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	<title>Wide Angle &#187; North Korea</title>
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		<title>Crossing Heaven&#8217;s Border: Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ernsta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

“Recounts the harrowing, heartbreaking stories of North Korean refugees
who escape – or try to – across the border into China”
–Miami Herald

“The kind of suspense Hollywood cannot manufacture”
– Wall Street Journal

About the Film


In the past decade, up to 100,000 defectors have crossed the waters of the Tumen and Yalu Rivers into northeast China to escape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Trip to the DMZ: Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up to 100,000 defectors have fled hunger and political repression in North Korea since a devastating famine in the 1990s. But the border between North and South Korea is impenetrable -- the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, separating the two countries is dotted with landmines, bunkers, and nearly a million troops. Defectors' only way out is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Trip to the DMZ: Video</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/field-trip-to-the-dmz/video/4530/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/field-trip-to-the-dmz/video/4530/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please view the original post to see the video.]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: A Deadly Month in Iraq, Suicide Blast Kills Afghan Spy Chief</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/world-links-a-deadly-month-in-iraq-suicide-blast-kills-afghan-spy-chief/5520/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ernsta</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Euna Lee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A suicide car bomber kills 23 people, including Afghan's deputy spy chief Abdullah Laghmani, at a mosque in the provincial capital of Mehtarlam, east of Kabul. The Taliban have taken responsibility for the blast.

Iraqi government figures indicate that August was Iraq's deadliest month in over a year, with nearly 400 civilians dying in violent attacks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: U.S. Plans Talks With North Korea, Conservatives Snub Ahmadinejad</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links/5462/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links/5462/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan prepares to release partial results from a hotly contested election marred by allegations of massive fraud. Both President Hamid Karzai and his chief rival claim the lead. Officials warn that the final outcome could be affected by investigations into the claimed abuses.

The top U.S. officials in charge of North Korea policy and nuclear talks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Lockerbie Bomber Released, Ballots Counted in Afghanistan Election</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/world-links-lockerbie-bomber-released-from-jail-ballots-being-counted-in-afghanistan-presidential-election/5449/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/world-links-lockerbie-bomber-released-from-jail-ballots-being-counted-in-afghanistan-presidential-election/5449/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ernsta</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=5449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the "Lockerbie bomber," convicted in the deaths of 270 people in the 1998 bombing of Pan Am flight 103, is released from a Scottish prison and flown to his native Libya. Megrahi is terminally ill with prostate cancer and is expected to live at the most three months.

Millions of ballots are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Protests and Tear Gas In Iran, Tension at First Fatah Conference In Two Decades</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/world-links-protests-and-tear-gas-in-iran-tension-at-first-fatah-conference-in-two-decades/5364/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/world-links-protests-and-tear-gas-in-iran-tension-at-first-fatah-conference-in-two-decades/5364/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=5364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After arriving in Burbank, California, Laura Ling and Euna Lee thank former president Bill Clinton and his team for securing their release from North Korea. Clinton's visit may signal a turning point in talks between the United States and the reclusive, nuclear-armed country.

Iran media reports that more than 5,000 security forces guard the block outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Australian Police Arrest Terror Suspects, Iran Interrogates Detained Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/world-links-australian-police-arrest-terror-suspects-iran-interrogates-detained-americans/5352/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/world-links-australian-police-arrest-terror-suspects-iran-interrogates-detained-americans/5352/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=5352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former President Bill Clinton arrives in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on a surprise visit to seek the release of two U.S. journalists jailed since March. He meets the ailing Kim Jong-il, who hosts a dinner for him. Clinton's visit may rekindle long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks.

Australian police arrest four men linked to a hardline Somali [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Taliban Lays Out New Rules of Engagement, Islamic Militants Kill Dozens in Nigeria</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-taliban-lays-out-new-rules-of-engagement-islamic-militants-kill-dozens-in-nigeria/5254/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-taliban-lays-out-new-rules-of-engagement-islamic-militants-kill-dozens-in-nigeria/5254/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Taliban in Afghanistan issues a new code of conduct aimed at centralizing control of the mujahideen under the leadership of Mullah Omar and winning the battle for the hearts and minds of the local population by limiting civilian casualties.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Middle East envoy George Mitchell visit the Middle East this week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing Heaven&#8217;s Border: Video: Asia Society Discussion</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/crossing-heavens-border/video-asia-society-discussion/5136/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/crossing-heavens-border/video-asia-society-discussion/5136/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a screening of Crossing Heaven's Border, Professor Katherine Moon, activist Steven Kim, and the Asia Society’s John Delury discuss the plight of North Koreans in China, what their experiences tell us about life back in North Korea, and the role journalists are playing in exposing one of the world’s most opaque regimes.

[cove  w="514" h="307" [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: G8 Leaders Pledge $20 Billion in Aid, Honduran Leadership Discussions Stall</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-g8-leaders-pledge-20-billion-in-aid-honduran-leadership-discussions-stall/5125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-g8-leaders-pledge-20-billion-in-aid-honduran-leadership-discussions-stall/5125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milsteinm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[G8 leaders announce a three-year investment of 20 billion dollars to improve food farming in developing nations. On the final day of the Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, President Obama states at a news conference that “there is no reason that Africa can’t be self-sufficient when it comes to food” but must also address government corruption [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing Heaven&#8217;s Border: Video: Full Episode</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/crossing-heavens-border/video-full-episode/5076/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/crossing-heavens-border/video-full-episode/5076/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past decade, up to 100,000 defectors have crossed the waters of the Tumen and Yalu Rivers into northeast China to escape from North Korea, the world’s last closed Communist state. In Crossing Heaven’s Border, WIDE ANGLE tells the moving and dramatic stories of a few of them.

Please view the original post to see the video.]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: North Korea Fires Missiles, India Decriminalizes Homosexuality</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-india-decriminalizes-homosexuality/5075/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-india-decriminalizes-homosexuality/5075/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=5075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[India decriminalizes homosexuality. In the historic ruling, the Delhi High Court says that "the inclusiveness that Indian society traditionally displayed, literally in every aspect of life, is manifest in recognizing a role in society for everyone."

U.S. forces launch a major offensive to drive the Taliban out their stronghold in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

The U.N. elects Yukiya, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing Heaven&#8217;s Border: Video: A North Korean Defector Speaks</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/crossing-heavens-border/video-a-north-korean-defector-speaks/5067/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/crossing-heavens-border/video-a-north-korean-defector-speaks/5067/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ernsta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch the vivid story of a woman, Myong Hui Eom, who was a model North Korean citizen before being arrested for practicing Christianity, a crime punishable by prison, torture and even death.

In this WIDE ANGLE web exclusive, she talks about her daily life in North Korea as a school teacher, a Christian, and finally as [...]]]></description>
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