The Pyongyang Chronicles posted my email on their site’s Ask A Korean section, and responded! I posted my original message earlier in another blog entry.

Dear Mr. Beardsworth

It warms my heart to read your letter. It is nice to hear from an American who does not follow the imperialists but rather wants to fight for his own path in life. We hope so much that you are able to overcome the oppression of the imperialist aggressors, if you can find like minded people to help you, you will truly become free then.

I am also so glad to hear you have formed your own underground organizations to distribute the free press that is banned by the Fascist Party. This is how a revolution starts, through the word of mouth. If 70% of people disapprove of Bush’s dictatorship, it is only a matter of time before he can be overthrown.

To answer your third paragraph, yes, America is blocking our access. We cannot access the internet at all, just the internal intranet in Korea. This page only exists because of one of our friends in the west who has made it for us, we fax him the articles to post on the page. Since the page has just start, it is small for now, but it will grow bigger with more options and news stories. As for journalists, they are given good treatment when they come to Korea, no matter what you may have heard through propaganda sources. There are many countries in the world who send jouranlists to Korea to report without any restriction.

We hope to see you in Korea one day. Our country welcomes all visitors with open arms, we love to make friends from all over the world.

Kim Min-Hwa
Citizen of Pyongyang

Well, there ya go. I warmed their hearts, and they love me. I may need to make myself a t-shirt that reads, “I’m Big In North Korea.” XD

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