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North Koreans drinking 'deep sea water' as state media advertises bizarre new products
Daily Star
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August 18, 2025
There's water and then there's deep-sea water – and a North Korean company is trying to sell the latter to its fellow countrymen and women. In a bizarre advertorial spotted in the Pyongyang Times, a state-controlled English-speaking newspaper,...
N. Korea’s technical schools struggle with outdated equipment and poor funding
Daily NK
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August 18, 2025
North Korea’s Ministry of Education recently conducted a nationwide review that exposed widespread problems at technical high schools, with most struggling to provide proper hands-on training due to outdated equipment and inadequate funding....
The Untold Plight Of North Korean Seafood Workers in China
The Maritime Executive
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In February 2023, Donggang Jinhui Foodstuff, a seafood-processing company in China, threw a party. It had been a successful year: a new plant had opened, and the company had doubled the amount of squid that it exported to the United States. The...
When the insider Is the adversary: North Korea’s remote work espionage campaign
TechRadar
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August 18, 2025
In a revelation that should concern every security leader, the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) recently disclosed that over 300 companies, including tech giants and at least one defense contractor, unknowingly hired North Korean operatives posing as...
(2nd LD) Lee calls for phased steps to implement existing inter-Korean pacts to restore ties with N. Korea
Yonhap News Agency
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August 18, 2025
(ATTN: ADDS details from NSC meeting in paras 11-12) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Monday called for taking steps where necessary to implement existing inter-Korean agreements, days after he reaffirmed his...
German embassy showcases techno music for cultural exchange, means of diplomacy
Korea Herald
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August 18, 2025
The German Embassy in Seoul showcased what it called "techno music diplomacy" in Seoul on Saturday. Hosting an all-night techno event that ran from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., the show attracted young techno enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s. The event...
The Future of Religion
Buddhistdoor Global
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Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. Images courtesy of Jungto Society The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (법륜스님) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few.* As a widely respected Dharma...
(LEAD) Lee calls for phased steps to implement existing inter-Korean pacts to restore ties with N. Korea
Yonhap News Agency
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August 18, 2025
(ATTN: ADDS remarks, details from 7th para) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Monday called for taking steps where necessary to implement existing inter-Korean agreements, days after he reaffirmed his pledge...
Yoido Full Gospel Church Looks into Resuming Pyongyang Heart Hospital Project
KBS World
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August 18, 2025
Photo : YONHAP News / Yoido Full Gospel Church Yoido Full Gospel Church is weighing whether to resume construction of the Pyongyang Heart Hospital in North Korea, a project that has been suspended since 2010. The church said Monday that senior...
Yoido Full Gospel Church prepares to resume heart hospital construction in Pyongyang
The Korea Times
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August 18, 2025
Yoido Full Gospel Church is taking steps to resume the construction of the cardiac hospital in Pyongyang, a project that has been on hold since 2010 as the church’s senior pastor Lee Young-hoon recently met with Unification Minister Chung...
S. Korean activists urge Seoul, Washington to stop joint military exercises
Xinhua News Agency
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SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korean peace activists have urged Seoul and Washington to stop the joint military exercises, which they said only serve to escalate military tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The combined forces of South Korea and...
South Korean Peace Activists Urge End to Seoul-Washington Military Drills
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) South Korean peace activists have called on Seoul and Washington to immediately cease their joint military exercises, warning that these drills only intensify military tensions on the Korean Peninsula. On Monday, combined South Korean and...
Inside Kim Jung-Un's 'North Korean Benidorm' from slave brigades to women sexually abused
Daily Star
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August 17, 2025
North Korea's "Benidorm-style" beach resort looks set to be doomed just a month after opening as it was announced it would not be receiving foreign tourists. But was the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone — seen as a key part of Kim Jong Un's plans...
8 unforgettable K-drama locations that shaped the story
Tatler Asia
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In Crash Landing on You, South Korean heiress Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin) crash-lands in a North Korean village after a paragliding accident and meets the noble North Korean officer, Ri Jeong-hyeok (Hyun Bin). The town itself may be a little too...
Truth behind North Korea’s Benidorm resort exposed with ‘slave brigades’ working 21-hour days & women sexually assaulted
The Scottish Sun
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August 16, 2025
IT’S the showpiece beach resort at the heart of Kim Jong-un’s plans for a holiday empire – but the “North Korean Benidorm” hides a dark secret. The Wonsan-Kalma resort reportedly got its nickname after dictator Kim sent a fact-finding mission to...
North Korean broadcast cuts leave Christians isolated
Premier Christianity News
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The flow of news and Christian content into North Korea has been sharply reduced, with six US and South Korean radio stations, including Radio Free Asia, Voice of the People, and Echo of Hope, shut down over the last three months. The closures cut...
N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un orders workplace safety reforms after steel mill accident
Daily NK
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August 15, 2025
When a serious accident occurred at a North Korean steel mill on a national holiday, Kim Jong Un was immediately briefed about what happened. “Amid the excitement over Victory Day, a work crew at the second blast furnace at Songjin Steel Mill was...
Nepal successful in Rubella elimination: WHO
República
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KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced that Nepal has eliminated rubella, a public health problem in the country. With this, Nepal becomes the sixth country in the South-East Asia region to eliminate rubella....
S. Korea’s President Lee vows to respect N. Korea's political system, won't pursue unification by absorption
Azertag
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August 15, 2025
Baku, August 15, AZERTAC President Lee Jae Myung said Friday that he would respect North Korea's political system and will not pursue unification by absorption while pledging to take steps to restore the 2018 inter-Korean military deal to reduce...
South Korean president vows to build 'military trust' with North Korea
The Manila Times
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August 15, 2025
(UPDATE) SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Friday to “respect” North Korea’s political system and build “military trust,” a day after Pyongyang said it had no interest in improving relations with Seoul. Lee has pledged to reach...