Comments on: Sending a letter to North Korea

By: rog

rog — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:03:45 +0000

I should mention again this was UPS (United Parcel Service), not the USPS (United States Postal Service).

I think that businesses may be much more likely to do this than governmental mail. If I remember correctly, business shipping is not under the same (supposed) privacy restrictions that US mail is. (At least in the USA).

By: mailworker

mailworker — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:40:54 +0000

yup, even hes not too certain.

he’s about 90% sure that we can’t mail letters. and 100% sure that we can’t ship parcel.

By: mailworker

mailworker — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:26:21 +0000

i work at a mailcenter and i did wonder about that. so i typed in north korea under our mail processing program…and surprisingly north korea did come up as one of the many international countries we ship to. metering costs the same as if you were to send it to south korea.

i just messaged my buddy who actually works for the post office to confirm it. waiting for a response.

By: Rog

Rog — Mon, 23 May 2005 06:14:00 +0000

Hi Dian,
Like me, I bet you wish Kim Jong Il would just play a little more Twister, or at the very least some Parcheesi or Scrabble. No Tiddlywinks though. Do you live in Seoul? how do you feel about movign the capital south? Kinda sucks, but I guess it'll be good in the long run. Have you read 1984 (re: your first blog post)? If so, what did you think? Have you seen Juyuso seubgyuksageun (Attack The Gas Station!).
Take care and keep on keepin' on!

By: dian

dian — Mon, 23 May 2005 05:47:00 +0000

hi, i came here by chance, and i’m korean.
of course, south korean.-_-
i’ve been looking around here,
then i thought this is quite cool!
and i like being a friend with someone who i don’t know,
especially who lives in different society.
so i’m trying to have a conversation with you from now on,
if you don’t mind.

Shall we be a friend on internet?

By: Rog

Rog — Tue, 17 May 2005 22:19:00 +0000

Yeah, those state radios are wacky. Westerners who have visited say that the stories are about how Kim Jong Il went golfing the day before and shot a 49, wait excuse me, a 48! New DPRK record! or how a fisherman caught a white sea anemone and this shows that Kim Jong Il rox our world!

KIM JONG IL, I LOVE YOU, PLEASE PUT THE BOMBS AWAY AND PLAY MORE TWISTER!!!!!

By: J.p.

J.p. — Mon, 16 May 2005 12:40:00 +0000

I remember being totally shocked when I found out that everyone has speakers in their homes that have to be on all the time. I mean, I knew the DPRK was nuts, but I thought such a thing was too 1984 to actually happen.