Re: [IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front

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Bill, 

Thanks for telling the history of this station pretending to be from the Republic of Korea.  If conditions this season are as good as expected, maybe you might get some audio from 1053.  There are 4 clandestine stations that broadcast to DPR Korea.  I saw a documentary awhile back about an eye doctor that went to DPR Korea to do surgery on about 100 people that were nearly blind.  His team only had a week to perform the surgeries.  They completed all of the surgeries and the patients could see again.  The patients walk over to two pictures on the wall and thank their beloved leader Kim Jong-Il and his father Kim Il-Sung for curing them.  If they would have thanked the doctor and his team first, I'm sure they would have been detained later.  Anyway the film crew was able to sneak some film footage of the average North Korean.  They are issued radios with the frequency set of North Korean stations only.  Makes one wonder how many North Koreans can hear the broadcasts from other count
ries?

Dennis,
Vancover, WA
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