Kim Jong Il and Rupert Murdoch. Maybe it's a marriage made in heaven, unless you're a software developer looking for a job here in the United States. Bloomberg reports that Murdoch's News Corp hires North Korean developers to create mobile phone games.
Programmers from North Korea’s General Federation of Science and Technology developed a 2007 mobile-phone bowling game based on the 1998 film, as well as “Men in Black: Alien Assault,” according to two executives at Nosotek Joint Venture Company, which markets software from North Korea for foreign clients. Both games were published by a unit of News Corp., the New York-based media company, a spokeswoman for the unit said.
My first thought: Is that even legal? Well, yes, it is.
They represent a growing software industry championed by Kim that is boosting the economy of one of the poorest countries in the world and raising the technological skills of workers. Contracting with North Korean companies is legal under United Nations sanctions unless they are linked to the arms trade.
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
I like how you attack the poster rather than the content. What do you think of Murdochs support of North Korea? Can you even state an opinion critical of your liege lord?
from your own dear liberal Karoli, she's so full of herself like you lothing libs, one of the most liberal haters of american freedom, do your research you moonbat:
"Dear Mr. President, I have been one of your most vocal supporters and advocates over this past year, especially with regard to health care reform. I will not stop, but you need to get this loud and clear:
Republicans hate you. They don't just politically oppose you. They. hate. you. They will not stop at anything to stop you. They know you and those of us who supported you threaten the fundamentals of their conservative "screw you we've got ours" attitudes."