The Bank of China closes the account of North Korea’s main foreign exchange bank, France struggles to contain radical Islam …
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North Korea’s nuclear weapons might be able to reach the U.S., Egypt has no family planning policy despite its surging birthrate and Japan is set to build its first overseas nuclear plant since the Fukushima meltdown of 2011
Party in Pyongyang: Amid Tension, North Korea Celebrates Kim Il Sung’s Birthday
The 101st anniversary of the birth of the country’s venerated founding father, the late dictator Kim Il Sung, is a pointer to the regime’s current state of mind
U.S. and China Pledge to Work Toward a Nonnuclear North Korea. Does That Matter?
On his first trip to Beijing as U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry arrived with an entreaty. As warmongering from North Korea reaches earsplitting levels, Kerry had petitioned Chinese leaders to rein in an isolated country that …
NoKo Propaganda: How to Smash the Puppet Traitors
No nation does propaganda like the Hermit Kingdom. On a daily basis, North Korea’s leadership and official news agency trade in jargon and slogans that few elsewhere in the world would ever echo. Photographs in Pyongyang document …
Why the North Korean Crisis Demands a New Diplomatic Approach
Even as Washington presses Pyongyang on its arsenal, a growing number of analysts worry that unconditional denuclearization is a strategic dead end
China’s Long, Fruitless History of Irritation With North Korea
Just how steadfast is China’s support of North Korea?
Viewpoint: North Korea’s Gaddafi Nightmare
Pyongyang and Kim Jong Un may be acting up because they believe they know the lessons of giving up weapons of mass destruction
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North Korea raises the stakes, glacial ice that took 1,600 years to form has melted in just 25 years in Peru’s Andes and a flagship Indian jobs program has been defrauded of around $10 billion by local officials
North Korea’s Saber Rattling: Is the Bark Worse Than the Bite?
The world may finally be taking North Korean threats seriously. On March 28, after the U.S. announced that two nuclear-capable stealth bombers flew from Missouri to South Korea as part of a major military exercise — which …
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North Korea is believed to be training teams of “cyber warriors”, poverty in Bulgaria pushes people over the edge and British Prime Minister David Cameron is to announce plans to restrict access to welfare, housing and free …
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The U.N. will investigate whether Syria’s rebel forces used chemical weapons in a rocket attack, Brazilian lawmakers debate abortion reform, and Chad rebels threaten to restart rebellion against country’s government
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An ex-dictator of Guatemala is on trial on genocide charges, the Vietnamese government might give cash to families who have daughters and China’s Xi Jinping says he is willing to promote dialogue between North and South Korea
