In a reversal of a policy in place since the 1930s, the city of Los Angeles has opened up its namesake river to kayakers who can now legally row its waters. The river had been closed to kayakers since devastating floods earlier in the 20th century forced the city to pave the banks of the […]
Read MoreThe 70 something year old footage was stored by the Romano Archive and filmed by a French tourist, Jean Vivier, in the summer of 1939. It’s beautiful to see New York City when it was beginning to emerge as a world financial and commercial capital. It is also interesting to note the dignified dress and […]
Read MoreA fifteen year-old girl by the name of Nichole Cable, from Glenburn, Maine, was missing for a week before her body was discovered in the woods off of Route 43 near Oldtown. Nichole’s cause of death has not yet been determined, but the involvement of 20 year-old Kyle Dube has shed some light on this […]
Read MoreAs many of you know, a terrorist attack occurred today in Boston, Massachusetts during the annual Boston Marathon Race. Two bombs were detonated in the Copley Square area, killing three and wounding well over one hundred people. Information as to who perpetrated this act of terror is as of yet still unavailable. For its brief […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreSouth Korean media outlets expect a new North Korean nuclear test to occur any day now. Tensions between North Korea, the United States, and South Korea were exacerbated recently by the conducting of joint, annual drills between US and South Korean forces. Kim Jong un’s behavior of late has much of the world concerned about […]
Read MoreJapan launched two intelligence satellites, an operational radar satellite and an experimental optical probe, into orbit. Both of the satellites were launched atop the Japanese-produced H-IIA rocket and were planned long before North Korea’s latest missile test and international provocations. Japan’s intelligence satellite program began in 1998 after North Korea successfully launched a […]
Read MoreOften the People’s Republic of China takes a lenient stance towards its ally the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is why it was surprising that China signed a UNSC resolution condemning North Korea’s missile tests and authorizing the imposition of further sanctions on the regime in Pyongyang. China’s willingness to rein in its […]
Read MoreThe once dominant portraits of Marx and Lenin that were featured alongside a portrait of Eternal President Kim Il-Sung in Kim Il-sung Square (김일성광장) were removed in October 2012 and have not been replaced. The pictures feature prominently in North Korean military parades and were visible ties to its Soviet-satellite past. North Korea […]
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