| 单词 | North Korea |
| 例句 | There will be no outsourcing for me—even if some of my readers wish my column could be shipped off to North Korea. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z But publicity generated by the case alerted the world’s reinsurance industry to avoid North Korea, and fraud wound down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He devoured news about North Korea, on the Internet and in South Korean newspapers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Long-time North Korea watchers speculated that real economic reform just might be possible. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Satellite images of the family’s residences stand out like sable-clad thumbs in the mangy landscape of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z That tolerance became semiofficial policy in 2000, when North Korea promised leniency to those who had fled the country in search of food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z When it comes to making money, North Korea is an utter waste of time. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They are trained in Torrance to travel across the United States, give presentations, and raise awareness about human rights abuses in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It put the world on notice that North Korea was moving ever closer to having the ability to strike the continental United States with a nuclear-armed ballistic missile. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “I am from North Korea, I just got off the bus, and I have no place to go,” Shin said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z North Korea’s news agency denounced the flight as “premeditated allurement, abduction, and terrorism.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Song was the executive director of Liberty in North Korea, the human rights group that had helped bring him to the United States. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z These reporters, who use cell phones and smuggle out sound and video recordings on tiny USB memory sticks, have revolutionized news coverage of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Until the 1990s, North Korea’s economy was largely held together by subsidies from the Soviet Union. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Portraits of Kim II Sung and Kim Jong II—the centerpieces of every classroom in North Korea— were nowhere to be found. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z After the settlement, North Korea’s lawyers said it was “staggeringly unfair” to suggest that the country engaged in insurance fraud. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He wanted to get back to Pyongyang in time to vote in the August election for the Supreme People’s Assembly, the rubber stamp parliament of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He had accepted an offer from Liberty in North Korea, the nonprofit that sponsored his first American trip. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Park left China and returned to North Korea in the summer of 2003, along with his wife and a baby son born in China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Nor were they beneficiaries of the billions of dollars' worth of food aid that poured into North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In retaliation, MacArthur ordered massive bombing strikes against "every installation, factory, city, and village" in North Korea. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Harim, who is bilingual, had traveled back to South Korea to work briefly as a translator for an NGO, or nongovernmental organization, that focused on North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z By imprisoning its citizens inside the country, North Korea defies an international agreement that it has pledged to uphold. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It took months for the outside world to learn of economic reforms that eased restrictions on private markets in North Korea in 2002. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But teachers said nothing about North Korea’s geography, its neighbors, its history, or its leaders. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Uniforms are everywhere in North Korea, the world’s most militarized society. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Although Park was well traveled in North Korea and in China, he confided to Shin that he knew little about the steep, snowy, thinly populated mountains outside the fence. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “I’m dying of hunger here,” said the last soldier Shin bribed on his way out of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Within weeks, they began streaming onto the Korean Peninsula, shoring up the battered remnants of the South Korean forces and joining the battle against North Korea. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z These stations, with funding from South Korea, the United States, and Japan, mix Asian and world news with sharply critical coverage of North Korea and the Kim dynasty. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z High Commissioner for Refugees from working along the border with North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They are national holidays in North Korea, and even in a no-exit labor camp, prisoners get the day off. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Seven years later, when the North Korean government launched a disastrous currency reform that impoverished and enraged tens of thousands of traders, the news was reported within hours by Free North Korea Radio. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He said he had grown up in a large, comfortable apartment in Pyongyang and had followed the privileged educational trajectory of North Korea’s elites, studying in East Germany and the Soviet Union. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In California, Shin began giving God all the credit for his escape from Camp 14 and for his good fortune in finding a way out of North Korea and China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “It is just a matter of time,” Shin told me, before North Korea decides to destroy the camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Neither China nor North Korea released figures, but estimates of these economic migrants ranged from tens of thousands to four hundred thousand. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Four flagrant examples are the comparison of South Korea with North Korea, the former West Germany with the former East Germany, the Dominican Republic with Haiti, and Israel with its Arab neighbors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Gunwoo’s family had escaped from the North and lost many members to the Russians and North Korea’s KPA, Korean People’s Army. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It collected hundreds of millions of dollars from some of the world’s largest insurance companies on falsified claims for industrial accidents and natural disasters inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z When new leadership in Seoul cut off the free fertilizer in 2008, North Korea tried to do nationally what it has been doing for decades in its labor camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z His clothes and haircut—Mao suits and a short military trim with no sideburns— were the same as his grandfather’s when he seized control of North Korea in 1945. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z According to a London-based expert on the insurance industry, North Korea also exploited the geographical ignorance and political naivete of some reinsurers and their brokers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Gunwoo had been proud of the fact that his father had been a headmaster of a high school in North Korea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The Tumen River, which forms about a third of the border between North Korea and China, is shallow and narrow. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The “eating problem,” as it’s often called in North Korea, is not confined to labor camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Indeed, just two people other than Shin are known to have escaped from any political prison camp in North Korea and made it to the West. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The mountains of North Korea are crisscrossed with swift rivers, large and small. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z This was especially true in 2010, when North Korea launched a sneak submarine attack that killed forty-six South Korean sailors and sank the Cheonan, a warship sailing in South Korean territorial waters. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Dennis Rodman travels to North Korea as an unofficial ambassador on a mission of peace but is taken into custody the moment he disembarks from the plane. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When Shin met him, Park was furious with himself for returning to North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z More important, it might precipitate regime collapse in North Korea and lead to the unification of the Korean Peninsula under a Seoul-based government closely allied with the United States. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z For a small fee, it hauled passengers to the train station in Hamhung, the second largest city in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Since the 1990s, North Korea has been unable to grow, buy, or deliver enough food to feed its population. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z South Korea’s economy is 38 times larger than the North’s; its international trade volume is 224 times larger.5 North Korea’s periodic belligerence, however, does trigger eruptions of anger in the South. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He patiently attempted to explain what life was like outside Camp 14— and outside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z North Korea called itself the Worker’s Paradise, but even as it professed allegiance to communist ideals of equality, it invented one of the world’s most rigidly stratified caste systems. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z To enforce its rules, North Korea began a substantial buildup of electronic and photographic surveillance along the border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The risk of such an exodus increases as China’s economy soars, North Korea’s sinks, and word spreads that life is better in China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Compared to traveling in North Korea, Shin found it easy and safe to travel in China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The capitalism that bloomed in the cities and small towns of North Korea weakened the government’s iron grip on everyday life and did little to enrich the state. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In late 1998, a few months before Shin was assigned to the pig farm, the World Food Program conducted a nutrition survey of children, which covered seventy percent of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Shin could not have escaped North Korea without an abundance of luck, especially at the border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z While the old man in the underground prison had eaten well in North Korea, Park’s gustatory adventures were global. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z By the time Shin crawled through the electric fence, there was a well-established human smuggling network with tentacles that reached deep inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z North Korea has no oil, and its economy has never been able to generate enough cash to buy sufficient fuel or food on the world market. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z During those chaotic years, as the basic functioning of Kim Jong Il’s government stalled, think tank experts in the West were writing books with doomsday titles such as The End of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She then escaped, and in 2009 found her way out of North Korea to South Korea, via China, Laos, and Thailand. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Kim Jong II inherited his dictatorial control of North Korea from his father in 1994—the first hereditary succession in the communist world. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z South Korean soaps—which display the fast cars, opulent houses, and surging confidence of South Korea—are classified as “impure recorded visual materials” and are illegal to watch in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In the past half century, the governments of China and North Korea have cooperatively used their security forces to make sure that the intermittent seepage of Koreans across the border never turns into a flood. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The joined forces of Russia and China advise that retaliatory attacks against North Korea will not be tolerated. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how I was going to concentrate on much of anything with everyone looking at me like I was Dennis Rodman on my way to North Korea. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z As a police state, North Korea does not tolerate intercity vagabonds. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Factories, public enterprises, and neighborhoods have been ordered to produce two tons of toibee, according to Good Friends, a Buddhist charity with informants in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Their ambitious mission was to open asylum shelters for defectors who crossed into China and to smuggle antiregime pamphlets into North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But marauding for food was hardly an exceptional activity in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In that high-profile job, Park said, he had met many of the men who ruled North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Outside the camp during those years, life in North Korea was anything but relaxing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z North Korea had just conducted a nuclear test, and Barack was soon to leave for Egypt to deliver a major address meant to extend an open hand to Muslims around the world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There are no reliable numbers on defections to China, or on the movement of people drifting around inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z His plan for surviving in China was as half-baked as his plan had been for escaping North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The permeability of North Korea’s border tends to improve when border guards and local officials can accept bribes without draconian punishment from higher-ups. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Our nation is richer and smarter than North Korea. We have to use reason over confrontation.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A mass exodus from North Korea could substantially depopulate the country, undermine its already inadequate capacity to grow food, and weaken—or perhaps even topple—the gov-ernment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Every year North Korea needs to produce more than five million tons of rice and cereal grain to feed its twenty-three million people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He carefully explained that Pyongyang, located about fifty miles south of Camp 14, was the capital of North Korea, the city where all the country’s powerful people lived. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Many, if not most, defectors arriving at Hanawon escaped North Korea with the help of brokers based in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z North Korea—Possibly the most anti-American country in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The trip was "cover," arranged months in advance in North Korea, for the first-ever contact between the spy and his new KGB handler away from the prying eyes of MI6. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Unlike other defectors McMahon had interrogated, Shin was ignorant of everyday life in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z North Korea would have lost the Korean War and disappeared as a state without the help of the Chinese, who fought the United States and other Western forces to a stalemate. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z To get out of North Korea, more than half of the refugees said they paid cash to bribe officials or buy help from professional smugglers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Each year, Kim said, North Korea would do its best to shuffle its offerings among the major reinsurance players. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Countries with higher per capita incomes than North Korea include Sudan, Congo, and Laos. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But the bulk of North Korea’s north-south train traffic continued to pass through its rail yards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “People on the outside don’t realize it, but North Korea right now is in a drastic state of change.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In Gilju, as across all of North Korea, Shin saw photographs of Kim Jong II and Kim II Sung everywhere—in train stations, town squares, and the homes he sometimes broke into. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z This has been going on since the late 1860s, when famine struck North Korea and starving farmers fled across the Tumen and the Yalu rivers into northeast China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He was an entertaining talker, whose knowledge of North Korea thrilled Shin, especially when the subject was food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Inside North Korea, the penalty for listening to these stations can be ten years in a labor camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z As Shin and Park did their rounds in the garment factory, Park explained that Hwang had criticized Kim Jong U for turning North Korea into a corrupt feudal state. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Voting in North Korea is not mandatory, but the government keeps close track of those who do not show up. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z More than a quarter of them had been arrested in North Korea, and ten percent said they had been sent to jails, where forced starvation, torture, and executions were commonplace. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z So does too much rice, the one-time staple that in the postfamine era has become a food for the rich in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z On the far bank, Shin stood up and turned around to take a last look at North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Korean speakers living in northeast China have also been an unsung force for cultural change inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z When the Soviet Union collapsed, the subsidies ended, and North Korea’s centrally planned economy stopped functioning. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Despite stern warnings from the United Nations Security Council, North Korea fires a second missile, striking Osaka, Japan. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z None of this, of course, is even remotely possible in a country as ill governed as North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Unlike any other aid recipient in the world, North Korea’s government insisted on sole authority for transporting donated food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z China and Russia deploy their military forces to strategic positions throughout the world while suggesting that the US capitulate to North Korea’s demands. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Those reports focused on the failures and weaknesses of the North Korea government. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z One boy—clearly confused about who Shin was and what he had done in North Korea—asked a final question. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, I am from North Korea, looking for a job,” Shin said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Put bluntly, the greed of North Korea’s cash-hungry cadre seemed to enable Shin’s trek. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Shin soon learned what everyone else in North Korea had known for years—trains go slow, if they go at all. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Despite Park’s anger—at the rottenness of North Korea, at his wife, at himself—he always carried himself with dignity, especially when it was time to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But by keeping his mouth shut and his eyes open he entered the slipstream of smuggling, trading, and petty bribery that had become North Korea’s postfamine economy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z By spreading relatively moderate losses among many big companies, North Korea concealed how bad a risk it was. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Japan and the United States declare war on North Korea. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The policy all but ignored the existence of the labor camps and made no attempt to monitor who in North Korea benefited from the aid. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Intercity travel in North Korea had once been impossible without a travel permit, which would be stamped or folded into a “citizen’s certificate,” a passport-size document modeled after the old Soviet identification card. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Eight months earlier, the man said, Chinese police had arrested him and sent him back to North Korea, where he had served a few months in a labor camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z North Korea announced a new policy of harsh punishment for illegal border crossings, with prison terms of up to five years. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Army sergeant serving in South Korea in 1965, when he decided the grass would be greener in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The United States became North Korea’s largest aid donor while remaining its most demonized enemy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They told Shin that North Korea was an independent state and noted the existence of cars and trains. