Mysterious ships keep washing up on Japanese shores
They drift into seas near Japan by the dozens every year, ghostly wrecked ships thought to come from impoverished North Korea.Japanese authorities said Tuesday they are investigating nearly a dozen...
View ArticleNorth Korean boats full of corpses keep showing up in Japan
Dozens of corpse-filled fishing boats drift by Japan every year. Since late October alone, 11 of these boats have washed up on Japan's shores, and 145 have drifted by between 2013 and 2014.Many of the...
View ArticleNUKE EXPERT: North Korea's recent activity at a nuclear test site is 'just a...
A nukes expert believes that the nuclear testing tunnel being built in North Korea is just a "bluff." Produced by Emma FierbergFollow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
View ArticleNorth Korea claims to have developed a hydrogen bomb — but experts are skeptical
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared on Thursday to claim the country had developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb, but outside experts were skeptical.Kim...
View ArticleExperts are skeptical of North Korea’s recent hydrogen bomb announcement
The Korea Central News Agency reported that while visiting a historic military site Kim Jong Un announced that North Korea is ready to detonate an H-bomb.Produced by Jacqui FrankFollow BI Video: On...
View ArticleThe biggest lesson from the Sony hack — according to Sony Pictures...
In 2014, hackers broke into the computers systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment, stole embarrassing emails and personal details from its employees and leaked them to the public. At our IGNITION...
View ArticleNorth Korea sentences Canadian pastor to life in prison
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's Supreme Court sentenced a Canadian pastor to life in prison with hard labor on Wednesday for what it called crimes against the state.Hyeon Soo Lim, who...
View ArticleA Canadian pastor was sentenced to life in prison in North Korea
North Korea's Supreme Court sentenced a Canadian pastor to life in prison with hard labor on Wednesday for what it called crimes against the state.Hyeon Soo Lim, who pastors the Light Korean...
View ArticleGhost boats full of skeletons keep washing ashore in Japan
Japanese officials have a mystery on their hands. Decrepit "ghost boats" carrying human corpses are washing ashore, and no one really knows why.Since October, a dozen wooden fishing boats have been...
View ArticleNorth Korea's 'Red Star' computer-operating system watermarks every document...
North Korea's homegrown computer operating system mirrors its political one, according to two German researchers who have delved into the code: a go-it-alone approach, a high degree of paranoia and...
View ArticleKCNA: Top aide to North Korea leader Kim Jong Un dies in car crash
A senior North Korean ruling party official who was a top aide to leader Kim Jong Un has died in a car accident, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, the latest dramatic demise in the close...
View ArticleKim Jong Un is blaming South Korea entirely for a year of increased tension...
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blamed South Korea on Friday for increased mistrust in a New Year speech after a year of heightened tension between the rival countries.The speech was...
View ArticleNorth Korea's 'h-bomb' announcement is part of a calculated agenda
North Korea’s announcement that it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb was met with shock and surprise around the world – but there have been months of indications that something in just this vein...
View ArticleChina is helpless to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions
Beijing (AFP) - China is unlikely to take strong action in response to North Korea's claimed test of a hydrogen bomb, according to experts who say Beijing prefers the devil it knows to the uncertainty...
View Article5 countries with extremely strict dress codes
All the world’s a fashion critic – especially if you’re a woman. From caliphates to communist republics and even in the democratic West, strict laws have governed what people wear. It’s a moral war...
View Article2 charts that put North Korea’s latest nuclear test in perspective
North Korea's claim that it had tested a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday caused concern all around the world. While it was North Korea's fourth test of a nuclear weapon, the use of a hydrogen bomb would...
View ArticleSouth Korea will resume propaganda broadcasts into North Korea
In response to North Korea's latest nuclear test, South Korea on Thursday announced it would resume cross-border propaganda broadcasts that Pyongyang considers an act of war. Seoul also began talks...
View ArticleHere's the kind of damage North Korea could do if it went to war
Tensions spiked between North Korea and the rest of the world after Pyongyang claimed that it successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen bomb on Wednesday.The test, if confirmed, would be a...
View ArticleNorth Korea's nuclear test reveals a major flaw with the Iran deal
North Korea's fourth nuclear test could have been a crucial step toward Pyongyang developing thermonuclear capability— and a breakthrough for a second country with potential nuclear ambitions, as...
View ArticleThis is the Air Force radiation sniffer plane deploying after North Korea’s...
The U.S. Air Force will soon deploy a WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft to test for radiation near North Korea, part of the U.S. military's ongoing effort to determine what the country's provocative...
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