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North Korea’s official new music video sounds suspiciously like Walter Murphy’s ‘A Fifth of Beethoven’
North Korean state media churns out official music videos with some regularity. The productions glorify the state, the state ideology, and of course Dear Leader Kim Jong Un. They also tend to benefit from the country's surprisingly talented national symphony.
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Life in a North Korean Prison-USS Pueblo 1968
On Thursday, when North Korea’s government news agency announced the execution of Jang Song-taek—the uncle and presumed political adviser of leader Kim Jong-un—for alleged treason, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman called the act, if confirmed, “another example of the extreme brutality of the North Korean regime.”
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Dennis Rodman will train North Korea's basketball team
The execution of leader Kim Jong Un's uncle won't interfere with the Hall of Famer's trip.
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North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un’s Game of Thrones
Kim Jong-un killed his ex-girlfriend, then executed his uncle Jang Song-thaek for ‘half-heartedly clapping,’ and Dennis Rodman is heading back there next week? Why none of this is funny—even the funny parts. In the Hermit Kingdom’s deadly game of thrones, winter has come.
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N Korea purge 'will not alter goals'
North Korea's execution of senior figure Chang Song-thaek will not alter its economic goals, an official said. Mr Chang, uncle of leader Kim Jong-un, had been building trade with China before his removal led to speculation a drive to attract foreign cash will end. Foreign investment is seen as crucial to North Korea's fragile economy.
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North Korean leaflets threaten assault on Baengnyeong Island
Thousands of North Korean propaganda leaflets fell Monday on a frontline South Korean island, warning of an attack on soldiers stationed there, a report said.
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In 1984 moment, N. Korea deletes near entirety of news archives
North Korean state media outlet the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) has deleted over 35,000 articles from its on-line archives. The deletion, the biggest ever article removal in KCNA’s history, means that with the exception of a small number of articles about Kim Jong Un, the digital record of state-approved news currently only reaches back to October 2013 on KCNA’s North Korea (.kp) hosted website.
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Dennis Rodman back to N. Korea despite political tension
Retired basketball star Dennis Rodman will return to North Korea for a third time on Thursday, despite political tension surrounding the execution of leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, trip organisers said. "It's certainly safe, even when there is a bit of disruption like there is now - a bit of trouble or chaos - there's even more need for cultural or sporting exchanges," said Rory Scott, a spokesman for Irish bookmakers Paddy Power, which has arranged the trip.
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Dennis Rodman Not Talking Politics in North Korea
Retired basketball star Dennis Rodman said Thursday that he’s not going to talk politics or raise human rights concerns during his trip to North Korea because “I’m not an ambassador.”
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North Korea threatens to 'strike South Korea mercilessly'
North Korea sent a fax to South Korea on Thursday, threatening to "strike mercilessly without notice" after protests against the secretive regime this week in Seoul.
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Remains Of Missing Korean War Vet Return To LA After 63 Years
The remains of a U.S. Army sergeant who died as a prisoner of war in Korea arrived at Los Angeles International Airport Friday morning.
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North and South Korea exchange faxes threatening to attack each other
North Korea sent a fax to South Korea's defense ministry on Thursday, threatening "a merciless retaliation without warning" in response to an anti-North Korean demonstration that had taken place in Seoul. This is Pyongyang's first such threat via fax.
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'Severe punishment awaits': Kim Jong Un's troops rounded up hundreds of executed uncle's relatives
Jang Song-Thaek, who was the leader's uncle, was shot On December 12 after being accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
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Dennis Rodman didn’t meet Kim Jong-un on this trip to North Korea, but here’s what he did do
Dennis Rodman, the flamboyant ex-NBA star who seems to have struck up a surprising friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has just departed the reclusive nation. While Rodman did not meet Kim—or hold his baby—as he did on a previous visit...
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North Korea Executes Dennis Rodman
PYONGYANG — The government of North Korea announced today it had executed former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman. In an unusually strongly-worded release by North Korean standards, the reclusive state accused Rodman of being “despicable human scum” and “worse than a dog,” which is notable since dogs are generally treated better than people in North Korea. …
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N Korea 'restarting nuclear programme'
Satellite imagery suggests North Korea is making "wide-ranging, extensive" efforts to fully reactivate its main nuclear complex, a US think-tank has said, in line with Pyongyang's vows to strengthen its weapons programme. Recent images show work at the Yongbyon nuclear compound, apparently aimed at producing fuel rods to be used in a plutonium reactor, Johns Hopkins University's US-Korea Institute said.
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Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi
North Korea is a mythically strange land, an Absurdistan, where almost nothing is known about the people or, more important, their missile-launching leaders. There is, however, one man—a humble sushi chef from Japan—who infiltrated the inner sanctum, becoming the Dear Leader's cook, confidant, and court jester. What is life like serving Kim Jong-il and his heir? A strange and dangerous gig where the food and drink never stop, the girls are all virgins, and you're never really safe.
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Kim Jong-un’s $300 million ski resort boondoggle is really, truly, almost finished
Despite all of the purges and executions of family members that have kept Kim Jong-un busy lately, the North Korean leader still found time for a New Year's Eve visit to his beloved Masik Pass ski resort, which he vowed to have finished before the new year began.
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North Korean leader warns of nuclear disaster, threatens US
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the Korean peninsula will be engulfed by ''massive nuclear disaster'' if war breaks out there again, warning the US it will not be safe in the event of a conflict. ''If the war breaks out again in this land, it will bring about a massive nuclear disaster and the US will never be safe,'' Kim said in his New Year message, broadcast on state television.
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China to open high speed rail link to North Korean border in 2015
China will open a high-speed rail line to the North Korean border next year, state media said on Thursday, in a sign that China remains committed to boosting trade and economic ties with the isolated, nuclear-armed state. The line, under construction since 2010, will run 207 km (127 miles) from Shenyang to the border city of Dandong, which faces North Korea across the Yalu River, and will shorten the train journey from 3 1/2 hours to one hour, the official Xinhua news agency said.
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