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He explained that if he continued to live near the border, he would be arrested by the police and forcibly sent back to North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But since the need was so urgent and the death toll so high, the West swallowed its disgust and delivered more than one billion dollars' worth of food to North Korea between 1995 and 2003. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Park asked why he was so afraid of a little song when he was willing to hear seditious stories about how Kim Jong II was a thief and North Korea was a hellhole. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z This ragged group then joined several hundred American prisoners of war on a forced trek to Mampo, a small town on the Yalu River, which forms the border between North Korea and China. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Are you from North Korea?” the man asked. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Even when Shin mentioned that he had come from North Korea in conversation with ethnic Koreans he appealed to for food, cash, or work, he learned that he was nobody special. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “In North Korea, paranoia was a rational response to real conditions and it helped these people survive,” said Kim Hee-kyung, a clinical psychologist who spoke to me in her office at Hanawon. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z For George Blake and his fellow prisoners, now being moved from location to location by their captors, all of North Korea had become a scorched war zone. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z After the Japanese prime minister made a second trip to North Korea in 2004, Jenkins and his daughters were also allowed to leave. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z After years of threats and insane posturing, it’s Fox’s early cancellation of Bunker that provokes North Korea’s supreme leader to action. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z So he came up with a sketchy plan: he would travel west and south, putting as much distance as possible between himself, North Korea, and border patrol soldiers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Shin fiddled with its dial nearly every morning, switching among the dozen or so Korean-language stations that broadcast daily into North Korea and northeast China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Shin was bewildered by much of the reporting about North Korea on the radio. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In a classroom with other defectors, he learned that the Korean War started when North Korea launched an unprovoked surprise invasion of the South on June 25,1950. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Insurgent capitalism frightened the government of North Korea, which fretted publicly about a slippery slope to regime change and catastrophe. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Many of them thought they were dealing with a firm from South Korea, the expert said, while others were unaware that North Korea is a closed totalitarian state with sham courts and no international accountability. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then, with Soviet and Chinese backing, communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea in 1950. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He invited Kang to the White House to discuss North Korea, and later described Aquariums as “one of the most influential books I read during my presidency.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z As one of LiNK’s executives told me, “Shin could be an incredible asset for us and this movement. ‘You could be the face of North Korea,’ we tell him.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z International law, in effect, has been trumped by the strategic interests of North Korea and China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Accomplishing the lifelong dream as she stepped foot in North Korea on May 31, Lexie Alford told Fox News that she immediately felt “relief.” American woman, 21, becomes youngest person to visit every country 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Beginning with a prologue set in North Korea, there's never a doubt about how tough a superspy Evelyn Salt really is. 'Salt': Angelina Jolie is breathless in action-packed spy thriller 2010-07-22T17:22:00Z Mr. Shields said he generally edited articles on North Korea and on feminism, primarily because few other people do. Museum Welcomes Wikipedia Editors 2013-07-26T21:54:45Z But like Blaine Harden’s 2012 bestseller, “Escape from Camp 14,” it is vital to our understanding of life in North Korea. A surgeon confesses his mistakes, and other best memoirs for May 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The first thing to remember about reporting from North Korea, says Eric Talmadge, is that the answer to almost everything is no. Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z North Korea is participating in the Pyeongchang Games at the invitation of the South, which is using them to help ease tensions between the two countries, still technically at war. South Korean filmmaker hopeful Olympics will improve ties with North 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Days later, a senior North Korean nuclear envoy traveled to the U.S. to attend a university forum while the U.S. and North Korea held more talks in Beijing to finalize the food aid. Photo show offers rare glimpse of life in N. Korea 2012-03-16T01:57:08Z A QR code on the shirt’s tag leads to a web page on the defector’s story: family backgrounds, childhoods, the escape from North Korea and future goals. Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z The ships and boats often flew flags from North Korea, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Iran, Pakistan, India, Yemen and many other countries. The “good pirates” of Somalia 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z He called the porcine baby-faced beast of North Korea, a man who has exploded his political enemies with antiaircraft rockets, “terrific.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: What is Trump’s eternal fate? The Legions of Darkness have some thoughts. 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z He does talk about things like North Korea, China, "security" and so on in one grouping. Decoding “the first Twitter president”: Mathematician Anthony Bonato on the science of Trump... 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Following this year's events in London, the 2013 Korean Film Festival - which features no films from North Korea - will present highlights from its programme in Oxford, Bradford and St Andrews. Korean festival brings hits to London 2013-11-06T16:36:22Z "Through this project, I learned about my relatives from North Korea for the first time," she said. The lonely legacy of Spam 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z North Korea is not a nation with many sympathizers in the moviegoing world, and the stereotyping of Asians and Asian-Americans flourishes even in supposedly liberal Hollywood. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The film company, which cancelled the release of its North Korea satire The Interview following hacking threats, called Annie's takings "a nice shot in the arm". Final Hobbit film tops US box office 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Nowadays, the peninsula is divided between North Korea and South Korea. Korean royal books looted by France return home 2011-04-14T16:01:05Z North Korea has denied it was directly involved in the hacking but praised the attack itself as a "righteous deed". Rogen 'objected to Jong-un film cut' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z In the finished project, the invaders are from North Korea. Hack attack over Sony's 'Interview' shows risks of naming bad guys 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Okay, so not all of the North Korea jokes connected. Golden Globes Recap: At This Show, Politics Only Go So Far 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z What does antebellum plantation life have to do with North Korea, where three generations of rulers — grandfather, father and now the young son, Kim Jong Un — have been worshipped as omniscient? Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z And it’s easy to think of North Korea as an irredeemably one-dimensional place. Decoding Dress in North Korea 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z He now recounts the history of Communism in Russia, China and North Korea in his illustrated song histories, long a highlight of his live shows. Jeffrey Lewis, Singer and Illustrator 2011-11-22T23:09:54Z Canada "advises against all travel to North Korea." Looking for tourists, North Korea sets up shop at Swiss holiday fair 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z "North Korea!" he adds, over more missile shots and snippets of journalists explaining why America is a target for attack. DC's 'reservoir dogs' attack Chuck Hagel with oxymoronic ads 2013-01-24T21:32:43Z As a seven year old, he was sent to his uncle’s house and by foot, fled the invasion of communism and dictatorship by North Korea and its allies. My father’s heartbreaking return to North Korea 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z America’s military might was also challenged when North Korea seized a Navy intelligence ship. In 1968, protests were a call for peace and for violence 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z North Korea may be the most secretive and totalitarian country in the world, as well as the wackiest. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z As unnerving as North Korea's threats over the film may have been, the team behind "The Interview" recognized that they represented an invaluable piece of free advertising. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke So even though George W. Bush famously labeled North Korea part of the "Axis of Evil," he omits the fact that this state the U.S. so vigorously condemns was originally created by the U.S. itself. The "Squid Game" critique is also a love letter to a unified Korea 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Before they visit North Korea, foreign travel agencies brief their clients about the dangers of traveling in the country. Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z A United Nations report earlier this year cited estimates that between 200,000 and 400,000 of North Korea's 24 million people are Christians. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z As she watches, six rare, white-naped cranes cross the mountainous backdrop that is North Korea. Turn the Korean DMZ into a bridge of peace? Why major artists say the idea isn't crazy 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z If we had received the press that we have gotten over this North Korea thing in the early days we would have all been walking up Broadway with our middle fingers in the air. Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z Demonstrative grieving is not unique to North Korea. Are tears for North Korea's 'Dear Leader' real? 2011-12-22T00:23:00Z Los Angeles Times journalist Barbara Demick based "Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea" on extensive interviews with defectors from the Communist state. Book about North Korean wins UK non-fiction award 2010-07-01T20:58:00Z In a lengthy exchange, Pascal and Rogen discussed whether a gory scene featuring Kim Jong Un should be changed due to concerns about North Korea, and how that will play in the media. Sony wrestles with how to market 'Interview' amid geopolitics, scandal 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z The enemy was never Russia or China or North Korea, although those nations and others sometimes appeared as incidental players, tormenting or obstructing or sometimes aiding Bond. Assange: Bond villain -- or Bourne? 2010-12-03T16:04:00Z "We stand united everywhere," he said, "from North Korea to Paris." Golden Globes 2015: A surprisingly mature broadcast 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Tensions between Washington and Moscow are high, but terrorism, the Middle East and rogue nations like North Korea are a more immediate menace to national security. On ‘The Americans’ and Other Shows, Russian Spies Invade 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Upcoming projects include The Interview, starring Rogen and Franco, about a misguided trip to North Korea, and something called Sausage Party. Evan Goldberg: one male to bond them all 2013-06-26T19:00:00Z North Korea itself is not overburdened with pop artists. Onwards Toward the Final Victory – review 2012-07-06T15:57:37Z I said, “Hey, I want to go to this tournament in North Korea. You guys should have your country sign you up and let’s go together.” Wally Green’s unlikely path from gang member to ping-pong star 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Documentaries “20 Days in Mariupol,” about the war in Ukraine, and “Beyond Utopia,” which follows a family fleeing from North Korea, won audience awards. Sundance welcomed back the crowds, but it felt like a rebuilding year 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z His Inspector O novels are set in North Korea and have received raves for their realistic portrayal of North Korean life. Readers' favorite international mysteries, Part II ? all around the globe 2010-12-29T22:49:04Z “The biggest story in Hollywood this year was when North Korea threatened an attack if Sony released ‘The Interview,’ forcing us all to pretend we wanted to see it.” White people: Don’t get offended on Margaret Cho’s behalf 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Kwon Hyok Bong, a musical adviser who is leading the North Korean delegation, said he believed the collaboration would boost ties between France and North Korea. Musical harmony: NKorean, French orchestras play 2012-03-15T01:42:09Z Still, if the intent of the book is to provide an up-close and vivid account of what life is like for an American tourist in North Korea, it succeeds splendidly. North Korea: Where Everything Is Forbidden Unless It Is Allowed 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z He emerges as a new man — specifically as a famous general, whose identity he assumes with the tacit consent of North Korea’s enigmatic, terrifyingly puckish Dear Leader. 2012′s best — so far 2012-07-04T14:00:00Z “To me, fashion is freedom and I left North Korea because I wanted to be able to wear what I wanted,” she said. Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z North Korea's threat to retaliate came in June, and soon afterward Homeland Security issued its caution, the people close to the situation said. Sony Pictures execs debated risk of 'The Interview' before cyberattack 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z We’re not the first people to shed light on how crazy North Korea is, the myths that exist there and the oddities of the regime. James Franco and Seth Rogen Talk About ‘The Interview’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The high-end Japanese-built tourist tour buses shuttling foreigners around Pyongyang are aeons more advanced than the rusting hulks North Korea has been using for average citizens since the 1970s. Pyongyang goes pop: Jarvis Cocker unites the divided 2011-03-29T14:52:43Z Like Ms. Heikin, Mr. Brugger wanted to depict North Korea as a real place with real problems, not an abstract nuclear threat. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z Early on, the two settled on the idea of making the leader of North Korea — who at the time was Kim Jong Il — their film's villain. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke He performed live before an estimated 200 million people at crusades over the years - taking him from North Dakota to North Korea and beyond. George Beverly Shea dies; sang at Graham crusades 2013-04-17T03:24:13Z The more Rogen and Goldberg researched North Korea, though, the more convinced they were that the cult of personality surrounding the country's leader offered unique and irresistible comic fodder. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke Security Council adopted new sanctions against North Korea on Saturday, a measure aimed at pressuring the country to stop its nuclear program and recent missile tests. ‘We’re All Going to Die.’ Stephen Colbert Talks Trump’s Threats Against North Korea 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z There’s an entire genre of heroic propaganda stories in North Korea of people risking their lives to save such portraits. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z This newsmagazine visits American military bases in Guam, South Korea and Hawaii to investigate the United States’ preparations for a possible conflict with North Korea. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Diana: In Her Own Words’ and ‘Hunting the KGB Killers’ 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Film critic Park Yoo-hee, a research professor at Korea University, described movies such as "The Journals of Musan" as a turning point in how filmmakers approach North Korea. New film shows struggles of North Koreans in South 2011-04-17T16:01:05Z For Shigeyuki Kaneta, a comparatively young resident at 46 who owns a confectionary shop, escalating tensions over North Korea does raise that distinct possibility. 'Vanishing village' looks to Japan's LDP for survival 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z North Korea, Ahoy! Despite its recent Ebola-spawned ban on foreign tourists, North Korea is reportedly racing to complete a new airport in Pyongyang to boost tourism. Walkabout: Windowless Planes and North Korea's New Airport 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z "In the movie we present North Korea as it is: It's a dangerous opponent, and it is aggressive, but it doesn't instigate this attack." Six North Korea-themed movies that beat Rogen and Franco to the punch 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The new Bond film is unlucky enough to be a high profile Sony picture starting production amidst the massive hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s digital material perpetrated by hackers affiliated with North Korea. 'Spectre' Is Doomed: Did North Korea Kill James Bond? 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z I was just curious what that experience was like, of going to North Korea and being the only Westerner there. Wally Green’s unlikely path from gang member to ping-pong star 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Government investigators led by the FBI are considering multiple suspects in the attack, including North Korea, according to a U.S. national security official with knowledge of the investigation. Sony Pictures struggles to recover eight days after cyber attack 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z The Philharmonic has been seeking out exotic destinations, and in recent years it has visited North Korea and Vietnam. Philharmonic Overseas Visit Canceled 2010-09-24T17:30:00Z “It’s hard in general to get access to something as sensitive as a leader’s health, in North Korea or elsewhere.” Kim Jong Un appears to be alive after all. So why did CNN and other news outlets report he was on his deathbed? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z He visited the police state a couple of times in 2007 to film The Vice Guide to North Korea, a documentary of pre-conceived weirdness which did not stray far from what heavy-handed minders allowed. Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z In many of his photographs of North Korea, where he was invariably accompanied by a couple of handlers, he emphasizes how partial his images are. What’s New in Photography? Humanism, MoMA Says 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z People thought I was crazy to be writing on North Korea. Pulitzer prize goes to novel about North Korea 2013-04-16T11:36:36Z Its sniggering at the incompetence of Iran or North Korea is undercut by anxiety about the US military machine run amok and rogue foes motivated by personal animus. Iron Man 2: the first superhero film of the Obama era? 2010-04-28T13:33:00Z Gone With the Wind is, in many ways, a celebration of how North Korea sees its own history: as a small, honorable nation that stood up to Washington. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z In real life, North Korea complained to the United Nations in June, accusing the United States of sponsoring terrorism and committing an act of war by allowing the movie's production. Sony spoof 'The Interview' makes North Korea butt of the joke 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z At its closest point, Alaska in the United States is about 5,000 km from North Korea. North Korea readies longer range rocket; Japan, South Korea wary 2012-04-09T13:06:06Z While little information is available about North Korea’s fashion industry, styles across the nation vary significantly from one province to another and from one social class to another. Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z SEOUL, South Korea — Asia's largest film festival will feature an unusual romantic comedy set in North Korea when it kicks off next month, organizers said Monday. SKorean film festival to feature NKorean comedy 2012-09-10T11:58:17Z PYONGYANG, North Korea — A renowned conductor from South Korea is in Pyongyang to rehearse with North Korean musicians before their upcoming performance in France. South Korean maestro in North Korea for rehearsals 2012-02-28T12:46:04Z Its most dramatic element are snippets of film shot inside North Korea by members of an underground network of citizen journalists organized by a Japan-based news agency. Television Review: PBS ‘Frontline’ Looks Inside a Notoriously Closed Country 2014-01-13T22:37:40Z Hyok Kang’s memoir “This is Paradise!” recounts his childhood in North Korea before he and his family escaped to China when he was 13. ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-19T22:54:44Z As a neutral country, Switzerland maintains unusually good relations with North Korea. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The only paintings on public display in North Korea are official commissions from those studios. