How Many North Koreans Could Live on $1300

In what is the strangest news of the day, a small group of Koreans flew to Brussels, Belgium to protest the Freedom House conference on NK human rights. In what the demonstrators called typical Korean fashion, the protest attempted to draw attention to the why we shouldn't be trying to help North Koreans:

They denounced “U.S. hegemony” and demanded the U.S. Forces Korea leave the peninsula. “People here in Brussels rarely respond to what we say,” their spokesman complained. “It seems that they were taken by surprise as they have never seen protests of the kinds we are holding now.” He then addressed his fellow demonstrators in Korean, saying, “Comrades! I want you to be proud of showing the Korean way of assembling and protesting!”

Apparently, things haven't gone as well as the demonstrators were hoping. The public in Belgium has paid little attention and are more intrigued by the presence of such a zealous group of Koreans then they are worried (or even knowledgable) about the leftist agenda of the protest (i can't believe the guy called them comrades. who does that?). The quote that sums it up for me was this:

“This is a great festival,” a Belgian who gave his name as M. Belforge (62) said, "Are they a traditional Korean performance troupe?”

Yes, Mr. Belforge, that is correct. One could probably think of hundreds of better ways to spend the time wasted on an 6 man protest and the money they spent to fly there would have funded all of the LiNK Safe Haven shelters for more than a year. Just for a little perspective.

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