Escape from North Korea

17 responses to “Escape from North Korea”

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   jurvetson

   Mar 24, 2013 at 6:45 am

   June Cohen — TED host — reflecting the reaction in all of us…
   

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   In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

   Mar 24, 2013 at 7:54 am

   Wow. Amazing story. Thanks for posting the link.

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   Spaceaholic.com

   Mar 24, 2013 at 11:22 am

   Absolute must watch 60 Minutes interview with a second escapee for another perspective of the horror’s imposed on the North Korean population:Three Generations of Punishment

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   gsikich1

   Mar 24, 2013 at 11:32 am

   Interesting story. It would be interesting to hear of your parents’ story of escape from occupied Estonia. I am sure that there would be a book that could be written about each escape – you should do that for them and so many others.

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   rocketmavericks

   Mar 24, 2013 at 5:15 pm

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/26274943@N02]

   http://www.singingrevolution.com

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   scleroplex

   Mar 25, 2013 at 1:01 am

   both of them need better footwear 🙂
   the next step in personal freedom.

   yes, i would love to read about your parents’ escape.
   my parents and i left kuwait after the invasion and that was something too.

   re china – http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/8585469369/in/photostream

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   js.brain

   Mar 25, 2013 at 3:26 am

   Very touching story… Yes it would be interesting to hear of your parents story of escape! Marvelous.

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   bike-R

   Mar 25, 2013 at 7:24 pm

   She needs a Cameo onTHEBIG BANG THEORY

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   rass999 denis laframboise

   Mar 26, 2013 at 12:24 am

   Hi Steve.
   Just borrowed a few of your Rocket photos for a "montage" with Photo-Shop. I remember you telling me I could. And I want to thank you for it and be sure I will mention their sources when I post the end result on FLICK. I will also send you a copy. I think I will call the work DEEP IMPACT. You’ll know why when you see it.
   Thanks again and do have the most pleasant week Steve.

   P.S. yes, do give us a story about your family. I am pretty sure my wife Epp (also from Estonia) will just love to read it too.

   denis

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    jurvetson

    Mar 26, 2013 at 12:44 am

    sounds very cool… and evocative… sometimes they take a big dig…

    

    Family stories… I do mean to share sometime… A 544-page book just came out on my great grandfather… and there may be another one in the works on his wife… and there is a lot written about his brother, but I want my parents to capture more about their memories and harrowing escapes. My Dad was on the last boat out…

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    scleroplex

    Mar 26, 2013 at 1:17 am

    via Google Translate –

    translate.google.com/translate?sl=et&tl=en&js=n&a…

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    rass999 denis laframboise

    Mar 26, 2013 at 1:19 am

    Thanks a lot for these links. COOL.
    And I may even use this photo if you don’t mind.

    denis

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    jurvetson

    Mar 27, 2013 at 2:54 am

    and meanwhile, back on North Korea, Elon was tweeting about them as well:

    "There’s crazy, there’s batsh*t crazy, then there’s North Korea crazy… "

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    telebyte

    Mar 27, 2013 at 8:17 am

    N. Korea feels like it is approaching a tipping point as instability of its economy and insecurity of its new leader combine. Hope it plays out as well as possible as soon as possible…

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    booledozer

    Aug 15, 2014 at 2:39 pm

    This image was uploaded here —
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Escape_from_North_Korea.jpg
    Thanks for using a CC liscense that allows re-use!

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    jurvetson

    Dec 28, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    Having just watched "The Interview", I was struck my Seth Rogan’s desire to tackle a serious topic, for himself, and for the protagonists (but with a classic Seth humor streak).

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    bike-R

    Dec 29, 2014 at 5:59 pm

    why don’t we flood North Korea with DVD’s players, the complete SONY/PIXAR/Universal Film and TV catalog plus free blue jeans and Cell Phones for all the masses there? Hey it worked in the SOviet Bloc countries in the 80’s, Y not there?

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