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07 Feb 2011 00:03

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World: Random North Korean boat crosses volatile South Korean border

  • 31 North Koreans on a mother*#&ing boat (they’re on a boat) source
  • » Why this is a big deal (kinda): The boat crossed the border at the point where North Korea shelled a contested South Korean island a few months ago. The people on the boat, 11 men and 20 women, are being questioned, but there’s no sign that they’re defecting from their country.
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04 Feb 2011 01:00

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World: Otter-skin hat implies change in North Korean leadership

  • It’s an unwritten rule that nobody else can wear such a hat, so if Kim Jong-Un is also wearing one, it means he has now reached almost the same status as his father.
  • A “senior South Korean government official” • On the significance of headwear in totalitarian dictatorships. Bear with us here: apparently, Kim Jong-Un was spotted wearing an otter-skin hat similar to one worn by his father, Kim Jong-il, and since nobody but the Dear Leader is allowed to wear that hat, this implies that the elder Kim will soon be passing the throne on to his son. Whatever you say, unnamed South Korean official.  source
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09 Jan 2011 11:32

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World: North Korea hacked to the tune of “Super Mario World.” Heh.

  • So, when North Korea’s YouTube and Twitter accounts got hacked yesterday, this crude-looking cartoon got posted. The toon, which features background music from one of our favorite video games of all time (Super Mario World, what what?) shows Kim Jong-un violently slamming his convertible into starving North Korean children, and the heir apparent talking to his dad on an iPhone – while driving. The clip is crude and violent, so keep that in mind, but still interesting. source
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29 Dec 2010 10:32

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World: Bad idea: South Korea working on unification plans with the North

  • Let’s say you’re South Korea. North of you is one of the world’s most volatile countries, North Korea, and they’re your sworn enemy. West of you is China, the 900-pound gorilla of Asia. Now, let’s say you’re the president of South Korea, like this guy in the middle here, Lee Myung-bak. How do you handle this situation in such a way as to anger both of them at once? Here’s how – bring up plans to unify the two Koreas. Could you guys at least wait until Kim Jong-il is dead and his frumpy kid who skated into the job is the leader? You know they have the bomb, right? source
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20 Dec 2010 09:56

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World: North Korea decides not to start World War III … or did they?

  • yeah … After threatening to retaliate for days for a South Korean artillery drill, North Korea didn’t actually do anything today. Whew.
  • … but We’re not out of the woods yet. North Korea threatened “unpredictable” retaliation, so they may still attack. Great. source
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18 Dec 2010 11:44

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World: South Korea delays live-fire drill designed to annoy North Korea

Fortunately for just about everybody involved, it’s a little foggy outside, meaning that South Korea has a pretty good scapegoat. Well, for today, that is. source
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09 Dec 2010 10:56

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World: China’s top diplomat meets with North Korea’s top manchild

“Hey buddy, how’s it going? We hear you’ve been up to a lot of stupid crap in the last few weeks. That’s OK, we’ll forgive you anyway.” source
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28 Nov 2010 11:22

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World: China wants to get North, South Korea back to negotiating table

  • 2008 China, North and South Korea, Japan, Russia and the U.S., had six-party disarmament talks about North Korea’s nuclear program. The North walked out when it became clear it was an intervention.
  • 2010 China, looking to help ease things between on-the-brink-of-war North and South Korea, is pushing for another round of talks. China says it won’t be like last time; South Korea is thinking about it. source
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26 Nov 2010 15:37

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World: South Korean civilians quickly escape North Korean shelling target

  • I’m very sorry to leave my hometown. Once it was paradise, now it’s hell.
  • South Korean homemaker Choi In-young • On being forced to leave Yeonpyeong Island in the wake of continued threats from North Korea, including the shelling earlier this week which led to the first civilian casualties since the Korean War ended. While Choi’s house survived, others were not so lucky. “All the windows in my home were knocked out,” she says. “My home is still safe, but I saw smoke from houses around me.” Can anyone decipher the collective paranoia North Korea has right now? source
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26 Nov 2010 08:53

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World: Not this crap again: North Korea still shooting off shells

In what appears to be a training exercise on their own territory, the country appears to be getting ready for the United States-South Korean military exercise this weekend. source
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