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Americans are strongly discouraged from traveling to North Korea. North Korea Tour Options Dwindle for Americans. But Not by Much. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z As the confrontation with North Korea escalates, Conan O’Brien doesn’t necessarily believe that Mr. Trump is ready to back up all his threats. Stephen Colbert Promises Everything Will Be Fine. He Doesn’t Mean It. 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Last week, my friends and I pondered the North Korea situation. Make war great again! Die-hard Trump fans, have I got a plan for you 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z But North Korea responded with another threat of "ultimate measures." ‘We’re All Going to Die.’ Stephen Colbert Talks Trump’s Threats Against North Korea 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Frontline: Secret State of North Korea This PBS documentary, on Tuesday night, shows work inside the country by clandestine photographers. Television Review: PBS ‘Frontline’ Looks Inside a Notoriously Closed Country 2014-01-13T22:37:40Z North Korea is listed in the film’s opening titles as one of the five producers along with representatives from Russia, Latvia, Germany and Mr. Mansky’s own production company, Vertov Films. MoMA Apologizes for Dropping a Film Critical of North Korea 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z What is telling is that nine years ago the “New World” Symphony was tried as a tool of diplomacy in North Korea. Dvorak's 'New World' and a new piano concerto for our times at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z So when Oliver wanted to make a heartfelt plea to Pyongyang, he turned to the U.S.’s most famous accordion player — Weird Al Yankovic — to sing, “Please don’t nuke us, North Korea!” John Oliver Gets Weird Al Yankovic to Serenade North Korea 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z During the film, a message was broadcast saying it was being shown to mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Britain and North Korea. North Korea bends David Beckham film 2010-12-31T00:03:44Z While Pyongyang is by far the richest part of North Korea, Rodman is unlikely to see the kind of wealth and designer chic on display in Gangnam. Dennis Rodman gets his "Gangnam Style" mixed up in Pyongyang 2013-02-27T00:13:34Z With her arrival, this biography goes somewhat dark, like one of those satellite photographs of North Korea at night. Books of The Times: ‘Updike,’ Adam Begley’s Look at a Novelist’s Career 2014-04-08T17:28:46Z In 1958, he was part of a delegation of French cultural figures, all on the left, who were invited to visit North Korea, just five years after the end of the Korean War. “Napalm,” Reviewed: Claude Lanzmann’s Visit to North Korea 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Department of State said it now "strongly recommends" against all travel to North Korea, citing the risk of "arbitrary arrest." Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The movie treats South and North Korea fairly as nations, not the South as good and the North as bad. Korea's 'Bourne Identity' film highlights peninsula tensions 2013-04-03T06:13:11Z The FBI even tracked his movements to and from the State Department as he did his reporting about U.S. intelligence about North Korea. Perspective | Biden promises the feds will stop trampling journalists’ rights. But we need more than words. 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z His tenure at the New York Philharmonic included a highly publicized tour of North Korea in 2008. Renowned Conductor Lorin Maazel Dies Age 84 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z “Stalin cared very little” about North Korea, Jeppesen writes, when quite the opposite was true. North Korea: Where Everything Is Forbidden Unless It Is Allowed 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z “So long as there’s no more sickness, or no more acts of God, or a war with North Korea, or something like that. I mean, anything could happen at this point.” Behind the Scenes of ‘Tosca,’ the Messiest Production in Met History 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z He saw a picture of Kim Jong-un on a newspaper at the coffee shop, signaling that something was up with North Korea. The Man Who Knew Too Little 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z "It turned out they were thinking the same thing, but we were all too afraid to say it. We sat there in silence, thinking maybe she was in North Korea. The idea was incredible." Japanese woman clings to hope that identical twin alive in North Korea 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z In 2009, North Korea followed a failed attempt to put a satellite into orbit with a nuclear test. Secure despite rocket fiasco, N.Korea's Kim lauds military 2012-04-15T08:57:00Z The waitress, a native of North Korea whose dress swooshed as she floated through the room, explained that the soup is served at weddings and birthdays to bring long life. Bites: Restaurant Report: Pyongyang in Amsterdam 2012-08-22T19:00:20Z The government of North Korea is not pleased with Seth Rogen’s upcoming film The Interview, calling it a “wanton act of terror.” Kim Jong Un Swears 'Merciless' Retaliation if New Seth Rogen Film Released 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Oliver noted that while it can be fun to joke about North Korea, it’s not actually funny to the people who live there. John Oliver Gets Weird Al Yankovic to Serenade North Korea 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z To say that Dad still holds grudges against both North Korea and Japan would be an understatement. Seeing Korea through his parents’ eyes While Sunday school lessons generally focus on ancient happenings in the Middle East, Carter’s opened in North Korea — specifically on his hope for peace. In Plains, Ga., President Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school program still draws crowds 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Wallace shot back: “I just think the point is if you want to see it don’t let some goon in North Korea change your plans.” Hollywood Stars Support 'The Interview' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z North Korea was somehow involved in it all. “MH370”: The 6 most shocking theories surrounding the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The implied destruction of North Korea is figured as a disruption of the story. The Sensational Idiocy of Donald Trump’s Propaganda Video for Kim Jong Un 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z North Korea has already expressed its displeasure with the movie on a couple of occasions. North Korea complains to UN about Seth Rogen comedy The Interview 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z "Now Trump spent the day preparing for the summit, which basically means he wrote on his hands: South Korea good; North Korea bad. Just so he doesn't get confused." Here's how late-night comedians reacted to the Trump-Kim summit 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z "The running North Korea gag needs to be quietly retired before it ruins the evening," former CNN host Piers Morgan tweeted. Golden Globes: Spoofing North Korea and finding humor in Sony cyber attack 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The tour companies that still take Americans to North Korea said that they are well aware of the risk. North Korea Tour Options Dwindle for Americans. But Not by Much. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z She is enrolled in an entrepreneurship boot camp called Asan Sanghoe and hopes to start a cosmetics line, focusing on the kind of vivid colors that would be prohibited in North Korea. Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z I know that’s easier said than done because of last week’s Syria missile raid and the administration’s disturbing talk about North Korea, but somebody has to be cool. If Donald Trump wants to get his war on with Syria, have him send his own kids first 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Since inheriting power upon his father’s death, Kim Jong Un, 38, has ruled North Korea with absolute authority. Kim gives North Korea’s most famous newscaster a luxury home 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z One of their most popular tours is North Korea. From Chernobyl to concentration camps: why the morbid fascination with places of death and disaster? 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z North Korea, the Stalinist “hermit kingdom” and one of the world’s most backward and isolated countries, is also a realm where fiction making — state-sponsored storytelling, that is — reigns supreme. Books of The Times: ?The Orphan Master?s Son? by Adam Johnson - Review 2012-01-12T14:45:16Z No matter whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20, a nuclear-capable North Korea will be the most vexing foreign policy problem awaiting the winner when the Inauguration parade ends. Even Headstrong Generals Must Answer to Someone 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z North Korea said on Monday it will send cheerleaders along with its athletes to the Asian Games in the South as a gesture of peace after weeks of firing rockets and fiery rhetoric. Bellicose North Korea lightens up with promise of cheerleaders 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Observers have speculated that the film did not rankle North Korea to the degree of "The Interview" because of its cartoonish nature. Hack attack over Sony's 'Interview' shows risks of naming bad guys 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Three new films, however, show in very different ways that it is possible to bypass or subvert official channels when dealing with North Korea. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z The project was set back as tensions rose after North Korea allegedly torpedoed a South Korean warship and killed 46 sailors in March of last year. Charles Dutoit pushes for inter-Korean orchestra 2011-07-22T05:05:10Z North Korea, which has been villainized in several major studio films in recent years, first threatened retaliation over "The Interview" in June, calling it tantamount to "an act of war." Hack attack over Sony's 'Interview' shows risks of naming bad guys 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Baldwin said his "30 Rock" contract ends after the upcoming sixth season, which will begin with Donaghy "in agony" because his wife is being held captive in North Korea. Alec Baldwin setting up post-'30 Rock' life 2011-10-13T11:43:09Z SEOUL, South Korea — Asia's largest film festival will feature an unusual romantic comedy set in North Korea when it kicks off next month. SKorean film festival to feature NKorean comedy 2012-09-10T11:46:05Z This Just In: North Korea says it has detained a U.S. tourist for engaging in “non-tourist” activities. College costs too high? Sort through your drawers 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The United States Department of State, for example, "strongly recommends against all travel by U.S. citizens to North Korea," according to the State Department. Looking for tourists, North Korea sets up shop at Swiss holiday fair 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z So he doesn’t worry about Mr. Trump sending an intemperate tweet and spurring a war with North Korea? Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors are also investigating whether the email hack, which has featured embarrassing exchanges from such figures as Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal and producer Scott Rudin, was in fact mounted by North Korea. Sony wrestles with how to market 'Interview' amid geopolitics, scandal 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z “While Russia is not North Korea, it’s going in that direction,” he said. How Stalin’s Control of Foreign Reporters Helped Shape Russia Coverage Today 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z It’s a book that puts the reflexive anti-Americanism of North Korea’s leaders into sympathetic historical context. Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z “Everybody was doing their jobs,” he told the publication, “but somehow, we have allowed North Korea to dictate content, and that is just insane.” Sony canceled the release of ‘The Interview.’ Here's how it could come out. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Talk about a hard-knocks life: She has been jailed in North Korea, kidnapped repeatedly, accused of murder, trapped in a cave, roughed up by gangsters. Annie comic ends, but the redhead's fate uncertain 2010-06-12T16:17:00Z But South Korean Internet users were more interested Friday in PSY's new song than North Korea: "Gentleman" was the most searched keyword on top Web portals. PSY's new single steals attention away from NKorea 2013-04-12T10:54:08Z Early Sunday, he led top officials in paying their respects to his grandfather, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, at the mausoleum where he lies in state. Mickey Mouse takes NKorean stage in show for Kim 2012-07-08T10:51:08Z He didn’t hear anything from North Korea until “Under the Sun” began receiving praise at film festivals. In ‘Under the Sun,’ a Documentary Masked and Unmasked 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Nothing about North Korea is funny, and neither is its dictator. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The change also helps avoid confusion with PIFF, a film festival in Pyongyang, North Korea. Director: Chaplin inspired Busan film fest opener 2011-10-06T10:17:09Z She arranged a trip to North Korea in the summer of 2010 shortly after studying in South Korea as a Fulbright scholar. A Perfect Recipe That Took Time to Brew 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z In labeling Iran, Iraq and North Korea an “axis of evil,” Mr. Bush “had spoken without weighing the consequences.” Review: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z If you’re seeking strong opinions, you might start with Bruce Cumings, a scholar of North Korea who teaches at the University of Chicago. ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-28T22:38:00Z Where Meacham breaks new and startling ground is reporting how needlessly harsh Bush 41 thought the rhetoric was, including Bush 43’s characterization in 2002 of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an “axis of evil.” Jon Meacham’s ‘Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z He quickly apologized, then made headlines again a month later for a racist joke about North Korea on Twitter. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘You Were Never Really Here’ and Bill Maher 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Zooming in, Mr. Emmert shows the night lights of Beijing and the eerie darkness of power-starved North Korea, versus the shining cities of South Korea, and a zip across major cities of the United States. At the Hayden Planetarium, a Joyride Across the Cosmos 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z "They spoke a lot about the concerns about people being persecuted when they are sent back to North Korea," she said. Jolie: 'I'm very concerned' about people of NKorea 2010-07-28T13:29:00Z Have you travelled to North Korea on another trip organised for students? Academics criticise BBC N Korea film 2013-04-15T16:44:08Z Denmark launches an all-out attack on North Korea in this has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed documentary that ventures into territory somewhere between Michael Moore and Borat. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z Looking beyond missiles, Sanger notes that North Korea’s backwardness generally makes it an unpromising target for cyberwarfare. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Wild Goose Dreams A woman who defected from North Korea begins an online romance with a lonely South Korean man in the world premiere of Hansol Jung’s drama. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Sept. 10-17: 'Runaway Home,' Ain't Misbehavin'' and more 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z "We saw North Korea as a place to acquire some very high standard works at low prices, and we're now hoping for a return on that investment," Broersen said. South Korea's 'Hidden Treasures' shows another side of North Korea art 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z It colors Shin’s motivations about why he might defect to North Korea. The incredible true story of “The Lovers and the Despot”: “Until North Korea collapses and we get access to the files, we’ll never know for sure” 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “At this point, they’ve found documents in so many places, it’s like we’re playing Clue. It’s like, ‘North Korea’s nuclear codes in the garage with the Corvette!’” Late Night Chides Biden Over Birthday Gaffe 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z He was thinking about the rapid escalation in tensions between the United States and North Korea, and the Trump administration’s reluctance to discuss climate change. Stephen Colbert Promises Everything Will Be Fine. He Doesn’t Mean It. 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The belief that sex with virgins increases male vigour has long held sway among powerful men in Asia, including Chairman Mao and North Korea's Kim dynasty. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Released in the UK this week, Countdown to Zero deals with a new generation of arms races in Iran, Pakistan and North Korea. Nuclear threat 2011-06-23T07:43:08Z Rodman, famed for his tattoos, piercings and radical hair colours from his time on court, arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to shoot some hoops and a documentary to be aired on HBO in April. Dennis Rodman gets his "Gangnam Style" mixed up in Pyongyang 2013-02-27T00:13:34Z So how did North Korea come to be the most bizarre country in the world? What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Hyok Kang’s memoir “This Is Paradise!” recounts his childhood in North Korea before he and his family escaped to China when he was 13. ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-28T22:38:00Z Like many fathers of his generation, he believed life would be better for his son in North Korea than in Japan, where Koreans faced widespread discrimination. Film tells story of Japan's pro-NKorean residents 2012-10-06T13:06:10Z It might sound like something dreamed up at last orders, but Is Tropical's Mongolian jaunt was inspired by a conversation with US expat journo, event organiser and self-proclaimed "first DJ in North Korea" Brian Offenther. No sleep till Ulan Bator! 2013-05-17T13:00:00Z The New York Philharmonic visited in 2008, while on its way to North Korea. New York Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Become Partners 2012-11-14T03:00:00Z “Unfortunately, with North Korea and Russia in the news, it’s like the ’80s again. The Cold War as a museum: At the Wende, one man's 100,000-piece collection finds a new home 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z President Trump has repeatedly invoked his predecessor to blame him for the “mess” he says he inherited: “jobs pouring out of the country,” “major problems” in the Middle East and North Korea. Two months out of office, Barack Obama is having a post-presidency like no other 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z While most of her content is lighthearted, she says in one video that she once considered going back to North Korea. Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Many are sent back as part of an agreement between North Korea and China. Jolie: 'I'm very concerned' about people of NKorea 2010-07-28T13:29:00Z But it hardly spells the end of American tourism in North Korea. North Korea Tour Options Dwindle for Americans. But Not by Much. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The Unha-3 rocket took off from a new launch site on the west coast of North Korea, near the Chinese border. North Korea's long range rocket crashes 2012-04-13T00:48:04Z North Korea is often the butt of the joke, and during the interview, Skylark asks Kim on camera why he does not feed his people. Sony spoof 'The Interview' makes North Korea butt of the joke 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Stop worrying about North Korea right now, because there is hugely exciting news about emerging artiste Anthony Scaramucci. The Mooch makes the move into his natural habitat – late-night television 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The exhibits date from the 1970s to the early 2000s, a time when designers in North Korea, largely cut off from outside influence, blended Soviet-inspired iconography with their own national aesthetic. Design and dictatorship: exhibition celebrates North Korean graphics 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The Swiss maestro held talks in North Korea late last month and says cultural officials there support the idea. Charles Dutoit pushes for inter-Korean orchestra 2011-07-22T05:05:10Z Khan — spread the technology to North Korea, Iraq and Libya. Countdown to Zero: Valerie Plame at the End of the World 2010-08-02T16:30:00Z "I think we've yet to conquer North Korea in terms of cinema, but even that wouldn't surprise me." 'It's a full-body experience' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z “I think she had been watching the news and had heard something about some international conflict, whether it was North Korea or Russia,” he said. Foo Fighters Wanted to Rule Rock. 25 Years Later, They’re Still Roaring. 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z He starts crying during an on-camera interview, explaining that he didn’t know North Korea had human rights violations, and also that he’s received death threats, and to just kill him now. Dennis Rodman’s North Korea diplomacy trainwreck: His “Big Bang in Pyongyang” goes out with a whimper 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Today, North Korea operates several restaurants in Cambodia, part of a growing overseas restaurant franchise that experts say is an important revenue generator for the financially struggling government in Pyongyang. Cambodia’s New Angkor Museum, Created by a North Korean Art Factory 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Angered that the movie revolved around Kim’s assassination, a hacker group — that U.S. officials say was working for North Korea — threatened an attack against anyone who saw the film. For Randall Parks breakout role, an international incident 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z North Korea called months ago for the film to be sidelined, saying it amounted to an "act of war." Sony scraps 'Interview' release amid pressure from theaters, studios 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z When news broke that North Korea was considering an attack on the island, stateside media outlets proffered maps and explainers on basic details. Guam Is Suddenly in the News. But What Is It Like to Travel There? 