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Park Geun-hye Scandal in the Republic of Korea
Park Geun-hye Scandal: The history between the Park family and The Church of Eternal Life go back to the “Korean Rasputin” of Park Chung-hee’s regime Today’s Close-Up – Park Falls from Grace: South Korea’s Political Scandal This week the South Korean legislature will decide whether or not to impeach Park Geun-hye, head of a scandal-ridden […]
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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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A North Korean Defector Wants to Return to the DPRK? Strange But True
While most stories focus on how awful a place the DPRK is, oddly, there are some cases of refugees from the DPRK who want to return to North Korea. Due to a myriad of reasons, from missing family in the North to failure to integrate successfully into South Korean society, a very few North Koreans […]
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Dennis Rodman Loves Traveling to North Korea
An apparently chummy relationship between Kim Jong-un and Dennis Rodman deepens as the controversial former NBA basketball player travels again to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to visit Pyongyang and take in the sites in one of east Asia’s most brutal dictatorships. Apparently either ignorant of the human rights situation in North Korea […]
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Champion Weight Lifter Hailed In Pyongyang With South Korean National Anthem
An international weight lifting competition in North Korea, unusual in and of itself, was further transformed into a peculiar spectacle when a champion weight lifter from South Korea stood atop the winner’s podium as the national anthem of the Republic of Korea was played in the heart of the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic […]
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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 […]
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North Korea Warns Foreign Nationals to Evacuate South Korea Ahead of Possible War
The official state media outlet of the DPRK has issued a warning to foreign nationals currently residing in South Korea to evacuate ahead of a potential missile test by Pyongyang. In a further escalation of tensions since the DPRK issued a statement warning diplomats in Pyongyang that their safety could not be guaranteed in the […]
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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 […]
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