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North Korea Has A Surprising Attitude To Marijuana
In North Korea, illicit drug use usually results in a strict punishment. For example, in 2010 one source told NKRadio.org that the government had begun putting signs up saying ‘any drug users will face...
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Last week Mother Jones took a look at the strange case of Jimmy Dushku, the 25-year-old entrepreneur and investor from Texas who is, for some reason, one of three people North Korea follows on...
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Kim Jong-Un Grants Rare North Korean Citizenship To American
The US boss of a joint venture run by North Korea and the Unification Church of South Korea said Tuesday he has been granted rare honorary citizenship by Pyongyang, in a bid to encourage new investment...
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North Korea Threatens Nuclear Tests, Long Range Missiles Aimed At U.S.
Citing North Korea'a KCNA, Bloomberg reports that North Korea is threatening "all-out confrontation" against the U.S. and others.The country is reportedly said to be open to negotiations on peace and...
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North Korea Flips Out About Chinese Report That Kim Jong-un Got Plastic Surgery
A report from a Chinese TV channel that suggested North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had undergone plastic surgery may have strained relations between the two countries.Last week Shenzhen TV reported last...
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North Korea's Threat Against The US Is Totally Delusional
North Korea got itself in a fist-clenching, foot-stomping twist Wednesday after the U.N. again expanded sanctions against the country.This recent resolution comes as a direct response to Pyongyang's...
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Google Earth Exposes North Korea's Secret Prison Camps
Human rights activists are turning to Google Earth to identify the vast network of prison camps that dot the North Korean countryside and hold as many as 200,000 people deemed hostile to the...
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China Wouldn't Mind A Unified Korea — Just Not Yet
In considering the security situation in Northeast Asia, it's sometimes useful to imagine the region's players as schoolboys playing in a courtyard. North Korea, bellicose and unpredictable, misbehaves...
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Japan's Newest Spy Cameras In Space Give Them Global Coverage
Japan on Sunday launched two satellites to strengthen its surveillance capabilities, including keeping a closer eye on North Korea which has vowed to stage another nuclear test.One of them was a...
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Intelligence Images Reveal Activity At North Korean Test Site
New satellite images reveal ongoing activity at North Korea's atomic test site, according to a US research institute, as expectation mounts of an imminent nuclear detonation by the isolated state.The...
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North Korea Is No Longer A Big White Space On Google Maps
Until Tuesday the Google Maps of North Korea were mostly blank — only the capital of Pyongyang was labeled. But with the help of "citizen cartographers,"Google has released a detailed map revealing...
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North Korea Placed Under Martial Law Ahead Of Expected Nuclear Test
North Korea has been placed under martial law and Kim Jong-un has told his front-line troops to "be ready for a war," according to South Korean media reports.In an emergency meeting of his top defence...
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North Korea Has Reportedly Camouflaged Its Nuclear Test Site
North Korea has covered the entrance to a tunnel at its nuclear test site in an apparent effort to avoid satellite monitoring ahead of a widely expected detonation, a report said Friday.The Punggye-ri...
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North Korea Is 'Preparing For Two Nuclear Tests' At The Same Time
North Korea is preparing to carry out two nuclear tests, either simultaneously or in rapid succession, to demonstrate to the world the advances it has made in its weapons programme, according to...
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North Korean Video Simulates Attack On US City
North Korea, poised to conduct a nuclear test any day now, has posted a video on YouTube depicting a US city resembling New York engulfed in flames after an apparent missile attack.The footage was...
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Kim Jong-Un Has A Mystery Smartphone
A picture of North Korea's Kim Jong-Un with a smartphone has triggered fevered speculation about which brand is favoured by the leader of one of the world's most repressive nations.The photo released...
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North Korean Propaganda Has Gotten Really Bizarre, Even For North Korea
North Korea's state media has long been known for producing head scratching propaganda pieces, and its peculiar aesthetic choices have seemed all the more strange when promoted via social media to the...
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Chinese State Media: North Korea Should Pay 'Heavy Price' For Third Nuclear...
China should exact a "heavy price" from North Korea if it carries out a planned nuclear test, state media has declared, in an unusually strongly-worded call for action.Beijing, which has stressed calm...
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YouTube Removes North Korean Nuclear Strike Video Over Call Of Duty Copyright
North Korea's video has been removed from YouTube, evidently due to a copyright claim by Activision. The specific scenes depicting an attack on an American city seem to have been lifted directly from a...
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Two Chilling Developments Suggest Asia May Be One Step Away From War
China and Japan, along with North and South Korean troops at the DMZ, appear one step away from armed combat and tensions don't look likely to ease any time soon.New developments within both regions...
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