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Kang, the director of the University of Southern California’s Korean Studies Institute, believes that North Korea is unlikely to attack its southern neighbor or anyone else. 3 Books on North Korea and the Threat of Nuclear War 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But as climate change threatens to increase political unrest, Follett neatly dramatizes the growing danger with references to famine in North Korea and lakes drying out in Chad. New Political Thrillers Head to the Brink of Disaster (and Dive In) 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z In foreign news, North Korea, in what some observers view as an act of deliberate provocation, launches a missile that lands in downtown Honolulu. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z He praises North Korea, constantly threatens trade war with China and encourages Russian hackers to destroy U.S. government communications networks. BREAKING: The Greatest Living American Writer: “I can no longer support this Trump fellow” 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z It had no solution for North Korea, and it hoped that the Venezuelan catastrophe would just go away. The Military’s Illusions About Donald Trump 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Also, last year the United States imposed sanctions on Poly Technologies, a defense equipment division that American authorities accused of violating the nonproliferation policy that controls weapons traffic with Iran, Syria and North Korea. Chinese Arts Company Goes Public in Bid to Grow 2014-02-24T22:49:01Z But there is no genuine religious freedom in North Korea, the U.S. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Sony said it stood by the film makers of "The Interview," a comedy about two hapless journalists recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korea' Kim Jong Un, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. Sony pulls release of 'Interview' as U.S determines North Korea behind attack 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Gore and now Ivanka Trump is acting as a diplomat in North Korea’s demilitarized zone. How We Came to Live in “Cursed” Times 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z But, peering out from under his bushy white eyebrows, Rooney also analyzed presidents, critiqued the Iraq war and considered North Korea's nuclear threat. Former CBS News commentator Andy Rooney dies 2011-11-06T09:19:51Z Daily life in North Korea - picture of the day 3. Smarties with Andy Warhol 2013-02-16T23:30:01Z The announcement followed the sit-down negotiations between the United States and with North Korea last week in Beijing, the first such meeting since the death of its longtime leader Kim Jong-il in December. U.S. says North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium 2012-02-29T15:41:02Z How do you think nuclear proliferation should be managed, something which seems particularly relevant considering North Korea's announcement today? Glenn Greenwald's reader Q&A: the highlights 2013-01-24T23:07:00Z Federal officials have linked the cyberattack to North Korea, angered over the film's fictional assassination of leader Kim Jong Un, but authorities have said the terror threats were not credible. VOD success of 'Interview' could make online film releases more common 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Parent company Sony Corp. also expressed concerns to studio executives that the film could inflame tensions with North Korea. Sony Pictures execs debated risk of 'The Interview' before cyberattack 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Classical diplomacy The New York Philharmonic's visit to North Korea was authorised by the US State Department The New York Philharmonic orchestra in 2008, for what was described as a display of cultural diplomacy. The stars whose gigs courted controversy 2013-07-01T11:12:52Z Not so much where I'm going to get a bunch of tattoos and write this really bad memoir called "Bad as I Wanna Be" or go to North Korea. Jason Diamond on accidentally writing his memoir, 'Searching for John Hughes' 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The other sees him as a weak-willed peacenik ready to cave to Iran and North Korea, and whose best friends are in the Kremlin. DC's 'reservoir dogs' attack Chuck Hagel with oxymoronic ads 2013-01-24T21:32:43Z Trump, on Saturday, as deaths passed 34,000: “Look, if I wasn’t elected, you would, right now, be at war with North Korea.” It’s 5 o’clock. Do you know where your president is? 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Alas, they sound exactly the same as every other pop act in North Korea. Onwards Toward the Final Victory – review 2012-07-06T15:57:37Z As the son of a well-known actress and a government official, Yongju, a 21-year-old from Pyongyang, North Korea, enjoys a life of wealth and privilege, until his father is assassinated at a lavish reception. New Books by Imbolo Mbue, Krys Lee, Gonzalo Torné and Lisa McInerney 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Nuclear proliferation, on the other hand, has hovered just above the horizon of public awareness thanks to North Korea’s recent missile launches. Trump’s scandals are dangerous: Because they’re distracting us from the grave threats to human civilization 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, late-night hosts were still processing the fallout from Mr. Trump’s threats against North Korea this week. Seth Meyers Tries a New Way of Holding Trump’s Attention: a Limerick 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z News Analysis: Intelligence on North Korea Remains Elusive Arrest Is Latest Blot for Albany Democrats A string of indictments of Senate Democrats is making it more difficult to imagine the party leading the chamber. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2013-05-07T17:41:43Z It might not be too gruelling – it consists of just one club, the Taedong Diplo, which is also the only club in North Korea. Justin Bieber: what if he did tour North Korea? 2010-07-07T09:30:00Z One painting features a woman in a bright-red bikini, unusual for typically prudish North Korea, where women, when not pictured in military uniform, are usually shown in long, loose-fitting skirts and dresses. South Korea's 'Hidden Treasures' shows another side of North Korea art 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Fey noted that the purpose of the evening was to honor "all of the movies that North Korea was OK with." Golden Globes: Surprise wins may throw curveball in Oscars race 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Ms. Heikin also spliced in excerpts from propaganda films that she ordered from an Internet retailer, setting the litany of recounted horrors against “how North Korea portrayed itself,” she said. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z In addition to Syria and Iran, it restricts travel from Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela and North Korea, and was just upheld by the Supreme Court in June, after two previous versions were overturned. How 3 Actors Overcame Trump’s Travel Ban to Take the New York Stage 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Feinman said he doesn't think the hacking is the work of North Korea or an insider. Judd Apatow, Sylvester Stallone among victims of Sony hack 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Green's North Korea excursion paved the way for a film he is currently working on about his experience. Wally Green’s unlikely path from gang member to ping-pong star 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z She returned home to write the book “My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth.” Will American Travelers Be Able to Return to North Korea? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z “But my father told me that it was expensive for foreigners to visit North Korea and he supposed that the jeans were ripped as a form of style.” Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z North Korea approached several Swiss companies to provide chair lifts and cable cars, but the Swiss government added luxury sporting equipment to its list of goods banned under U.N. sanctions. Looking for tourists, North Korea sets up shop at Swiss holiday fair 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z North Korea has complained to the United Nations about The Interview, a forthcoming Hollywood comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, on the grounds that it promotes terrorism against the country. North Korea complains to UN about Seth Rogen comedy The Interview 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Before North Korea, the company will visit a number of other countries with troublesome human rights records, war and internal strife. ArtsBeat: Globe Theater Draws Criticism for Planned North Korea Trip 2014-03-11T15:09:32Z PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea is tapping into some American-style movie inspiration by showing the film icon Rocky Balboa pounding his Soviet rival. N.Korea TV shows "Rocky," plays "My Way" 2012-07-11T15:16:27Z A former student with a shady back story as a prisoner in North Korea, he looms over the narrative, peppering the shifting, unsettling timeline of the love story. When First Love Is as Lethal as Religious Extremism 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump has taken pride in the freeing of hostages from Iran, North Korea and Turkey, including Andrew Brunson, a pastor who had been held by Turkish authorities for years. Hostage Affairs Envoy Takes On an Unlikely Case: ASAP Rocky 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Mountaineering, landmarks and the country's beaches are part of the sales pitch by the North Korea tourism representative, Ri Yong Bom. Looking for tourists, North Korea sets up shop at Swiss holiday fair 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Countess Ceschina’s most widely reported undertaking was the concert in North Korea by the Philharmonic, the first American cultural group to appear there. Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Rogen said on Monday the film goes to great lengths to separate the regime ruling North Korea from the North Korean people themselves, saying they are "victims of a horrible situation." Rogen defends satirizing North Korean leader in 'The Interview' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Written in meticulous longhand on the coarse brown manuscript paper used in North Korea, the book — a collection of seven short stories — was a fierce indictment of life in the totalitarian North. A Dissident Book Smuggled From North Korea Finds a Global Audience 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z What was she doing in North Korea, and what happened during her interrogation? "Salt": Angelina Jolie's dazzling action spectacle 2010-07-22T11:01:00Z He performed live before an estimated 200 million people at crusades over the years — taking him from North Dakota to North Korea and beyond. George Beverly Shea, Gospel Singer for Billy Graham Crusades, Dies at 104 2013-04-17T14:14:18Z The programme, North Korea Undercover, is set to be broadcast amid rising tensions in the region caused by the secretive state testing a nuclear device and missile technology. Academics criticise BBC N Korea film 2013-04-15T16:44:08Z The cold war thawed out soon after, though the North Korea situation is threatening to bring it back. ‘I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe’: what Blade Runner 2049’s dystopia tells us about 2017 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z On a day when Trump was meeting Chinese president Xi Jinping in Florida with North Korea's nuclear threat high on the agenda, Trump's double hammed it up with the hermit kingdom's leader. Lookalike Trump, Obama, Kim offer comic relief in Hong Kong 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z “My dream of visiting North Korea,” he said, “was the desire to understand something about the past of my country, my family.” In ‘Under the Sun,’ a Documentary Masked and Unmasked 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z North Korea asked Russia to destroy the film and punish Mr. Mansky; Russia’s Ministry of Culture, which helped finance the film, subsequently asked for its name to be removed from the credits. MoMA Apologizes for Dropping a Film Critical of North Korea 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Whatever's causing it can't be from these parts – not Wales, not America, not North Korea even, not anywhere on this planet. TV review: Torchwood; Single-Handed 2011-07-14T21:05:07Z While the Soviet Union was instrumental in spreading classical music to other Communist Asian nations — like China and North Korea — it was obliged to start from square one in Mongolia. Music and Dance: A Bastion of Classical Repertory on the Asian Steppe 2011-06-07T11:30:06Z Music journalist Alex Hoban, who has reported from Russia and North Korea for Vice magazine, sees no signs of copycat behaviour. Have Pussy Riot sparked a new wave of grrl power? 2012-08-21T17:57:13Z "North Korea predictably remained without a pin," records deadpan Don. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – review 2013-04-05T08:01:01Z “What it does is to show that in North Korea, ordinary life itself is slavery.” A Dissident Book Smuggled From North Korea Finds a Global Audience 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Despite the risks, tour operators say business to North Korea is booming, albeit from a low base for one of the most isolated countries in the world. Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z North Korea is probably pretty well situated to survive a zombie plague. Zombie Survival Expert Max Brooks 2010-07-26T07:00:00Z North Korea, like Cuba, is a country suspended in time, one that exists off modernity’s grid. Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z “When they did speak about Cuba, they made it sound like North Korea with nice beaches,” she said. The Cuban-American Generation Gap 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Take the case of tourism in North Korea. Why tourists go to sites associated with death and suffering 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z The spectacles are so important that tap-dancing shoes have been among the clandestine cargos intercepted en route to North Korea. North Korea's Kim Jong-un gets new official theme song 2012-07-06T15:41:46Z The film’s comic setup is built around the unfunny idea of North Korea’s ramped-up nuclear arsenal and the notion that its missiles can reach the West Coast. How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z North Korea and the United States remain in a technical state of war because they signed a truce, not a peace treaty, after three years of fighting in 1953. Mickey Mouse takes NKorean stage in show for Kim 2012-07-08T10:51:08Z “Hosts” met them as soon as they arrived in North Korea. My father’s heartbreaking return to North Korea 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z It intensified when North Korea bombarded a front-line South Korean island last year and killed four people. Korean War still haunts SKorea's top filmmaker 2011-10-07T09:51:08Z So, he told the president his two biggest concerns were Iran and North Korea, at which point, the television started showing archived footage of North Korean missile launches. Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z But how on earth did North Korea, apparently without using any nukes, actually manage a ground invasion of the US? Red Dawn – review 2013-03-14T21:40:01Z And finally, history is being made in North Korea with the screening of Comrade Kim Goes Flying – the country's first romantic comedy to be co-produced with Western partners. Alan Davies eats humble pie over Hillsborough, BBC lifts lid on comedy 2012-09-25T17:29:44Z Geramifard's film is being shown at this year's Human Rights Watch film festival, which includes 28 films from 20 countries, from North Korea to Haiti. A chance to hear Iran's Voices of the Unheard | Rachel Aspden 2010-03-19T10:24:00Z Were you frightened by the initial ambiguous threats that North Korea made? James Franco and Seth Rogen Talk About ‘The Interview’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z "Everyone watches everyone in North Korea," he says. 'Life goes on' in North Korea 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z “I dressed the way rich people in North Korea dressed, which was their interpretation of how wealthy Chinese people dressed,” she said. Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Recent instalments have featured reports on the Bangladeshi clothing industry in the wake of the recent Rana Plaza disaster, anti-Romany sentiment in Hungary, and black-market biscuits in North Korea. Catch-up TV guide: from Doctor Who to Daft Punk 2013-05-11T05:00:09Z Norway remained on top, with North Korea as its polar opposite. Trump’s attacks on media blamed for decline in U.S. standing in press-freedom survey 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Most non-Koreans seem to accept there is and always has been, somehow, a North Korea and a South Korea. The "Squid Game" critique is also a love letter to a unified Korea 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z As he had expected, there were no opportunities for major exposés while in North Korea: the group’s translator doubled as a minder. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z "North Korea referred to 'The Interview' as 'absolutely intolerable' and 'a wanton act of terror,'" Fey quipped. Watch Tina Fey, Amy Poeher open Golden Globes, play 'Who'd You Rather' 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z For decades, Americans seemed to only think of Korea through the lens of the Korean War and diplomatic tensions with North Korea. How Korean boy band BTS toppled Asian stereotypes — and took America by storm 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z This movie has done more to make the American people aware of what's really going on in North Korea and that North Korea even exists for most American than anything since the Korean War. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Despite all this, North Korea continues to develop “both nuclear and conventional weapons.” In Bob Woodward’s ‘Rage,’ a Reporter and a President From Different Universes 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The ban followed the death in June of Otto F. Warmbier, an American student who was jailed in North Korea for trying to steal a political propaganda poster from his hotel in Pyongyang. Will American Travelers Be Able to Return to North Korea? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z "We will talk to North Korea whenever there is a chance to resolve the abduction issue." Japanese woman abducted by North Korea an icon, but South Korean husband forgotten 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Before I opened my laptop to see what was going on, I thought of North Korea. Your house is on fire, your old life is gone 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z For the moment, though, North Korea appears to be off the table as a topic for big-screen comedy. 'Interview' fallout no laughing matter in comedy world 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z "North Korea referred to 'The Interview' as 'absolutely intolerable' and 'a wanton act of terror,'" Fey said. Golden Globes: Spoofing North Korea and finding humor in Sony cyber attack 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Obama’s State of the Union speech in 2012 began and ended with panegyrics to the troops, which Jonah Goldberg of National Review called “disgusting” and reminiscent of North Korea. Should We Worry About Trump’s Fawning Admiration of the Military? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z To glorify the Kim dynasty, North Korea has developed what is perhaps the world’s most skilled cadre of propaganda artists. Review | In the galleries: Artist explores how castoff materials can be a venue to enlightenment 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The U.S. is more at risk from cyberwar than are minor states like North Korea. Books of The Times: Richard Clarke Warns of U.S. Risk in ?Cyber War? 2010-04-26T22:26:00Z "The movie satirizes American celebrity culture as much as it does North Korea." Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke Screening at nearby Slamdance, this takes you to the still perplexing meeting of cage star Rodman with North Korea's ruling elite. Sundance preview: Diverse lineup unspools in Park City 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Although she did not address specific current events like the nuclear crisis in North Korea, she said she wanted her art to contribute to “happiness for human beings and a world without war.” Yayoi Kusama, Queen of Polka Dots, Opens Museum in Tokyo 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z SEOUL, South Korea — Growing up here in the 1970s, Kyungah Ham would occasionally find propaganda leaflets sent from North Korea via helium balloons. An Artist Unites North and South Korea, Stitch by Stitch 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z "So in essence, to win his Nobel Peace prize with North Korea, Trump is going to start a war with Canada," Noah said on "The Daily Show." Here's how late-night comedians reacted to the Trump-Kim summit 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Director Song Hae-sung, however, adds a Korean twist, making the two brothers defectors from North Korea who were separated during their escape. Hong Kong tepid on remake of John Woo classic 2011-01-25T11:33:08Z They’re in the South Korean countryside, near the border with North Korea, where the squawk of propaganda drifts in and out from loudspeakers. Review: In ‘Burning,’ Love Ignites a Divided World 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z A new photographic exhibition on North Korea offers a rare glimpse of everyday life in the isolated state. 