About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
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North Korea Archive
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African Renaissance statue in Dakar angers locals
Posted on September 29, 2009 | 11 CommentsApparently, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the “African Renaissance.” The statue, “shows a muscular man in a heroic posture, outstretched arms wrapped around his wife and child, who is balanced on one of his biceps,” reports the Associated... -
AFP: Koreas to meet in charged match
Posted on April 1, 2009 | 1 CommentJust in case North Korea wasn’t in the news enough for its recent capture of two American journalists and its new threat of a missile launch, the country has just sent its soccer team to Seoul to take on South Korea in a qualifying match... -
The Reluctant Communist
Posted on February 22, 2008 | 1 CommentLast night I watched Crossing the Line, an amazing documentary about Joe Dresnok, the last American defector to North Korea. After putzing around the Internet, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that one of Dresnok’s fellow defectors, Charles Robert Jenkins, who has since left... -
Cyrus on The World — TODAY!
Posted on February 1, 2008 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on North Korea’s new cell phone network, will be airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): New York – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM –... -
Philharmonic Agrees to Play in North Korea
Posted on December 10, 2007 | No CommentsThe New York Times: The Philharmonic, led by its music director, Lorin Maazel, has been considering the visit since an invitation arrived by fax in August. It was a typed letter from the North Korean culture ministry, in English, accompanied by a cover letter from... -
Our Man in Pyongyang (or rather, Hackensack)
Posted on October 1, 2007 | 1 CommentBoth Vanity Fair and The New Yorker have astonishing profiles of Bobby Egan, a “freelance diplomat” to the DPRK who otherwise runs a BBQ joint in Hackensack, NJ. The New Yorker: Egan, who has run Cubby’s for twenty-five years, is well known in Hackensack, though... -
First train in over 50 years crosses Korean DMZ
Posted on May 17, 2007 | No CommentsI’d heard some people talk about train links between North and South Korea when I was there last month, and now, it’s finally happened. For the first time since the Korean War that a train has crossed the DMZ. Yes, it’s historic and emotional and... -
Korean Unification Commercial
Posted on April 28, 2007 | 1 CommentAaron‘s wife, Soo Jin, first showed me this commercial in Busan last weekend. IHT, February 9 2006: SAN FRANCISCO – The Bush administration is drawing up plans to further tighten the noose around North Korea by barring financial firms investing in Pyongyang from conducting business... -
North Korea on the Net and in Movies
Posted on April 28, 2007 | 2 CommentsAfter having visited the DMZ, I’ve been reading up on some of the weirder aspects and effects of a divided Korea. Here’s one (Korean-speaking) American’s account of visiting North Korea as a tourist in 2002. Here’s his writings on visiting the same spot on the...
