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Here’s What Making Cell Phone Calls in North Korea Sounds Like
An American academic has recreated “a taste” of North Korean cell phone service, “without the trip to Pyongyang.”
Trump Is Calling for a Missile Defense System That Already Exists
And yet, it doesn’t work very well.
Kim Jong-un Reportedly Wants North Korea To Produce The Next Lionel Messi
The Supreme Leader has got bored with intercontinental ballistic missiles, and is now focussing on nurturing North Korea’s answer to Lionel Messi instead.
Technicolor Photos of an Unseen North Korea
According to Fabian Muir, to get the shots others haven't, you just need to learn to shoot quick and dirty.
Rare North Korean Paintings Exhibit in the US
We spoke with the curator behind an unusual exhibition of North Korean Socialist Realist painting at the American University Museum.
Cash for Kim: How North Koreans Are Working Themselves to Death in Europe
A VICE investigation has uncovered how North Koreans are working as forced laborers in the heart of Europe, with their wages directly filling Kim Jong-un's coffers with foreign currency.
BBC Team Expelled From North Korea for 'Disrespectful' Reporting
The British reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes had "distorted facts and realities" in his coverage, said a North Korean official, and would never be let into the country again.
North Korea Is So Afraid of This Volcano, It Asked Western Scientists for Help
The rumblings of an enigmatic volcano have brought geologists from North Korea and the West together for a rare moment of scientific diplomacy.
Why a Secretive Group of Western Investors Are Bullish on Business in North Korea
A small number of Western businesspeople believe investment in North Korea is not only good business, but morally defensible. In turn, they're called everything from "insane" to "embarrassments to humanity."
Korean-American Man Held in North Korea Confesses to Committing 'Unpardonable Espionage'
A source in Pyongyang said diplomats were notified in the morning of the confession and Kim's comments were similar to the recent confession of American student Otto Warmbier.