'Life goes on' in North Korea 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z North Korea is a true Orwellian society: The totalitarian government, currently led by Kim Jong-un, keeps its citizens disconnected from the internet and controls radio stations and newspapers, filling them with propaganda. 3 Books on North Korea and the Threat of Nuclear War 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have been on the rise as North Korea flexes its newfound nuclear capabilities and President Donald Trump promises to rain down “fire and fury.” John Oliver Gets Weird Al Yankovic to Serenade North Korea 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z As the film's release nears, Rogen and Goldberg have been advised by experts on North Korea to take precautions against potential retribution such as changing their bank passwords. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke It is the deadly finale which has incensed North Korea, which described the film as "an act of war". What is The Interview really like? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Surprisingly perhaps, "Many if not most, want to return to North Korea," Demick claims, and are wracked by guilt over leaving family members there. Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z The title of her dissertation was “Junk Feminism and Nuclear Wannabe Collaging Parodies of Iran and North Korea.” 'All-Male Panels' is a Tumblr that Brilliantly Mocks Sexism 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Until this day in North Korea, and in Vietnam at the time, relationships with foreigners are strictly forbidden. Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z About a quarter of the way into the novel, the scope widens to take in an internal conflict in North Korea, which leads to further fissures between the two superpowers. New Political Thrillers Head to the Brink of Disaster (and Dive In) 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Universities have accused the BBC of putting the integrity of academics at risk with an edition of Panorama which was filmed secretly in North Korea. Academics criticise BBC N Korea film 2013-04-15T16:44:08Z There are surely other reasons to make pariahs of North Korea, Iran and Saddam's Iraq, for instance, besides their decision to trade oil in euros instead of dollars. Comedy gold: Rob Newman's History of Oil 2013-05-03T14:59:15Z No, not the Great British Bake Off’s ‘ bincident’, but Pyongyang’s response to Channel 4’s newly announced 10-part drama Opposite Number, about a British scientist captured in North Korea. The 10 most politically controversial TV shows of all time 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Ri Chun Hee, North Korea's Fiona Bruce, sat in a pink kimono before an orange and brown backdrop and beamed the news with the pride of a parent announcing a birth. North Korea through western eyes 2010-09-30T07:00:00Z India has the world's highest suicide rate among 15 to 29 year olds, ahead of next-placed North Korea, according to a September report by the World Health Organization. In modernizing India, suicide is on the rise among young 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z It is safe to assume that not one of these disparate views of North Korea will find a North Korean audience. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z In 1970 a number of its members bungled a hijacking and ended up in North Korea, an event included in the movie’s documentary-heavy first part. | 'United Red Army': Circular Firing Squad, Run by Young Radicals 2011-05-26T21:35:10Z This would rank the film, which angered North Korea and triggered a cyberattack against the studio, as the No. 1 online movie ever released by Sony Pictures, the company said in a statement. Sony's 'The Interview' makes $15 million online with two million views 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z He was already familiar with the Socialist Realist style of art favored by the Communist governments of China and the Soviet Union, he added — but he was struck by North Korea’s more emotional variant. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The Sony comedy thought to be at the center of the attack depicts a fictional assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea. Sony insider -- not North Korea -- likely involved in hack, experts say 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z “It would be like living in North Korea,” he said. Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 ? Obituary 2011-12-16T06:27:29Z "Our Homeland" is among three films screening in Busan with connections to North Korea. Film tells story of Japan's pro-NKorean residents 2012-10-06T13:06:10Z But Paik, the analyst, said that North Korea now wants to improve its international image, while South Korean President Lee Myung-bak may seek better ties with the North before he leaves office in early 2013. Charles Dutoit pushes for inter-Korean orchestra 2011-07-22T05:05:10Z Ask around in this capital city, an enclave of North Korea’s educated elite, and nearly everyone has something to say about it. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z And in 1988, North Korea refused to send a team to Seoul. No one left to hate 2012-07-31T20:10:00Z Butler, in an interview with British GQ, said "White House Down" wasn't about North Korea per se. Six North Korea-themed movies that beat Rogen and Franco to the punch 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The most acclaimed recent book on the country is “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick, a foreign correspondent for The Los Angeles Times. ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-28T22:38:00Z Now enjoying freedoms in Vietnam that would be impossible in North Korea, Canh and Ri are hoping the upcoming summit between U.S. Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z She accepts its request as easily as she does her captivity, and off she goes to North Korea. International Thrillers Favor Trysts over Treason 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Versatility is a chief characteristic of the dish, its many forms through history serving as evidence of its long journey from modern-day North Korea to South Korea and all across the Korean diaspora. Bulgogi, Any Way You Slice It 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Writing in The New York Review of Books the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof said it was “simply the best book ever written” about North Korea. ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-28T22:38:00Z “Every day that goes by makes North Korea a more dangerous country,” Bolton said. John Bolton has a book deal, publishing officials tell AP 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z North Korea, which is virulently anti-Japan, remains bitter and fearful of that country and of the United States. Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z In the late 1990s, North Korea was gripped by a devastating famine and a desperate delegation from Pyongyang visited Hanoi to ask for rice. Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z During her tenure, she helped establish bureaus in North Korea, Myanmar and Saudi Arabia and led the news cooperative's transformation from analog to digital. Kathleen Carroll, AP's executive editor, stepping down 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z It took 63 artists, flown in from North Korea, four months to paint the cyclorama. Cambodia’s New Angkor Museum, Created by a North Korean Art Factory 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Through her platform, she's shared stories of her mother's immigration to America, her grandmother's escape from North Korea, her relationship with her body, interracial dating, and more. The Korean Vegan hopes her 60-second recipes will make you less racist 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z The political weight of the 2018 Olympics, recently shown by the announcement that North Korea and South Korea are to march together in the opening ceremony, can make it easy to sideline the athletes themselves. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Battle of the Sexes’ and ‘Gifted’ 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z The U.S. did not even sign a peace deal with North Korea. Jim Jefferies explores how the U.S. and North Korea ended up on the verge of nuclear war 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z When Yeonmi Park was interviewed by the BBC, she said that a forced opening of North Korea is a matter of when and not if. The Age of Monologues 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Kim complained that books by white male writers on North Korea were better received in some quarters than books like her own. Lionel Shriver’s Address on Cultural Appropriation Roils a Writers Festival 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Speaking of traveling, I wanted to ask you about your experience in North Korea. Wally Green’s unlikely path from gang member to ping-pong star 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The South Korean photographer Anna Lim’s series “Rehearsal of Anxiety,” which dramatizes tensions between her home country and North Korea, contains a handful of such portraits. Anna Lim’s Vision of Nuclear Anxiety in South Korea 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z "We understand that several US media recently reported about North Korea's decision to put two detained American tourists on trial," Kambe wrote July 2. Some theaters drop 'The Interview' amid Sony hacker threats 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z North Korea experienced Internet problems at the weekend and a complete outage of nearly nine hours before links were largely restored on Tuesday; U.S. officials said Washington was not involved. Sony Pictures moves to release 'The Interview' in about-face 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z With books that span the globe from the Arctic to North Korea, and two studies of roads and road trips, this year's longlist is infused with wanderlust. Samuel Johnson prize longlist spans the globe 2010-04-22T08:33:00Z To the outside world, North Korea appears to welcome the odd western influence, such as when they invited the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in Pyongyang in 2008. Justin Bieber: what if he did tour North Korea? 2010-07-07T09:30:00Z Oliver said: “That is the president of the United States expressing a wish that people would model themselves after the malnourished population of North Korea.” John Oliver calls deal between US and North Korea 'close to meaningless' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s “time-share taken to its logical conclusion” — something like North Korea run by the Disney corporation. Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’: A satire of unbridled capitalism 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z South Korea also holds North Korea responsible for the sinking of a warship that left 46 sailors dead last year. Korean War still haunts SKorea's top filmmaker 2011-10-07T09:51:08Z Did the leader of North Korea actually climb the country’s highest peak, at more than 9,000 feet, in leather shoes and a medium-weight coat? Walkabout: The Mystery of Kim Jong-un’s Mountain Climb 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z In addition, various countries advise their citizens against going to North Korea. Looking for tourists, North Korea sets up shop at Swiss holiday fair 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The comedy, steeped in gross-out, bathroom humor, depicts the travails of two journalists who get enlisted to assassinate North Korea leader Kim Jong Un. 'The Interview' makes $1 million before online revenue rolls in 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z She supplemented her interviews with dance sequences inspired by the movements of the female traffic controllers who are among the most visible symbols of North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z Last year's biggest Hollywood story — the hacking attack on Sony Pictures after its feature comedy "The Interview" upset North Korea — was mined for comedy at the ceremony. Golden Globes 2015: New, progressive TV shows score big wins 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z "The only countries that censor the internet are those like North Korea and China; do we want to be like them?" asked another. Iceland campaigns to restrict internet porn 2013-05-26T13:52:48Z They are tough people, who endure North Korea’s brutal winters in thin cotton overcoats, plow fields with wooden farm tools and make ends meet by selling dumplings or laundry detergent in street markets. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z This bare-bones synopsis doesn’t do justice to a story that is as much about the policies of the United States as those of North Korea. How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Morimoto, awaiting an interim report on Pyongyang's investigation that may come out by early autumn, said she feels North Korea is taking the issue more seriously. Japanese woman clings to hope that identical twin alive in North Korea 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z One of the most chilling aspects to accounts of life in North Korea is the degree to which official propaganda appeals to altruism and bravery. If we are to cope with climate change we need a new moral order 2012-08-21T07:30:01Z Hitchens described the New Testament as envisioning a “Celestial Dictatorship, a kind of divine North Korea.” The Fantasy of the Deathbed Conversion 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z He was originally scheduled to be discharged from a base near the border with North Korea, an area where officials are working to contain African swine fever, which affects pigs. Fans of K-pop band Big Bang gather for G-Dragon's military discharge 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z After Chinese complaints, the occupier was changed to North Korea, which makes marginally more sense because China has, of course, already taken over, one sneaker at a time. Movie Review: ‘Red Dawn’ Remake Trades Soviets for North Koreans 2012-11-21T00:08:48Z Mr Jang was employed in North Korea as a poet in the United Front Department, an important party unit involved in organising psychological warfare against Koreans of all stripes. Binding minds 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z Sometimes Mr. Winchester’s breeziness also tips into flippancy, even casual callousness: In his chapter about North Korea’s 1968 capture of the U.S.S. Review: ‘Pacific’ Is Simon Winchester’s Latest Big-Picture Book 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z While the images at "Hidden Treasures" contain no overtly pro-regime messages, there is also nothing in them that indicates the deprivation and repression of human rights widespread in North Korea. South Korea's 'Hidden Treasures' shows another side of North Korea art 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z "You may not know it, but somewhere in a little tiny room in Burma or even in North Korea, someone is desperately trying to hear you or to see you, to experience you," Clinton said. Ma, Diamond, Streep receive Kennedy Center Honors 2011-12-05T14:27:10Z About an attempted coup in North Korea, and the communist soldier who rescues Kim Jong-il by abducting him into the South. 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Though he’s reported from North Korea and covered jihadis, some of the hardships that “Woman” details were new to him. Gloria Steinem Brings Feminism to Vice TV 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Since September 2017, however, U.S citizens are prohibited from visiting North Korea for tourist purposes. Vacations on the edge: The rise of the war tourism industry 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z At times throughout my travels in North Korea, I'm sure I've been misunderstood by the locals. Pyongyang goes pop: Jarvis Cocker unites the divided 2011-03-29T14:52:43Z Red flags over North Korea were raised far earlier. Some theaters drop 'The Interview' amid Sony hacker threats 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z With other pressing security challenges – Iran, North Korea, and the political upheaval in the Middle East – was it prudent to be committing so many resources to stabilising remote Afghan villages? Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran – review 2012-07-06T10:00:02Z My father’s life began on a family-owned peanut farm on the border of North Korea and China. My father’s heartbreaking return to North Korea 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z South Korea’s conflicted attitudes toward North Korea are the subject of Jang Cheol-Soo’s “Secretly Greatly,” a wicked satire that, like “Drug War,” eventually takes a wrong turn, ending on a maudlin note. Critic’s Notebook: New York Asian Film Festival Offers Sturdy Hollywood Themes 2013-06-28T22:13:41Z That The Apprentice propelled Trump to the Oval Office, giving him the nuclear codes and a platform to threaten North Korea with Armageddon via Twitter, is a level of weird not even Theroux’s oeuvre anticipated. Louis Theroux: ‘For all his awfulness, I admire Trump’s shamelessness’ 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Today, making public whatever the United States knows about North Korea’s cyber mischief would not improve the chances for success in the already dicey nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z It’s the most important state anniversary in North Korea, which has been successively ruled by three generations of the Kim family since its foundation in 1948. Kim gives North Korea’s most famous newscaster a luxury home 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z His podcast, from the same stable as quick-witted Pod Save America, offers razor-sharp opinions on Trump’s North Korea summit, Facebook’s influence on politics and Bill Cosby. The 50 best podcasts of 2018 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Now the hot-button comedy may be delivered — in North Korea, no less — by balloon, according to the Associated Press. 'The Interview' headed to North Korea by balloon, activist says 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The campaign said that statement was false and defamatory because it is “not seeking Russia’s or North Korea’s help in the 2020 election.” Trump campaign sues Washington Post over opinion columns asserting link to Russian election interference 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Stephen Colbert discussed Elon Musk’s suggestions that artificial intelligence could pose a greater threat to humanity than North Korea’s nuclear program. James Corden Says Trump’s Feud With Senator Is Like a Playground Fight 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Despite clearly being in the comic stoner-quest lineage of the pair's films Pineapple Express and This Is the End, North Korea isn't laughing. North Korea complains to UN about Seth Rogen comedy The Interview 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z One of the most notorious of these was The Interview, a satire about North Korea that prompted a cyber-attack on the film studio. Seth Rogen criticises Sony Pictures plan to release 'clean versions' of films 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The biennial film festival closed Thursday after an eight-day run that offered North Koreans and foreigners the chance to see movies from North Korea as well as France, Britain, Iran, India and Russia. German film wins top prize at Pyongyang film fest 2012-09-28T06:46:04Z Last year, North Korea opened a brand new ski resort near the eastern port city of Wonsan. Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z North Korea experienced Internet problems last weekend and a complete outage of nearly nine hours before links were largely restored on Tuesday. North Korea Blames the U.S. for Internet Outages 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z They are going to remove our ability to communicate and act subversively so that means that the internet and other digital technology are going to be highly restricted, like in North Korea or Iran. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z His absolutist style of ruling the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which the rest of us refer to as North Korea. Absurd, this fuss over Three Stooges-like 'The Interview' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The mass games — propaganda spectacles that feature thousands of gymnasts, dancers and flip card-holding spectators moving in coordinated perfection — were once routine in North Korea. Travel agencies say N. Korea planning to suspend mass games 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z He left behind his mother and a younger sister in North Korea, and well into his 90s, any mention of them would reduce him to tears. Song Hae, Who Survived War and Poverty to Become a Beloved TV Host, Dies at 95 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z References to the protests in Ferguson, Mo., the terror attacks in Paris and the recent Sony hacking, thought to be the work of North Korea, all worked their way into speeches and show moments. Golden Globes: Surprise wins may throw curveball in Oscars race 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z That the U.S. president is threatening nuclear annihilation in an early morning tweet is certainly unsettling — Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea may even appear unnaturally bellicose — but it is hardly unprecedented. Donald Trump needs his “Day After” moment: We’ve heard reckless rhetoric from a Republican before — then Ronald Reagan negotiated nuclear disarmament 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Brainwashing in particular is a concept that came out of the Korean War where there were these prisoners in North Korea who were actively indoctrinated when they were taken prisoner. In “American Heiress,” Jeffrey Toobin looks at what Patty Hearst’s story meant to the nation 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Goldberg and Rogen, who co-directed the film, said that "The Interview" is clearly intended as a broad satire — one that lampoons American celebrity culture as much as it does North Korea. Before Sony hacking, 'Interview' co-directors knew of N. Korea risk 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z They talked about income inequality and living wages, universal health care, North Korea and 2020. Bernie Sanders calls Trump "the worst president in the history of the United States" 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z North Korea successfully tests a hydrogen bomb, although this achievement is tarnished somewhat by the fact that the explosion causes the death, by startling, of the isolated nation’s lone remaining chicken. