The Associated Press reports it has obtained a copy of a 35-minute videotape showing written statements posted on a wall, urging North Koreans to fight to retrieve freedom and democracy:
A man is heard, but not seen, reading a statement, demanding Kim Jong Il be removed from his post. "The North Korean people are suffering from hunger and poverty because of Kim Jong Il's dictatorship and dogmatic politics," the man says.
The tape was delivered to the Seoul-based Citizen's Coalition for Human Rights of Abductees and North Korean Refugees. The Coalition said the footage was taken by the Youth Solidarity for Freedom at a North Korean town near the border with China.
According to the AP, there was no way to independently confirm the validity of the footage.
Even if the video is authentic, it is hardly evidence that the North Korean regime is about to lose control.
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