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News Headlines May 7, 2015: Egypt Pledges to Rebuild the Lighthouse of Alexandria
Egypt to Rebuild the Lighthouse of Alexandria “Death to America” Replaced with Artwork in Iran No Prison Camps in North Korea Because No One Disagrees with the Government Luxembourg Recognizes Armenian Genocide Selfie Destroy Sculpture in Italy Denmark Makes Cash Optional for Some Transactions US Troops Training Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS Russia’s New Armata […]
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News Headlines May 6, 2015: Thief Steals 1/8th of Moldova’s GDP, Dubai Police to Wear Cameras, Yemeni Rebels Firing Rockets Into Saudi Arabia
Bandit Steals 1/8th of Moldova’s GDP Macedonian Protesters Demand Resignation of Cabinet Dutch Demonstrator Offends Lèse-majesté Laws Chinese Tourist Blacklisted for 10 Years Dubai Police Begin Wearing Cameras North Korea Launches E-Commerce Store Front Quebec Town Outlaws Insults Against Police Indonesia Bans Maids from Working in Saudi Arabia Yemeni Rebels Firing Rockets Into Saudi Arabia […]
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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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News Headlines: April 20, 2015 – ISIS Declares Jihad on Taliban, PRC and Solar Power, Russian Trade Declines, Pulitzer Winners
ISIS and the Taliban Declare Jihad on Each Other Germany Plans to Recognize Armenian Genocide, Turkey Offers Protest People’s Republic of China Engaged in Massive Solar Power Program France’s National Assembly Debates Legalizing Edward Snowden-Style Whistleblowing Astronomers Discover Largest Known Object in the Universe Israeli Prime Minister Refuses to Meet Former US President Jimmy Carter […]
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Japan‘s Rearmament: Reawakened Nationalism or Neo-Realist Pragmatism?
Inside Japan’s Controversial Military Expansion Decades after World War II, Japan begins an aggressive rearmament program Implications for the stability of the greater Pacific region notwithstanding, what does Japan‘s aggressive expansion of the Self Defense Forces (SDF) projective/offensive military capability mean for Japan‘s place in the wider world? Is Japan merely responding to China‘s (People’s […]
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Kim Jong Un Returns from Hiatus: Korean Central News Agency Posts Pictures of Field Guidance
Korean Central News Agency Releases Report of Kim Jong Un Delivering Field Guidance to Newly Built Wisong Scientists Apartment Complex Kim Jong un reportedly delivered field guidance to construction workers building the Wisong Scientists residential complex. This news was likely released in order to quell rumors of his death or overthrow. Kim had remained out […]
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Extra, Extra: North Korea and South Korea Squabbling, Russia Cracks Down on Night Protests, Turkish Tanks Mass Against ISIS
News from Around the World: 1. International Relations: North Korea Declares 2015 Reunification Year, Promises to Prepare Military 2. News: Madrid Fining Uber Users 3. World Politics: Russia Forbids Night Protests 4. International Relations: South Korea Fires Warning Shots at North Korean Vessel 5. News: Japanese Police Question Students Interested in Joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) […]
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Should the World Send Food Aid to North Korea?
Should the world reconsider its food aid to North Korea? VICE’s food blog, Munchies, examines the situation from the position of analyzing the DPRK’s diplomatic stance as like that of a school bully who threatens in order to obtain good from the United Nations and world aid organizations. Overall an interesting look into one of […]
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US Citizen Matthew Miller Sentenced to 6 Years Hard Labor by DPRK Supreme Court
Convicted of espionage against the state, US citizen and Bakersfield, California resident, 24-year-old Matthew Miller was sentenced to six years of hard labor by the Supreme Court of the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea. Miller allegedly destroyed his tourist visa and requested asylum in North Korea upon arrival in Pyongyang. He was arrested and detained […]
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American Seeking Asylum in North Korea May End Up Imprisoned in the DPRK
US citizen Matthew Todd Miller may end up imprisoned in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea failing an intervention by US or US-allied authorities on his behalf according to a report from CNN. Miller allegedly entered the DPRK on a tourist visa that he also allegedly destroyed while declaring that he wanted asylum in North […]
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