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z It was news that Trump canceled and then pursued the talks with North Korea. Why cable news networks could use a reality check 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z He also writes with incisive anger about the condition of North Korea, a place he knows better than just about any Westerner. A boatload of ideas are packed into Simon Winchester's literary cruise across Pacific Rim's recent history 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z But he said at the time that the moratorium was contingent on North Korea apologizing for the 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship near the North, which cost the lives of 46 sailors. South Korean police halt 'The Interview' balloon drop 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Finn invited North Korea’s United Nations ambassador to a screening of “The Juche Idea,” but did not hear back. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z Mr. Cumings likens the indiscriminate American bombing of North Korea to genocide. Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z One involves Harvath and the other will send a group secretly into North Korea. Review: ‘Act of War’ is heart-pounding thriller 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z But Sir Adrian insists that the boy can be more useful in London by gaining access to supposedly impenetrable databases in Iran, North Korea and Russia. Review | At 80, Frederick Forsyth has produced a classic thriller that’s also eerily relevant 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z We face an unstable situation in Syria, we’re endangered by Isis and the possibility of a nuclear North Korea. By denying trans people's the right to serve, Trump is failing as a military leader 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Like an epic version of George Orwell’s “1984,” this novel ranges from the bottom of North Korea’s social ladder to its top, with plenty of affecting, wayward and even comic supporting characters. 2012′s best — so far 2012-07-04T14:00:00Z “Our two leaders have decided to significantly strengthen extended deterrence of our two countries against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats,” Yoon said at the joint news conference Wednesday. At the state dinner for South Korea, two nations toast an anniversary 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The comedian was in character from his new movie, “The Dictator,” and carried an urn filled with what he described as the ashes of Kim Jong-il, the deceased leader of North Korea. The TV Watch: Billy Crystal?s Shtick, and the Academy, Need Freshening 2012-02-27T05:54:50Z The nuclear weapons of fragile Pakistan and inscrutable North Korea preoccupy large sectors of our intelligence community. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: The State of the Nuclear World 2013-01-11T20:44:21Z In a post on Twitter yesterday the British ambassador to South Korea, Martin Uden, said the broadcast the was "1st ever western-made film to air on TV" in North Korea. North Korea bends David Beckham film 2010-12-31T00:03:44Z Recently, Mr. Taupin sat down in Los Angeles to talk about the song’s evolution—and President Trump’s use of his song title to deride North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Bernie Taupin Tells the Story Behind 1972’s ‘Rocket Man’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “This is not the forum for the discussion” of North Korea. Stockholm Store Drops North Korean Jeans Line 2009-12-07T08:13:08Z That's how one Western travel agency advertises its tours to North Korea. Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The about-face may help Sony address critics who accused it of capitulating to the anonymous hackers, believed to be from North Korea, who launched a crippling attack on the studio's computer systems. Sony's decision to release 'Interview' is no tidy solution 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Trump had last been seen on May 10 standing alongside her husband at Joint Base Andrews as the couple greeted three Americans who had been released from prison in North Korea. ‘She wouldn’t miss this for anything’: Melania Trump holds first White House event after 24-day absence 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z With the calamity apparently caused by North Korea taking umbrage at Seth Rogen’s The Interview, the mood around the corporation towards another shock-tactic comedy may not have been one of giddy excitement. Is it cos I is wack? The rise and fall of Sacha Baron Cohen 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Last September, I was home in L.A. when I saw on my phone that President Trump had used “Rocket Man” to taunt North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Bernie Taupin Tells the Story Behind 1972’s ‘Rocket Man’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z But Trump’s flip-flops on China – first accusing Beijing of currency manipulation before seeking its help to contain North Korea – offer little comfort to India. What's on the agenda (and what might be avoided) when Trump meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z And until the tragedy of Ohio native Otto Warmbier’s structured tour of North Korea, which ended with his devastating arrest and death in 2017, the hermit country was a hotspot for the daring. Vacations on the edge: The rise of the war tourism industry 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The studio could have opted to not release the picture, or it could have digitally altered the movie to remove references to North Korea and Kim Jong Un. Sony Pictures execs debated risk of 'The Interview' before cyberattack 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The movie follows two bumbling entertainment journalists who are invited to North Korea to interview Kim Jong Un. 'The Interview' to get a live reading at New York theater 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z China in the 21st century is not the Other in the way that the Soviet Union was, or North Korea is. Is the new Red Dawn a blast from the past? 2012-11-23T20:15:01Z Neighboring Malaysia was also downgraded in June to Tier 3, a level it shares with countries including North Korea and Syria. More Bangladeshis found in Thailand on human trafficking route 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z As the author notes, “North Korea has no freedom of religion, except, of course, for Kim worship.” Review | A thrilling tale of abduction and escape in North Korea 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z On Friday, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy urged Pyongyang to stop being preoccupied with the film and concentrate instead on areas such as human rights and the economy. Sony wrestles with how to market 'Interview' amid geopolitics, scandal 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z It reports violations and recommendations to the Security Council’s North Korea sanctions committee. White tiger, dark horse: North Korean art market heats up 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z But the ongoing horror film that is life in North Korea ultimately demands more complex analysis. 'A Kim Jong-Il Production' times it right, post-Sony hacking 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z “I’m open to showing the film in North Korea,” Mr. Finn said, “but I might inject a GPS or radio-frequency ID tag into my skin first.” Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z There's some evidence to suggest North Korea had nothing to do... ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z A kindly police officer walking ahead of him looks back and says, "Don't tell him you're from North Korea, OK?" New film shows struggles of North Koreans in South 2011-04-17T16:01:05Z The most desolate wasteland is the cultural void of North Korea as revealed in Mads Brugger’s ghastly/funny stunt documentary “The Red Chapel.” Film: New Directors/New Films Offers ?I Am Love? 2010-03-30T21:33:00Z Sae-byeok reveals her desperate journey from North Korea with her younger brother, and how the game's prize money will allow her to retrieve him from an orphanage and take care of him. “Squid Game” missed an opportunity to show capitalism & patriarchy are one 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z North Korea's official news agency then published statements from an unnamed government official, who like Ja called the film an "act of war", as well as "reckless US provocative insanity". North Korea complains to UN about Seth Rogen comedy The Interview 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z My father had been a teenage war refugee from North Korea, who had taught himself to read English with a dictionary and some books, and who practiced speaking by running errands for American soldiers. A Lifetime of Reading Taught Min Jin Lee How to Write About Her Immigrant World 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Sitting in an auditorium with 2,000 people also often leads to more casual encounters than is otherwise possible in North Korea, where itineraries are tightly controlled and conversations with ordinary people are rare. In North Korea, an International Film Festival Where ‘Self-Reliance’ Is the Star 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z “A trip to North Korea breaks down the stereotypes you hear about the country,” said Tom Bodkin, a founder of Secret Compass, which introduced its North Korea trips last fall. North Korea Tour Options Dwindle for Americans. But Not by Much. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The exhibits date from the 1970s to the early 2000s, a time when designers in North Korea, largely cut off from outside influence, blended Soviet-inspired iconography with their own national aesthetic. Design and dictatorship: exhibition celebrates North Korean graphics 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z He hears a woman’s voice in his head that informs him that a spreading virus is turning people into bald zombielike maniacs, and he must deliver the antidote to North Korea. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who co-directed the movie, told The Times in an interview before the hack became public that private consultants told them to be prepared for possible retaliation from North Korea. U.S. taking seriously possibility of a N. Korea role in Sony hacking 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z At the same time, North Korea has sentenced two foreign missionaries to hard labor and along the border with China, both countries have cracked down on religious groups. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z There may be a lot of rectum jokes and standard-issue bits about celebrity culture, but they take place amid the food shortages, propaganda and megalomania of Kim Jong Un’s North Korea. Sony's North Korea film 'The Interview': Can it achieve cult status? 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z That’s a bit far-fetched, of course, because North Korea is totalitarian regime run by an insane manchild with a bad haircut and no self-control whose father set him up . . . oh wait. Who in the hell is Kayleigh McEnany?! Everything you were afraid to ask about this suddenly important person 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Afghanistan, Libya, North Korea and Yemen are among the countries that rate a “Do Not Travel” warning, according to the government. Perspective | Where in the world shouldn’t you go? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Police in South Korea blocked activists from sending DVDs of "The Interview" to North Korea, the latest phase in the continuing saga over the Sony Pictures comedy that depicts the assassination of the North's leader. South Korean police halt 'The Interview' balloon drop 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The late-night comedian then showed a clip of the president reassuring the world on Thursday afternoon by doubling down on his threats to North Korea. Stephen Colbert imagines a fate for North Korea worse than Trump’s “fire and fury” 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Two years ago, Joseph Kim mesmerized an audience — in person and online — with a speech about his experience in North Korea. A surgeon confesses his mistakes, and other best memoirs for May 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z However, as an example, Brosnahan said Canada would likely be a Level 1, which means “Exercise Normal Precautions,” and North Korea would be a Level 4, which translates to “Do Not Travel.” State Department gives its travel advisory system a makeover 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The Globe Theater’s plan to take its production of “Hamlet” to North Korea in 2015 has drawn criticism from the human rights group Amnesty International, The Guardian reported. ArtsBeat: Globe Theater Draws Criticism for Planned North Korea Trip 2014-03-11T15:09:32Z The vignette might not be intentionally metaphorical, but it could represent isolated North Korea in a sea of hostility. In the galleries: Norman Rockwell would have recognized these socialist images 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z When President Trump issued his threat to North Korea at the United Nations, many preppers had an almost Pavlovian response: to check their nuclear survival kit. How to Survive the Apocalypse 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Though North Korea and Baroness T will probably still be due a glib couple of minutes apiece. TV highlights: 24/4/2013 2013-04-24T06:00:00Z Ms. Fey had welcomed the “despicable, spoiled, minimally talented brats” of Hollywood who had come to honor “all the movies that North Korea was O.K. with.” Golden Globe Awards Winners Include ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z He said that he had hesitated a long time before deciding to stage the exhibition in Bern, recognizing that it risked destroying his relations with North Korea. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z But fealty to the Kim family that has ruled North Korea for over half a century is paramount. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Any launch by North Korea, whether for a satellite or not, that uses ballistic missile technology violates Security Council resolutions, the Japanese government said. North Korea's plan for rocket launch stirs regional concern 2012-03-16T12:05:06Z Experts on North Korea see this as a teachable moment for U.S. media. Kim Jong Un appears to be alive after all. So why did CNN and other news outlets report he was on his deathbed? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z North Korea, which regularly threatens to destroy its neighbor in a sea of flames, is sending 150 athletes to the Games in the South Korean port city of Incheon which begin on Sept. 19. Bellicose North Korea lightens up with promise of cheerleaders 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z “In North Korea only the strong survive,” said the onetime black marketeer, a former salesman of used televisions who spent much of his life in Pyongyang but who eventually escaped to South Korea. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z Away from the usual "Isn't their telly weird?" japes, Daisy guests on Korea's answer to Loose Women, where the fluff is tempered by the presenters' stories of how they defected from North Korea. TV highlights 08/07/2013 2013-07-08T06:00:07Z Obama also used his speech to call on North Korea, which plans a rocket launch next month, to curb its nuclear ambitions or else face further international isolation. Obama vows nuke cuts, warns N. Korea, Iran 2012-03-26T03:10:00Z Because North Korea was so totally cut off, we didn’t hear anything of the outside world. My escape from North Korea: ‘I’m free to travel at last’ 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z A spokesman for North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the film was tantamount to "an act of war" and threatened "a decisive and merciless countermeasure" if the U.S. government allowed it to hit theaters. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke Feffer is well informed but not very theatrical as he embodies a couple of personas in North Korea and ponders the gap between collectivism and individualism, tyranny and freedom. Review | The British hit ‘Oil’ strikes a vein in its U.S. debut at Olney 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z If Iran or North Korea made it easy for Americans to visit. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Are many of the Shin and Choi films — either from their heyday in South Korea, or the 17 films they made together in North Korea during their two years of detainment — available? The incredible true story of “The Lovers and the Despot”: “Until North Korea collapses and we get access to the files, we’ll never know for sure” 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z His son, Kim Jong Un, assumed control of North Korea only in 2012 and has reportedly purged several political and military chiefs — including family members — to consolidate power. Hack attack over Sony's 'Interview' shows risks of naming bad guys 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z If you play a North Korean in North Korea, all the fans are North Koreans. Wally Green’s unlikely path from gang member to ping-pong star 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z In July, North Korea promises "merciless retaliation" if the film is released at Christmas as scheduled. Spending Christmas Eve with 'The Interview,' and all its trappings 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z "I don't see these former employees or their lawyers boarding a flight to North Korea any time soon to take depositions." Sony hack draws lawsuits by former employees 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z And this was all before Trump promised an apocalyptic rain of “fire and fury” on North Korea on Tuesday, a remark that naturally inspired another cycle of discussion and reporting. On cable, ‘all Trump, all the time’ isn’t going away — the networks are addicted 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z As Stephen Colbert proclaimed on Monday night, the perpetrator “has to be North Korea. The only other person with that capability is a 12-year-old with BitTorrent.” You Can't See The Interview, But I Did 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z In the United States, President Pauline Green reacts by tightening existing economic sanctions against North Korea, a move regarded as “proportionate” to the offense. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is a cautionary tale of global catastrophe 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z As for "Nuclear Weaponry," North Korea threatened to obliterate California in retaliation for "The Interview." Will Smith and the function of a slap – what it means for comedy and comedians 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The new year begins and, in defiance of even its allies in Beijing, North Korea and its dictator Kim Jong-un test a nuclear weapon. Cover Story: Kim Jong-un’s Big Announcement 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z And even during a week that Trump threatened to jail a former Clinton aide and press a button that would annihilate North Korea, Thursday’s White House press briefing was dominated by questions about the book. Forget Harry Potter. In D.C., people lined up at midnight for Michael Wolff’s Trump exposé. 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Park Sang Hak, who runs Free North Korea, the organization behind the plan, is, according to the Hollywood Reporter, “a former government propagandist who escaped to South Korea.” How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z In late November 1950, Roper and his unit were overrun by Chinese forces deep within North Korea, O'Brien said. After 60 years, closure for soldier's family 2012-03-22T02:45:00Z In the title story, two young brothers make a dash for China after being abandoned by their mother to the horrors of famine in North Korea. The future of fiction 2012-08-24T07:00:06Z "Tonight we celebrate all the great television shows we know and love as well as all of the movies that North Korea was OK with," Fey started. Watch Tina Fey, Amy Poeher open Golden Globes, play 'Who'd You Rather' 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z For Shigeyuki Kaneta, a comparatively young resident at 46 who owns a confectionary shop, escalating tensions over North Korea does raise that distinct possibility. 