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  • Kim Jong-un on 'luxury yacht' in North Korea Kim Jong-un on 'luxury yacht' in North Korea

    SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a luxury boat to tour the country's east coast amid indications that the 90-feet-long yacht may have been smuggled into the country in defiance of UN sanctions that bans importing of luxury items to the impoverished country. A website that tracks events in the reclusive state said the yacht, a Princess 95MY made by British-based ...

  • China holds talks with North Korea

    China and North Korea Wednesday held a "strategic dialogue" on denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui met his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan, and told him that it was in the interest of all parties concerned to realise denuclearisation on the peninsula, safeguard its peace and stability and resolve all relevant issues through dialogue and ...

  • Kim Jong Un distributes copies of Hitlers Mein Kampf to North Korean officials to mark bday

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to mark his birthday. Kim reportedly distributed the copies of Mein Kampf in an effort to sow fear among top officials. According to the Telegraph, North Korea-watchers believe the move is part of an effort to make him seem powerful, rather than drawing on Nazi beliefs. Shirley Lee, the editor of the New Focus ...

  • US allies say N.Korea must denuclearize

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States, South Korea and Japan said Wednesday that North Korea must end its nuclear program if it wants better ties, after Pyongyang said it was willing to return to talks."We will judge the DPRK by its actions, not its words," the democratic allies said in a statement, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of ...

  • North Koreas nuclear program

    Pyongyang reiterated its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday and said it was determined to tackle the nuclear issue through ...

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In the Company of Men

The subject of Neil LaBute's debut film, "In The Company of Men" is cruelty, pure and simple. Although one of the central focuses of the film is cruelty between men and women, the film as a whole is not that narrow. It also branches off and shows cruelty between men and other men, between bosses and workers, between business colleagues, and even between those who call themselves friends. In less t ... ...

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  • North Korea willing to join talks

    North Korea has expressed willingness to restart long-stalled nuclear talks with international partners, China's foreign ministry has said. According to its website, North Korean officials said they wanted to "peacefully resolve the nuclear issue". The remarks follow a meeting between North Korea's vice foreign minister and his Chinese counterpart. Six-party talks on the ...

  • N.Korea Reaffirms Offer for Talks

    BEIJING, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Pyongyang reiterated its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday and said it was determined to tackle the nuclear issue through negotiations. "[North] Korea is ready for dialogue with all parties concerned, [ready] to participate in negotiations in various formats, including six-way negotiations, and hopes to achieve peaceful ...

  • Pyongyang threatens action against defectors spreading Hitler story

    North Korea threatened Wednesday to punish defectors who claim the Communist country's leaders have attempted to spread Nazi ideology. Security Ministry officials said in a statement they would take "substantial measures to physically remove" people spreading the slander, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. The statement cited a report by an Internet news service ...

  • US allies plot next steps on North Korea

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States and its allies South Korea and Japan met Wednesday to plot their next steps on North Korea, amid a flurry of diplomacy as tensions gradually ease with the communist state.Glyn Davies, the US special representative on North Korea policy, met his counterparts from Japan and South Korea on what the State Department called "our common interest in ensuring ...

  • North Korea Condemns Hitler Report

    North Korea has blasted a report that its leader, Kim Jong-un, gave out copies of Adolf Hitler's memoir Mein Kampf to officials on his birthday. The report, from a news website run by North Korean defectors, said that senior officials were given the book as a gift in January. North Korea has denounced the defectors as "human scum" and threatened to kill them. Nazi leader Adolf ...

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