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North Korea Revisited

Posted by Ron McMillan on 19th January 2011

I was recently asked to write a short piece looking back on my trips to North Korea for Groove Korea Magazine (an ex-pat monthly in South Korea that reviewed Yin…

Air Travel Joys

Posted by Ron McMillan on 25th August 2010

Flying in a commercial airliner is assuredly safer than tying your shoelaces on Sauchiehall Street, but the dangers of air travel are not of the sort to which a lot…

Cursed Land

Posted by Ron McMillan on 21st July 2010

Two stories on the Guardian website on consecutive days bring North Korea to mind. The first was about Kwon, Ho-ung, the formerly high-flying member of North Korea’s political elite whose…

A watched pot

Posted by Ron McMillan on 8th June 2010

I write this in strict watched pot never boils mode. A package of Yin Yang Tattoo books has been in limbo for nearly two weeks, not so much winging their…

Trials and Hurdles

Posted by Ron McMillan on 24th April 2010

2010 could wind up being an interesting year. After months of revision and who knows how many drafts and fine tooth comb endurance sessions, yesterday the manuscript for