'Vanishing village' looks to Japan's LDP for survival 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z In 2002, North Korea admitted it had kidnapped 13 Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s to train spies, and five of them returned to Japan. Japanese woman clings to hope that identical twin alive in North Korea 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z At the end of a week in which the denuclearization of North Korea did not happen and a soap opera of testimony in Washington, D.C. did, you kind of know what he’s talking about. The Glamour Cure 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z PYONGYANG, North Korea — Five teenagers in school uniforms hold accordions. A look at NKorea accordionists behind A-ha moment 2012-03-22T05:51:08Z North Korea, citing fears of Ebola, has banned all foreign tourists. New Ebola Screening Measures 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z "I would encourage the North Korean leadership to focus on important aspects, rather than this movie," new U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim said in Beijing. Sony wrestles with how to market 'Interview' amid geopolitics, scandal 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z North Korea was deeply vulnerable from the skies. Tyrant and truant 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z North Korea offered a hostile response to the U.S. for brokering a sanctions deal with 14 other countries from the U.N. “You’re going to get us all killed”: Stephen Colbert begs Trump to shut up about North Korea 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z What’s happening to the millions inside North Korea is the greater tragedy, which tends to get lost amid the documentary’s approach and breathlessness. Review: In ‘The Lovers and the Despot,’ a Harrowing Korean Ordeal 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z President Trump, before his recent disarmament talks with North Korea, issued a bellicose warning last summer, saying threats to the United States would be “met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” Bringing ‘Doctor Atomic’ to the Birthplace of the Bomb 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a reporter in North Korea that it was “insulting and ridiculous and ludicrous” for him to be asked about details of the verification process for the vaunted denuclearization. Perspective | Instead of Trump’s propaganda, how about a nice ‘truth sandwich’? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z He added that while Mr. Warmbier’s death is tragic, he would “absolutely” visit North Korea again. North Korea Tour Options Dwindle for Americans. But Not by Much. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z North Korea's constitution guarantees freedom of religion provided it does not undermine the state, but outside of a small handful of state-controlled places of worship, no open religious activity is allowed. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z I chime in with a North Korea reading list at the end. Seattle author chronicles one man's escape from North Korea's political gulag 2012-05-30T18:33:02Z Canh was so concerned for Ri and her people that he raised seven tonnes of rice in donations from friends to send to North Korea. Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Yun, who became a German citizen in 1971, visited North Korea periodically but was never allowed to return to the South. Charles Dutoit pushes for inter-Korean orchestra 2011-07-22T05:05:10Z The South Koreans, numbering roughly 160, will visit North Korea until April 3, the South’s Ministry of Unification said in a statement. South Korea to send K-pop singers to Pyongyang in late March 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Then he noted that, last summer, he travelled to North Korea, where he didn’t consume news at all. The “Post-Truth” Publication Where Chinese Students in America Get Their News 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z But that proportionate response only exacerbates an already desperate economic situation, which in turn exacerbates the United States’ fraught relationship with North Korea and its principal ally, China. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is a cautionary tale of global catastrophe 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Two days later, North Korea declared the film an "act of war." Sony CEO worried for months about 'The Interview,' emails show 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z But an internal email suggests otherwise--it implies that Sony specifically had North Korea added to the script. Sony wrestles with how to market 'Interview' amid geopolitics, scandal 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z In “The Red Chapel” a Danish journalist named Mads Brugger sets out to punk North Korea by arranging to visit it with a bogus comedy troupe. Movie Review: A Fake Danish Comedy Troupe Goes To North Korea, With Strange Results 2010-12-28T22:46:46Z One is Shin Suk-ja, a South Korean prisoner of North Korea who was sent into penal labor with her two daughters in 1987 after her husband defected to Europe. Ai Weiwei Takes His Work to a Prison 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z “We’ll see what happens,” he said about North Korea on “60 Minutes” Sunday. ‘It doesn’t matter.’ ‘We’ll see.’ The Trump Doctrine is sounding more fatalistic every day. 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Images of the dictators “were not allowed to be shown outside North Korea, except in the embassies — and they are certainly not in private hands,” he said. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z “Under the Sun,” which opens theatrically July 6, uses contemporary North Korea as a proxy for Stalin’s Soviet Union. In ‘Under the Sun,’ a Documentary Masked and Unmasked 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z He devoured it, decided that "to be a poet was freedom itself" and went on to become his nation's preeminent living bard, a singer of democracy and reunification with North Korea. 2010-02-17T14:05:00Z They were among four Americans detained by North Korea in less than a year for illegal entry. Journalist says she confessed in N. Korean prison 2010-05-18T18:31:00Z The other fiction that I’d recommend is the Inspector O series by James Church, the pseudonym of a well-respected Western intelligence expert on North Korea. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z A group of defectors from North Korea and relatives of South Koreans abducted by the North were invited to the mass, which was attended by South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Pope Francis, wrapping up visit, urges Korean reconciliation 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z “I like to go to unique places,” he said, “and I was curious about North Korea because so few people go.” North Korea Tour Options Dwindle for Americans. But Not by Much. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z U.S. government sources have said investigators had determined the attack was "state sponsored" and that North Korea was the government involved. Forget the politics, Sony executives say North Korea comedy 'desperately unfunny' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z A panel of independent experts is charged with monitoring U.N. sanctions on North Korea. White tiger, dark horse: North Korean art market heats up 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z By then, the peninsula was firmly divided, many cities were shattered, and North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung, was building a Stalinist police state. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z He also joked that if North Korea were to drop a nuclear bomb on the United States, he hoped it would fall on Hartford. Chappelle Returns to Hartford (All Is Forgiven) 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z In October, North Korea used machine guns to try to shoot down some of the balloons. South Korean police halt 'The Interview' balloon drop 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Thereby he captured the staging, multiple takes and more general manipulation that constitutes the reality North Korea reveals to the outside world. MoMA Apologizes for Dropping a Film Critical of North Korea 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z An overwhelming 99.7 percent of defectors from North Korea said in a survey late last year that there was no religious freedom in the country. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The only other countries where this happens is in Iran, North Korea and Rwanda. Opening up the politics of Pandora 2011-03-14T16:14:51Z She stressed she was keen to ensure that the Japanese company would not be placed "in a bad situation", in terms of its political relations with North Korea. Rogen 'objected to Jong-un film cut' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Under the final contract, in addition to providing the script, the actors and the guides, North Korea censors would vet daily footage and retain final approval over the finished film. In ‘Under the Sun,’ a Documentary Masked and Unmasked 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Chun seized power and, using the North Korea card, declared full martial law throughout the nation. The Author of ‘The Vegetarian’ Takes on Korea’s Violent Past 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z "It's the same story you and I grew up with" - but set in North Korea. Romantic comedy gets twist with NKorean acrobats 2012-09-07T16:55:10Z In a tweet Thursday, British Ambassador to South Korea Martin Uden called the broadcast the "1st ever western-made film to air on TV" in North Korea. Rare treat: NKorea screens 'Bend it Like Beckham' 2010-12-30T13:39:17Z Reportedly, Chinese president Xi Jinping also changed Trump’s mind on the relationship between his country and North Korea in just 10 minutes. John Oliver on Donald Trump: 'A bully in the White House' 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Eventually, by Truman’s day, America was bogged down in a bitter conflict with North Korea without the president even bothering to ask Congress for a war declaration. Waging War From the Oval Office 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z In the wake of the recent crippling cyber attack on Sony's computer system, there has been speculation that North Korea may have been behind the hacking in retaliation for the film. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke As it monitors North Korea, a dead zone immune to any and all radar, sonar, satellite imagery and more pops up, causing concern about what may be hiding there. DC adds 6 new titles, including modern 'GI Combat' 2012-05-02T10:01:05Z Adapted from a photograph, the watercolor “Two Great White Sharks” shows North Korea’s current leader, Kim Jong-un, surrounded by military personnel and peering into a reservoir where the deadly creatures glide beneath the surface. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Chung was born in the South but his mother was from North Korea, making the concert a musical bridge toward reconciliation of a divided people. Musical harmony: NKorean, French orchestras play 2012-03-15T01:42:09Z Sergeant George Sueño ventures beyond his usual turf, the demimonde of Seoul's nightlife, to stop an invasion by North Korea. On the crime beat: New mysteries by Martin Limón, Mike Lawson and Tana French 2012-07-03T20:25:04Z “Ultimately, this is a textbook on the human rights condition in North Korea,” Mr. Do said. A Dissident Book Smuggled From North Korea Finds a Global Audience 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z "It's an unverifiable place," the author said of North Korea. Pulitzer prize goes to novel about North Korea 2013-04-16T11:36:36Z "Apparently North Korea found out we were doing this." Steve Mosko touches on Sony hack at Digital Entertainment World expo 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z "In France, secularism is the official religion. It's almost like North Korea. All who contradict the official religion are banished." Baroque architect reaches across centuries to influence another in 'La Sapienza' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, international negotiations aimed at getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons remain stalled. Journalist says she confessed in N. Korean prison 2010-05-18T18:31:00Z Finally, just a mile south of North Korea’s border in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, she reached her piece, a roughly five-foot-tall block of gray soapstone with a translucent bird perched atop it. Haegue Yang’s Radical Art of Obscure Delights 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z She becomes a CIA agent who, at age 30, finds a way to visit North Korea and search for the sister she believes may be a prisoner there. Review | A thrilling tale of abduction and escape in North Korea 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The worst-ranked were notoriously oppressive regimes such as North Korea, Eritrea, Turkmenistan, Syria and China. Trump’s attacks on media blamed for decline in U.S. standing in press-freedom survey 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The subject of “The Interview” is the political impact on North Korea of a worldwide media event such as “The Interview” itself. How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z On Dec. 19, the bureau announced its conclusion that North Korea was responsible for the hacking attack. Security experts doubt North Korea role in Sony hack 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z “Trump canceled the meeting with North Korea over their, quote, ‘tremendous anger and open hostility,’ which is ironic, considering ‘Tremendous Anger and Open Hostility’ is Trump’s 2020 campaign slogan.” Late-Night TV in 2018: Trump, Trump, Facebook and More Trump 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z In Washington, the State Department distanced itself from Rodman, and reiterated U.S. concern about human rights in North Korea and its nuclear program. Rodman in NKorea to prep for game on leader's Bday 2013-12-19T21:54:00Z This is the third long-range rocket test by North Korea. Defiant North Korea begins injecting fuel into rocket 2012-04-11T11:40:07Z It’s also entirely possible this is 100 percent displaced anxiety about our engagement with the nuclear power of North Korea or maybe even some personal baggage. The Most Vexing Unanswered Questions of 2017 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The film “Kim Il Sung’s Children” — referring to North Korea’s founder and wartime leader — will be released June 25, the 70th anniversary the Korean War’s start. New film tells tale of North Korean orphans sent to Europe 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z The question was answered on Saturday with North Korea’s release of a smiling Kim opening a fertilizer factory. Kim Jong Un appears to be alive after all. So why did CNN and other news outlets report he was on his deathbed? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z According to previous interviews, her parents met in South Korea after leaving communist North Korea during the Korean War. An Orange County House race has become an Asian American culture clash 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z On Friday, North Korea fired machine guns at one of Lee's balloons that flew in low across the border because it was short of hydrogen. Airborne leaflets torment North Korea; jeopardize talks with South 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Growing up in North Korea, I thought we were the greatest people in the world, led by our Dear Leader. My escape from North Korea: ‘I’m free to travel at last’ 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z A panel of independent experts is charged with monitoring U.N. sanctions on North Korea. White tiger, dark horse: North Korean art market heats up 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The confidential emails, reviewed by The Times, show that Sony executives long were monitoring developments related to North Korea. Future of Sony's Amy Pascal questioned after hacked email revelations 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z It reports violations and recommendations to the Security Council’s North Korea sanctions committee. White tiger, dark horse: North Korean art market heats up 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z A National Book Award finalist who pulled back the curtain on life in North Korea turns her attention to a Tibetan province that is the “undisputed world capital of self-immolations.” 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Bolton knew North Korea had violated agreements with the United States before, and he asserted that Bush was falling prey to a Soviet-style “dark art of denial, deception and disguise.” John Bolton’s been a political brawler for decades, but his rumble with Donald Trump is extreme — even for him. 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Films about North Korea by outsiders run into the predictable problem of access. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z He said Sony's decision amounted to allowing the regime to censor American media following the FBI's Friday announcement that North Korea backed the hacking. Meet James Flacco, Obama's version of James Franco 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z He was talking about a summit with North Korea, but he could’ve been talking about his own life. ‘It doesn’t matter.’ ‘We’ll see.’ The Trump Doctrine is sounding more fatalistic every day. 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Sony cancelled the release of The Interview after hackers, potentially linked to North Korea, threatened 9/11-style attacks on theaters that showed the movie, which depicts a fictional assassination plot against Kim Jong Un. Texas Theater to Show 'Team America' After Sony Pulls 'The Interview' 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z “We begin with North Korea, voted ‘Top Korea’ by ‘We Meant It Geographically Magazine’,” the host said. John Oliver: 'as infuriating a president as Trump is, he'd be an even worse Moses' 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z North Korea is believed to be readying a third nuclear test, based on intelligence satellite images and a past pattern of rocket launches followed by tests. Secure despite rocket fiasco, N.Korea's Kim lauds military 2012-04-15T08:57:00Z “This week, the June 12th summit between the US and North Korea was suddenly back on after Trump met with a North Korean envoy who brought him this gigantic, comically oversized letter from Kim Jong-un.” John Oliver: 'as infuriating a president as Trump is, he'd be an even worse Moses' 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z A few years ago, they were tossed into a North Korea prison. Annie comic ends, but the redhead's fate uncertain 2010-06-12T16:17:00Z The art of North Korea is almost entirely unfamiliar to the outside world. North Korean art on display in London 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z With the new film comes a new commie bogeyman – but it was not supposed to be North Korea. Why Hollywood kowtows to China 2013-03-11T14:24:26Z The story takes off in Yanji, the capital of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, a wedge of China that borders North Korea and Russia. | 'The Yellow Sea': ?The Yellow Sea,? From South Korea - Review 2011-12-02T00:20:58Z When investigators learn that the rifle involved was supplied by North Korea, major players from China and the United States step in, setting the stage for escalating actions and reactions. Review | Ken Follett’s latest epic is a cautionary tale of global catastrophe 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Did you think the person commanding the imaginary visitors from North Korea to get up and dance the hora was the maître d’hôtel of Per Se? Restaurant Review: Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse on the Lower East Side 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z In a tweet sent after the summit in Singapore, Trump said “everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office” and declared “there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.” John Oliver calls deal between US and North Korea 'close to meaningless' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Indeed, the state-run Korean Central News Agency denounced the movie as "dirty and cursed burlesque aimed to slander" North Korea and "insult the Korean nation." Six North Korea-themed movies that beat Rogen and Franco to the punch 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z But this week, Trump abandoned that bipartisan tradition to ratchet up his bellicose threats — leading the alt-right website Breitbart to declare Trump the winner of “round one with North Korea.” “Wimpism has taken over”: Right-wing media beat the war drums on North Korea 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z North Korea tested a nuclear bomb in January and may be readying another. Nervous about nukes again? Here’s what you need to know about The Button. (There is no button.) 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The United States seeks more Chinese support in dealing with the nuclear proliferation challenges of Iran and North Korea. U.S. eyes testy China talks, Chen backer expects Chinese decision 2012-04-30T12:08:03Z Thae, who defected from North Korea to the South last year, said he was charged with escorting Kim around London when he arrived for the concert. Wonderful Tonight: Taking Kim Jong Un's brother to a Clapton concert 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Activist Robert Park of Arizona was expelled some 40 days after crossing into North Korea last Christmas. Journalist says she confessed in N. Korean prison 2010-05-18T18:31:00Z On June 7, Trump coupled his leadership on trade and North Korea with an attack on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. Stepping on the message: Trump can’t stop generating bad news amid the good 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The actor, it was reported, is a favourite of North Korea’s leader. Rambo and the Terminator: the cold war warriors are back 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Pakistan’s army became a nuclear proliferator, supplying technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya. Nosebags 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The inclusion of characters popular in the West - particularly from the United States, North Korea's wartime enemy - is a notable change in direction for performances in Pyongyang. Mickey Mouse takes NKorean stage in show for Kim 2012-07-08T10:51:08Z And various panels will feature journalists, novelists, comedians and political analysts discussing the Trump presidency, the threat of North Korea and more. Chelsea Manning Headlines New Yorker Festival 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z "And I think with that in mind he's going to turn the United States into North Korea 2.0. So we're going to be great friends." Lookalikes of Trump, North Korea's Kim grab Hong Kong by surprise 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z A version of this review appears in print on January 14, 2014, on page C6 of the New York edition with the headline: Glimpses of a North Korea Seldom Seen in the West . Television Review: PBS ‘Frontline’ Looks Inside a Notoriously Closed Country 2014-01-13T22:37:40Z My current novel-in-progress concerns North Korea — and each day’s headlines endanger its premise. Trump is stranger than fiction: John Altman on writing thrillers today 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z As Pope Francis visits South Korea this week in his first trip to Asia, religion in North Korea is under the spotlight. