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Anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s Death in North Korea

North Korea vows justice for leader Kim Jong-il North Korea: Five years of rule under Kim Jong-un from Al-Jazeera English Today the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) marked five years since the death of Dear Leader Kim Jong-il, vowing to continue his military-first policies and to advance successor Kim Jong-un’s Pyongjin Line (the strategic […]

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Kim Jong-un Executes Hyon Yong-chol Using Anti-Aircraft Guns

Kim Jong-un executes DPRK Defence Chief Hyon Yong-chol according to South Korea intelligence sources North Korea Defence Chief Hyon Yong-chol ‘executed’ – BBC News South Korean lawmaker Shin Kyoung-min reported the Republic of Korea’s National Intelligence Service revealed to a committee in a meeting today that DPRK Defence Chief, People’s Armed Forces Minister Hyon Yong-chol […]

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News Headlines for May 13, 2015: PM Cameron Moves on Terror, BBC and Tory Controversy, Palestine Recognized by Vatican, Russian Fear Invasion

Top news stories and headlines from around the world for Wednesday, May 13 2015 David Cameron To Announce Anti-Terror Legislation Cameron wants more UK government in private citizens’ personal lives, Vatican recognizes Palestine in new treaty, Barack Obama calls for end of occupation in Palestine, UK Peer voted after being diagnosed with dementia during his […]

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Kim Jong un’s Wife Ri Sol-ju is Pyongyang Fashion Icon

KCTV Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju Visits Rungna People′s Pleasure Ground North Korea’s first lady Ri Sol-ju is the DPRK’s foremost fashionista, sporting looks that favor Chanel and often adorned with flower-shaped broaches, ribbons, polka dots, ruffles, and flashy accessories. North Korean’s women are attempting to imitate Ri Sol-ju’s fashion sense and have […]

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The Purge of Jang Song-thaek: Kim Jong-un Consolidates His Power As Top Officials Purged in Largest State Show Trials Since Kim Il Sung’s Purge of the Domestic Faction in 1955

Possible turmoil in the DPRK as reports are swirling about the execution of Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Un’s uncle and nominal second-in-command of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A full-scale purge is believed to be underway as thirty-year-old Kim Jong Un seeks to eliminate factionalism within North Korea to consolidate his nascent rule […]

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Kim Jong Un Attempts to Project Unity During Kim Jong Il Memorial

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attempted to project an image of unity in the wake of his uncle and nominal DPRK second-in-command Jang Song Thaek’s execution following a laundry list of charges against him including such dubious charges as moral dissipation to plotting to overthrow the regime in Pyongyang and disrupt the “monolithic operation […]

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Arcade Games Arrive in North Korea

Changes in the DPRK are slow to come but there are a few small glimmers of hope that the despotic regime will be slightly less despotic under leader Kim Jong-un: namely, reports of an arcade in Pyongyang are discordant with images the regime has painted of itself in the past. Under Kim Jong-il, the current […]

Kim Jong-un Pays Tribute to His Grandfather Kim Il-sung on 101st Birthday

Kim Jong un made a pilgrimage to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay tribute to his grandfather, Kim Il sung, the founder of the DPRK and the Eternal President of North Korea. Kim Il sung is the demigod at the center of the Kim family personality cult and his image looms large over […]

Is North Korea’s State Ideology, Juche(주체), a Religion?

According to Adherents.com, which tracks membership numbers among the world’s various religions, the 10th largest religious group in the world is the entire state of North Korea itself – namely, the Juche (주체) ideology coined by Eternal President Kim Il-sung and propagated through the DPRK’s propaganda machine. The Juche movement is much more overtly religious […]

United States Military Dispatches B-2 Bombers to South Korea Amid Tensions with the DPRK

The United States military has sent two nuclear capable B-2 bombers on a training mission to the Republic of Korea (RoK) amid threats from Pyongyang of an imminent nuclear war. In an official announcement, the United States armed forces reported that they flew two stealth bombers from United States bases in Japan to drop munitions […]