North Korea
World War Three? North Korea planning war with West which could leave ONE MILLION dead
NORTH KOREA is planning to drag the West into World War Three by launching a murderous invasion of South Korea, it has been claimed. The devastating attack could leave one million people dead in "the most unforgiving battle conditions" according to former White House adviser Victor Cha. With the hermit state on the...
North Korean defector lifts lid on nation’s sex habits under leader Kim Jong-un
A NORTH Korean defector has spoken publicly about the sex lives of those living in one of the most secretive and repressive nations in the world. Ji-Min Kang was raised in North Korea but managed to escape the oppressive regime and start a new life in South Korea. Writing for NK News, an independent English-language news site...
US man Kim Dong-chul jailed for spying in North Korea
North Korea has sentenced a US man to 10 years of hard labour for spying. Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old naturalised US citizen born in South Korea, was arrested last October. Kim had made an apparent confession in Pyongyang last month in front of reporters, saying he was paid by South Korean intelligence officers. The US has...
Inside Kim Jong-un’s ‘pleasure squad’: Girls as young as THIRTEEN chosen for sex parties
NORTH Korean officials including despot Kim Jong-un have picked girls as young as 13 for sick "sex parties", it has been claimed. Girls are taken from their classrooms by soldiers and told to not speak to their families ever again or face execution, according to defectors. They claim the youngsters are drafted into...
North Korea reportedly puts mid-range missile on standby for launch
North Korea is believed to have placed a new, powerful mid-range missile on standby for an impending launch, a news report said Tuesday. The reported launch plans came two days after North Korea claimed to have successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine in a continuation of its weapons tests amid ongoing South...
North Korean interiors: A rare glimpse inside the candy-colored ‘socialist fairyland’
"Let us turn the whole country into a socialist fairyland!" declares one of North Korea's 310 official patriotic slogans published this year on behalf of the country's young leader, Marshall Kim Jong-un. It's an unlikely sentiment to be found alongside mottos urging a stronger army, better harvests and the...
Bangladeshi university professor hacked to death in Rajshahi
A university professor has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, in an attack police say is similar to killings of secular bloggers and atheists by suspected Islamist extremists. AFM Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was a professor of English at Rajshahi University in the country's north-west. He was attacked with machetes as he...
US researchers see more signs North Korea is producing plutonium
As North Korea intensifies testing of its ballistic missile technology, a U.S. website said Friday it also sees further signs from satellite imagery that North Korea is looking to produce more plutonium for nuclear weapons. The website 38 North, which monitors sites in North Korea associated with its weapons programs, says an...
North Korea missile test fails, says South
North Korea conducted a missile test off its east coast on Friday morning, but the launch appears to have failed, say US and South Korean officials. The rocket has not yet been identified but is suspected to have been a previously untested "Musudan" medium-range ballistic missile. The launch coincided with the...
North Korea Prepares One Or Two Intermediate-Range Missiles: Yonhap
North Korea has deployed one or two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on the east coast, possibly preparing for launch on or around Friday, the anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. A mobile launcher was spotted carrying up to two Musudan missiles, Yonhap...
North Korea ‘tests long-range missile engine’
North Korea says it has successfully tested an engine designed for an intercontinental ballistic missile. The new type of engine would "guarantee" the ability to launch a nuclear strike on the US mainland, the KCNA news agency said. The test was conducted at the country's long-range missile launch site near its...
Woman sends naked selfie of mayor to city officials
A woman formerly involved with the mayor of Hernando, Miss., allegedly sent a naked picture of the mayor to city aldermen. On Friday, Johnson said a woman he was involved with sent a naked selfie of him to an unknown number of aldermen last week. Johnson told The Clarion-Ledger the picture was taken last year and sent to a...