again. Joseph tried to survive by working fourteen hours a day in a coal mine and various other jobs. But when he could not make ends meet he too fled to China.

In China he remained in hiding for a year until he found a LiNK safe house. LiNK applied on his behalf for asylum in the U.S. At the age of sixteen he arrived in the U.S. as the first North Korean unassisted refugee minor.

Now Joseph Kim is helping LiNK as a nomad, like the three nomads who are currently staying at my place and did the recent screening of Seoul Train. You can see Joseph dancing in the video below, he is the one with the blue bandana.

It is amazing what can happen when just a few people show compassion.

North Korea According to the Secret Asian Man

seonghuhn — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:57:00 +0000

I couldn’t have summarized it better myself.

Updated 2009-08-18: Gil Asakawa posted about the illustration he purchased by the Secret Asian Man cartoonist Tak Toyoshima. It’s of a very large Kim Jong Il chasing after Euna Lee and Kim Jong Il.