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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 […]
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Beijing and Washington Announce ‘Strong Consensus’ About North Korea
- January 26, 2013
- Asia
- Beijing
- Chinese Economic Bubble
- December 2012 rocket tests
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- DPRK
- East Asia
- Glyn Davies
- Korea
- Korean Peninsula
- National Defense Commission
- North Korea
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- Russia
- Sanctions
- South Korea
- special envoy for policy on North Korea
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC Resolution 2087
- US
- Washington
Pyongyang may have alienated its strongest regional ally with its announcement of further nuclear tests, specifically directed at its avowed enemy the United States. An announcement by Glyn Davies, Washington’s special envoy for policy on North Korea, declared that a ‘strong consensus’ was reached with his PRC counterparts. In a meeting Friday, January 25 […]
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Pirates in North Korea? Chinese Fishermen Held Hostage in DPRK
A mix of 29 Chinese and North Korean fishermen were taken hostage by armed men on a gunboat while fishing in the Yellow Sea between the People’s Republic of China and the Korean peninsula. It was not immediately clear if the hostages were held by North Korean authorities or an unaffiliated group. Thus far there […]
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