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Rev. Edwin E. Kang
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East Asia Department
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Director, Centre of International Relations
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University (UK)

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Office of the Special Advisor (Policy) Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters (Canada)

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Mennonite Central Committee East Asia Department Akron Pennsylvania (USA)

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In memory of Aarne and Kaisa Siirala (Canada)

Clarabeth MacIntosh
(Canada)

"This excellent service is at the cutting edge of news and analysis about North Korea, and the peninsula more widely. I find it indispensable for my work as a Korea analyst."

Aidan Foster-Carter
Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea,
Leeds University (UK)

"I have been enjoying Cankor -- you are ahead of the curve on a lot of things"

Jim Brooke
New York Times/Tokyo

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Karin J. Lee
Senior Associate
East Asia Policy Education Project
FCNL Education Fund

"Your work is absolutely useful and essential in terms of getting a more balanced account of what is going on in and around the DPRK. More than once, other newsdigests have shown a specific bias that CanKor has and hopefully will counter with its up to date analysis."

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University of Trier

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CanKor Needs Your Support

None of those involved in the creation of CanKor just over two years ago could have predicted the success and popularity of this venture. CanKor has broadened far beyond the handful of Canadians interested in developments in North Korea. CanKor has become one of the "must have" resources for teachers, researchers, academics, political officials, government employees, humanitarian workers and journalists who wish to keep informed about the twists and turns of contemporary history on the Korean peninsula.

With success come greater demands, which in turn require greater financial means. CanKor has launched this website, and has put together an increasing amount of original material (e.g. the new CANKOR INTERVIEW feature). Much more is planned, both on the website and in the e-mailed news service: a calendar of events, book and movie reviews, a repository for articles, research papers and photographs. CanKor is well on the way to becoming a one-stop service centre for English-language material on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The only thing delaying implementation is money. We have managed to do much on a shoestring budget, and thank the Canadian International Development Agency for its continued financial support. We are also grateful for the competent and dedicated work of our volunteers. However, we can do only so much with available human and financial resources.

How you can help

We do NOT wish to begin charging money for the CanKor service. There are many worthy readers (students, NGOs) who would not be able to afford a subscription fee. We are therefore appealing to you, our readers, to help us in one or all of the following ways:

  1. Please continue to inform interested friends and colleagues about CanKor and direct them to our website.
  2. Please continue to send us comments about the usefulness to you of the CanKor service (editor@cankor.ca). Give your full title, position and organization, so we will be able to use your endorsements more effectively in our funding requests.
  3. Please send us information about possible funding sources. If you have special contacts, please let us know them and permit us to cite your endorsement.
  4. If you can afford it, please send us a voluntary subscription fee. We do not expect to make a great deal of money this way, but you or your institute, university, agency or organization may be able to afford to pay for the CanKor service. Even $50 or $100 a year would go a long way to help us pay our bills. More would be gratefully appreciated.

Please make cheques payable to "Weingartner Consulting" and mail them to

Erich Weingartner
CanKor Editor
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Canada, P0H 1H0.

The past three months have seen an acceleration of events in Korea. It is an exciting and unpredictable period in the life of the DPR Korean people, and indeed of Koreans on the entire peninsula. The CanKor team counts it a privilege to keep you informed of these developments.

- The CanKor Team