User talk:GagHalfrunt

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Walid Shoebat

If you read carefully, it says ACCORDING TO HIS OWN BIOGRAPHY on his website and book, what do you want me to do? say it again?. And "occupied territories" is not neutral pov, wikipedia almost never uses the term, and there are many points against it that make it incorrect. --Shamir1 00:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I know it says according to his biography because I put that in. The point I'm making is that we need to distinguish facts from assertions. The facts are:

1. Shoebat says that he was born in Bethlehem.

2. Shoebat says that Bethlehem belongs to Israel.

Both these points should be treated as Shoebat's assertions (the only source for biographical information on Shoebat is the man himself), not as facts.--GagHalfrunt 15:46, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

North Korean films

Yes sorry about that imdb is very poor for less mainstream countries - I originally thought Azerbaijan had only made a handful of films and it turns out they are produced over 1000!!! -many of them notable too ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you?" Contribs} 11:30, 25 July 2007 (UTC) My trust in imdb has declined rapidly! Any idea where we miight find north korean films? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you?" Contribs} 11:31, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

IIRC some North Korean films are released on video in Japan, since part of the ethnic Korean community there is pro-North. As it happens, there's a new film from North Korea, The Journal of a Schoolgirl, which will be released in France later this year.--GagHalfrunt 17:58, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Pyeonghwa Motor

Hi, you're changes are incorrect.

The Pyeonghwa 410 isn't a clone of the Mercedes-Benz. The model is a real Mercedes-Benz, but only imported by Pyeonghwa. Pyeonghwa began it's car production in 2002, not earlier. But there were a lot of Mercedes copies earlier: Kaengsaeng 88 (1988-1994), Paektusan 410 (1984-1990) and the Pyongyang 410 (1992-2000). The next is the Ppeokkugi 4WD-B which is a sister model of the Hyundai Santa Fe. This model is a part of the Pyeonghwa-Hyundai-Arvin-Mentor Joint-Venture and sold in Korea (assembled in Ulsan) and for the Czech Republic (assembled in Nošovice). See the German Wikipedia article therefore with it's sources. --91.89.139.217 (talk) 11:10, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm admit that I'm relying on what Erik van Ingen Schenau, author of Automobiles Made in North Korea, has written on his photo collection. He regards Kaengsaeng 88, Paektusan 410 and Pyongyang 410 as alternate names for the same car made between 1987 and 1988. Your dates for the Pyeonghwa 410 begin over ten years after the W201 went out of production in 1993.

Regarding the Ppeokkugi 4WD-B, I asked Erik about this photo and he replied that it's the Huanghai (Shuguan) Landscape (Qisheng CUV) DD6480. As you can see, the DD6480 looks a lot like the Hyundai Santa Fe, which leads me to think that any reports of Pyeonghwa assembling the real Santa Fe are mistaken. I've checked the German Ppeokkugi entry and I can't see any sources for Pyeonghwa assembling the Santa Fe.

I've emailed Erik to ask his opinion. --GagHalfrunt (talk) 12:32, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

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