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  • North Korea Says NSA Spying Makes the U.S. a Kingpin of Human Rights Abuses

    picked up by Reuters on Tuesday.  The commentary goes on to say: "Each individual is entitled to live and develop with dignity as a social being. But in American society, where the jungle law prevails, only the strong men's rights over the weak men are ...

  • There are no unicorns in North Korea

    CHICAGO -- Last December, rumors about a North Korean unicorn lair circulated on the internet. Word got out that an ancient Korean king once rode this mythical beast. But soon it was discovered that this "unicorn" was not an actual unicorn, but rather an English mistranslation of the word "unicorn." According to ...

  • Brekkie Wrap Kim Jong-un hands out Mein Kampf NSA director says Wall St attack foiled

    NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-un is handing out copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in an effort to sow fear among top officials. Kim reportedly handed out copies of Mein Kampf to mark his birthday, but North Korea-watchers believe the move is part of an effort to make him seem powerful, rather than drawing on Nazi beliefs."One source says there have been many overt attempts to imbue Kim ...

  • Kim Jong-un pictured with luxury yacht in North Korea

    Kim Jong-il loved his yacht so much he was apparently buried with it. Now Kim Jong-un has shown he shares his father's penchant for a luxury cruiser, reportedly displaying a gleaming £4.5 million vessel in spite of international ...

  • North Korea’s new rich love buying refrigerators but not for what you’d think

    The size of the appliances in a typical North Korean home says a lot about social standing. As such, the government uses refrigerators to reward loyal citizens, including its 2008 ...

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Catch Me If You Can [Blu-Ray]

Catch Me If You Can [Blu-Ray]

Steven Spielbergs Catch Me If You Can tells the you-wouldnt-believe-it-if-it-werent-true tale of one Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., who, at the age of 16, dropped out of high school, ran away from home, and took control of his life by developing into a masterful con artist and p ... ...

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  • North Korea nuclear test still shrouded in mystery

    VIENNA (Reuters) - The outside world may never find out what type of fissile material North Korea used in its nuclear test four months ago, leaving a key question about the explosion unanswered, officials and experts said on ...

  • North Koreas Kim Jong Un gives Mein Kampf as birthday present

    Washington Post reports.The gift was part of a larger effort by Kim to encourage military leaders to study Germany's post-WWI reconstruction, and follow rumors that Kim carefully studied Hitler while attending school in Switzerland."Mentioning that Hitler managed to rebuild Germany in a short time following its defeat in World War I, Kim Jong Un issued an order for the Third Reich to ...

  • Tortured beaten starved life in a Korean gulag

    Thousands of people are worked and tortured to death in North Korean gulags every year. Executive Director of the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Greg Scarlatoiu tells DW about their living ...

  • Seoul Beijing to assess North Korean issues

    South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told lawmakers Tuesday diplomatic outreach with China would focus on North Korean concerns. South Korean President Park Guen-hye is scheduled to meet later this month in Beijing with Chinese ...

  • Report Now N. Korea wants to talk

    NEW: Washington says North Korea needs to back up its words A North Korean government group makes its offer to the U.S. to "ease tensions" The U.S. has spearheaded efforts targeting North Korea's nuclear program The North abruptly called off talks days ago with South ...

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