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Kpop Music Video: Hello Venus – 차 마실래? (Do You Want Some Tea?)
Hello Venus’ music video for “Do You Want Some Tea?” really exemplifies how divergent Western style pop is from the pop that is coming out of the Republic of Korea (RoK). Whimsical, fantastical, and effused with innocence, this music video hearkens to a time when girls relied on their looks, charms, and maybe even a […]
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KPop Music Video: 2NE1 – Falling in Love
Kpop perfection from 2NE1, fusing pop, dance, reggae, and hip hop elements for the perfect summer single.
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Kpop Music Video: T-ARA N4(티아라 N4) Jeon Won Diary(전원일기)
Pure pop perfection straight out of Korea.
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BTS 방탄소년단, No More Dream Music Video
BTS 방탄소년단 No More Dream’s music video is everything you’d expect from a big production k pop group.
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Luxury Skiing in Wonsan How the DPRK Plans to Bring the Alps to North Korea
Now we don’t claim to know anything about North Korean geography, or whether Wonsan would even be appropriate for the location of said resort, but reports have emerged from Pyongyang that the central government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea plans on bringing luxury, alpine trails to the mountains and vistas of the world’s […]
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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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Republic of Korea Successfully Launches Naro Space Rocket
South Korea successfully launched its first-ever space rocket, the Naro, according to Lee Ju-ho, minister of education, science and technology. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute announced the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) – or Naro – deployed its payload, the Science and Technology Satellite-2C and placed it into orbit above the Earth. South Korea’s 2009 and […]
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South Korea Has Detained a Korean-American Man Charged with Massive Billion-Dollar Iran Wire Fraud
A Korean-American man was detained by Republic of Korea authorities on charges that he had transferred more than $1 billion to Iran, a staggering sum in one of the world’s largest cases of wire fraud. The Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office would only identify the 73-year old man by his surname, Chung. Chung is suspected […]
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State Media in the People’s Republic of China Warns DPRK Over Planned Nuclear Test
- January 25, 2013
- 2011
- Asia
- Beijing
- China
- Chinese aid to North Korea
- East Asia
- Hong Lei
- International Relations
- Kim Jong-il
- Kim Jong-Un
- North Korea
- nuclear tests
- Nuclear Weapons
- Nuclear Weapons Development
- nuclear weapons proliferation
- People's Republic of China
- PRC
- PRC Foreign Ministry
- ROK
- Sanctions
- South Korea
- UN
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
- United States
- UNSC resolution
- USA
In a change of tone, official state media outlets in the PRC are criticizing North Korea’s latest round of bellicose posturing, threatening aid cuts if the DPRK proceeds with yet another nuclear test. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s main ally, China, has criticized the regime through official media outlets after North Korea threatened the United […]
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