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Feingold has an image showing an article about their Rufio prequel trending on Twitter alongside news stories about Trump and North Korea. Remember Rufio in ‘Hook’? The actor is trying to keep his cult character’s legacy alive. 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z He arrived holding an urn he jokingly claimed contained the ashes of Kim Jong Il, the late leader of North Korea. VIDEO: The Dictator arrives in costume 2012-02-27T01:35:26Z The American occupied top positions at the Vienna State Opera and the New York Philharmonic, which he accompanied on a 2008 tour of isolated North Korea. Famed conductor Lorin Maazel dies 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z The far-fetched international dramas of Homeland pale in comparison with Trump’s policies regarding Mexico, North Korea and the Middle East. How Donald Trump has blown the White House drama out of the water 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z They want to include DVDs of “The Interview” in packages of censored items they’ve dropped by balloon over North Korea. Sony canceled the release of ‘The Interview.’ Here's how it could come out. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Chon, who said he was inspired to help North Korea after a devastating famine in the mid-1990s, said daily life at the school underlined changes in recent years. Crisis-plagued Pyongyang university seeks revival after Trump-Kim... 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The comedy on the fictional assassination of North Korea's leader is "desperately unfunny" and would have flopped overseas if it had not been canceled, according to leaked e-mails of international executives of Sony Pictures. Forget the politics, Sony executives say North Korea comedy 'desperately unfunny' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z On “The Tonight Show,” Jimmy Fallon highlighted some other aspects of the North Korea standoff. Seth Meyers Thinks ‘Fire and Fury’ Has Something to Do With the Opioid Crisis 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Instead, we get reflexively hawkish comments about America’s Obama-era and present-day dealings with Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, North Korea, China and Russia. Did Max Boot Turn His Back on the Republican Party, or Did the Party Turn Its Back on Him? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z North Korea is participating in the Pyeongchang Games at the invitation of the South, which is using them to help ease tensions between the two countries, still technically at war. South Korean filmmaker hopeful Olympics will improve ties with North 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Originally the Chinese invaded, but in the final cut the bad guys are from North Korea. Josh Peck on the Red Dawn Remake, the Appeal of Escapism—and Being a Joke Guy in an Action Movie 2012-11-20T16:45:58Z He says in an interview with the Spanish-language TV network "Telemundo" to be broadcast Friday evening that the U.S. will work with other nations to "further isolate" North Korea. Obama: NKorea not very good at rocket launches 2012-04-13T21:40:09Z When the government suddenly ordered it translated and released in the mid-1990s, a time when North Korea’s all-important Soviet support had disappeared and famine was looming, it swept like a literary firestorm through Pyongyang. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z The US said an FBI investigation showed that North Korea was responsible for the cyber attack on Sony - claims denied by North Korea. US cinemas to screen The Interview 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Judging from defectors I’ve interviewed and much of the literature on North Korea, many do — especially older people, farmers and those farther from the North Korean border. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Also on Tuesday, the Defense Intelligence Agency reports that North Korea will be able to launch a viable intercontinental ballistic missile next year — two years sooner than expected. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z I have run away to North Korea and I am never coming back. John Oliver: 'as infuriating a president as Trump is, he'd be an even worse Moses' 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Devolution, animal rights, save the star whale, freedom of information, civil liberties, openness, the monarchy, police brutality, North Korea. Doctor Who and A Passionate Woman 2010-04-12T05:45:00Z He is an insecure and idiotic leader who kills for the slightest offenses, believes in discarding female babies and counted North Korea's Kim Jong-Il among his friends. Cohen up to satirical tricks again in "Dictator" 2012-05-16T11:05:57Z “It’s a dark place, figuratively and literally,” said Oliver, pointing out that when looked at from space, North Korea has so little electrical infrastructure that it’s a dark spot on the map. John Oliver Gets Weird Al Yankovic to Serenade North Korea 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z “Beyond Utopia,” a documentary on defectors from North Korea, begins by pre-empting the inevitable questions about how it was made. ‘Beyond Utopia’ Review: Exit Strategies 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z It is in dealing with the two biggest failures of the Trump administration, Iran and North Korea, that McMaster sounds the loudest alarms. An Ex-Trump Insider Looks to Our Future With Russia and China 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z “All your mom’s friends and the people of North Korea.” John Oliver Gets Weird Al Yankovic to Serenade North Korea 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The original Korean book is titled 'Crossing the river with poetry in my heart' – Jang escaped with no possessions but the manuscript of his poetry collection depicting life in North Korea. North Korean 'court poet' to publish memoir 2013-05-01T11:21:21Z NK News, an English-language site that focuses on North Korea, also questioned the integrity of the AP’s reporting last month in an article that questioned whether the agency’s Pyongyang operation is “a Potemkin news bureau.” Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Since then, tour operators that specialize in North Korea including Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours stopped taking Americans to the country. Will American Travelers Be Able to Return to North Korea? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z North Korea, one of the world's last Cold War outposts, remains mostly isolated from the rest of the world, a country more famous for its nuclear defiance than its potential for romantic comedies. Romantic comedy gets twist from NKorean acrobats 2012-09-07T12:01:04Z He tells the crowd that if North Korea were to drop a bomb on the U.S., he hopes it “lands in Hartford, Connecticut.” Dave Chappelle Strikes Back at Hartford, Conn. 2013-09-05T14:35:49Z North Korea issued a statement promising a “decisive and merciless countermeasure,” so Time asked Park the obvious question. In The Interview, Playing the Heavy Gets Dangerous 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Blaming North Korea offers an easy way out…blaming North Korea is quite convenient for the FBI and the current U.S. administration. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The word “totalitarian” is usually reserved for the most repressive regimes, like North Korea or Hitler’s Germany. Q&A: Masha Gessen Sees a Bleak Future for Putin's Russia 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z North Korea insists that the project is “strictly defensive,” but the United Nations Security Council, responding with its toughest sanctions yet against the rogue nation, votes to unfriend Kim Jong Un on Facebook. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z He broadly urged North Korea to meet its international obligations. US chides NKorea over unauthorized Disney display 2012-07-10T19:07:09Z PYONGYANG, North Korea — An international film festival opens Thursday in what may seem the unlikeliest of places: North Korea. Film festival opens in movie-crazy North Korea 2012-09-19T12:16:17Z I hope everything works out between North Korea and America. Dennis Rodman keeps finding new ways to surprise 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z General Assembly, where she hosted a fancy luncheon for the spouses of world leaders while her husband unleashed threats of war against North Korea. Melania Trump begins to embrace the first lady’s platform — finally 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z “If a government is willing to kill as many people as necessary to stay in power,” says Andrei Lankov, a Russian expert on North Korea, “it usually stays in power for a very long time.” Television Review: PBS ‘Frontline’ Looks Inside a Notoriously Closed Country 2014-01-13T22:37:40Z To the artists, the work seems especially urgent, considering the global jitters about nuclear confrontation with North Korea. One worked on the A-bomb. The other was a victim. How their grandsons now create art together. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z She makes no apology for the fact that she’s focused on homemaking rather than North Korea or presidential politics. “Dinner: A Love Story” 2012-07-26T16:25:00Z The hackers posted a message online warning people to stay away from screenings of the film The Interview, a comedy about a plot to kill the leader of North Korea. Sony hackers threaten cinema attack 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z But he missed the land and the people of North Korea, which he always managed to see as separate from the brutal dictatorship. My father’s heartbreaking return to North Korea 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z The hacker group on Tuesday threatened attacks on movie theaters which showed the film, a comedy about an assassination attempt on North Korea's leader. Sony pulls release of 'Interview' as U.S determines North Korea behind attack 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z AP Photo/David Guttenfelder On Aug. 8, 2012, a library copy of the American classic novel "Gone With The Wind" sits on a table inside the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z "It's crazy. I'm starting to miss the old days when we were on the verge of nuclear war with North Korea." 'Our Country Be Damned.' Late-Night Hosts Keep Slamming President Trump Over Charlottesville 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Even better, Kim paid Chinese smugglers to import hundreds of DVDs of the series into North Korea for sale on the black market. Planning for the future: how design students got serious 2010-07-13T13:18:00Z In a statement, the family urged people to “continue to pray for the people of North Korea and for the release of all who are still being held.” North Korea releases 3 Americans who had been detained 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Some governments also censor the internet at a national level though the likes of authoritarian Iran, North Korea and China are not countries liberal Iceland wants to emulate. Iceland seeks internet pornography ban 2013-02-25T09:13:52Z After escaping his tormentors in North Korea, 007 Pierce Brosnan gets the "kiss of life" in Hong Kong, before jumping into the waters of Victoria Harbour. Top 10 films set in Hong Kong 2012-07-04T11:00:00Z Born in Kowon, North Korea, Mr. Lee, 84, has lived since the Korean War in Seoul, where he works in sculpture, installation, performance and land art. Pop Artist Tom Wesselmann’s Estate Will Be Represented by 2 Dealers 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Hollywood Reporter critic Deborah Young said: “... for sheer topicality, the film is hard to beat, and to find a full-blown entertainment yarn in Cannes ... that’s partially set in newsworthy North Korea is rather astounding.” Korean spy film screens at Cannes while real-world plot thickens 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Though Kazakhstan ultimately changed its opinion of Borat, that seems unlikely to happen with The Interview and North Korea. Strike Up the Banned: 5 Films That Sparked International Incidents 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The three cooked up a rom-com that might seem standard fare in the west but in North Korea is groundbreaking for its feminist individualism. Comrade Kim Goes Flying: it's North Korea as you've never seen it before 2013-06-26T15:35:20Z North Korea or, to use its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is listed among the producing nations of Russian director Vitaly Mansky’s profoundly disturbing documentary “Under the Sun.” Meet North Korea’s perfect family: Totalitarianism, Trump and the politics of non-thought 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z For more than a decade, North Korea and its leaders were reliable fodder for Hollywood. Hack attack over Sony's 'Interview' shows risks of naming bad guys 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Today he is editor-in-chief of New Focus, "the leading website on North Korea by north Koreans in exile" . North Korean 'court poet' to publish memoir 2013-05-01T11:21:21Z Young Pioneer, the company that took Mr. Warmbier to North Korea on a five-day tour, advertised “budget travel to destinations your mother would rather you stayed away from.” U.S. to Bar Travel to North Korea Amid Rising Tensions 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Written, directed and narrated by Mr. Herzog, the movie takes you to volcanoes across the globe — from Iceland to Ethiopia and North Korea — in a voyage into wonders and terrors. Time Traveling at the Toronto Film Festival 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “Made in North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK” features highly-stylised government propaganda posters and comics, as well as more run-of-the-mill items such as food packaging, ticket stubs and stamps. Design and dictatorship: exhibition celebrates North Korean graphics 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z But for Do Hee-youn, an activist campaigning for human rights in North Korea, it was nothing less than stunning. A Dissident Book Smuggled From North Korea Finds a Global Audience 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Founded by the street-fashion magazine Vice, VBS takes an irreverent look at music, underground culture and news, but its selling strength is its "infotainment" documentaries covering volatile countries such as Liberia, North Korea and Iran. Sloths, sharks and spoofs sate appetite for online DIY films 2010-08-17T22:11:00Z “In her world, the law was upside down,” Lee says, explaining how corruption and cynicism had shredded the social fabric of North Korea. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z These were the tactics that enabled Kim Il Sung to seize power in North Korea, passing his rulership down to his sons by way of brainwashing the populace and locking down power through fear. Smart Watch: "Valley of the Boom," "Corporate" returns, and "The Dictator's Playbook" on PBS 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Cumings argues that North Korea is to some degree a genuine expression of Korean nationalism. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Carlson was seen among the president’s entourage this past summer when he visited the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea. Did Fox’s Tucker Carlson play role in calming Iran pressure? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z “I really believe we need art in this world with all the madness going on, from North Korea to white supremacy,” he said. The Indian Prince Who Supports Gay Rights and the Arts 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z "Comrade Kim" also offers foreign audiences a look at life inside North Korea. Romantic comedy gets twist from NKorean acrobats 2012-09-07T12:01:04Z In Demick’s impressive account of life in North Korea, “Nothing to Envy,” she described a society on the brink of starvation, cut off from the world, lacking even electricity. ‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the ‘World Capital of Self-Immolations’ 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Laws and punishments in North Korea are not public, so it’s unclear which garments and accessories are illegal. Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z One day her mom called from North Korea. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z He was born and raised in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian, in Liaoning province, which borders North Korea. The “Post-Truth” Publication Where Chinese Students in America Get Their News 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Baldwin said: “I don’t know. Have you seen my tweets about North Korea? This could all be over by Monday.” A Bannon-Kushner Showdown and Spicer as the Easter Bunny on ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Q. You return to North Korea, which you wrote about in “The Orphan Master’s Son,” as a subject in a story in “Fortune Smiles.” Adam Johnson, Inspired by Holograms, Humor and Escape 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z In June, North Korea called on the U.S. government to block the film's release or face a "decisive and merciless countermeasure." Sony Pictures execs debated risk of 'The Interview' before cyberattack 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z I really wish this degree of controversy could be made about a serious documentary or account of the horrible human rights atrocities that have been going on in North Korea for decades. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Reclusive North Korea is a magnet for adventurous foreigners, whether Christian missionaries, curious tourists or individuals drawn to the world's most isolated nation. Alice, steampunk and a false name: enigma of an American jailed in North Korea 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z And soon, the members of avant-garde Slovenian band Laibach will also be known for being the first foreign music act to publicly perform in North Korea. Laibach Will Be the First Foreign Band to Play North Korea 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z North Korea remains satisfyingly distant, both ideologically and culturally. Is the new Red Dawn a blast from the past? 2012-11-23T20:15:01Z "Devotion" shows the bonds among a youthful, largely inexperienced group of naval aviators, among Marine grunts, and, yes, even between those grunts on the frozen ground of North Korea and the flyboys providing cover. 'Devotion' gets into cockpit of 2 U.S. pilots who bond in Korean War 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z More recently he has struck similarly bellicose postures on Syria and North Korea. John McCain: film portrait of an ‘American hero’ skirts hard questions 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z This includes, it seems, setting a honey trap for an Iranian government official and then using him to convince Saul that Iran is engaged in a nuclear arms deal with North Korea. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 3: Quinn and Carrie, Please Work Out Your Issues 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z He referenced a report that claimed during their dinner at Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago resort, news that North Korea initiated a nuclear missile test was dealt with in front of other diners. Late night TV roundup: John Oliver jokingly blames Trump on Oprah 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Most experts believe North Korea is preparing for a third nuclear test, in defiance of a raft of U.N. sanctions and pressure from Beijing to desist. U.S. eyes testy China talks, Chen backer expects Chinese decision 2012-04-30T12:08:03Z North Korea Rob and Steve quote Solzhenitsyn to one another in the voice of Frank Spencer as they are led around Pyongyang. Where next for Steve Coogan's The Trip? 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Those he does set tend to be around policy disputes over North Korea, Afghanistan, tax reform, trade and tariffs, and the Paris climate agreement, among other issues. In ‘Fear,’ Bob Woodward Pulls Back the Curtain on President Trump’s ‘Crazytown’ 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Rodman spoke with The Associated Press about finding his niche as an entertainer, locker-room etiquette and President Donald Trump’s North Korea diplomacy. Dennis Rodman keeps finding new ways to surprise 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Four months ago a South Korean warship was sunk, and a South Korean-led international investigative team concluded that North Korea was responsible. Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z Hackers, said to be working on behalf of North Korea to block the release of "The Interview," shut down Sony Pictures' computer systems and released a trove of sensitive information onto the Web. Sony names Tom Rothman to head movie studio 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z French, a business consultant whose previous books have covered historic Shanghai, North Korea and foreign journalists in China, was intrigued and began investigating the case. Midnight in Peking: Has Paul French Solved a 75-Year-Old Murder? 2012-04-30T15:45:50Z The worst crime you would ever commit is running North Korea. Horror movies: the personality test 2013-03-29T17:17:07Z Khan, who gave Pakistan its first nuclear bomb, sold nuclear secrets to North Korea and is a patron of domestic cricket. Balls of fury 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z If only all nights out in North Korea were so successful. Pyongyang goes pop: Inside North Korea's first indie disco 2011-02-21T16:57:31Z Once inside North Korea, Skylark and Rapaport decide to combat Kim not with the literal poison that the C.I.A. has provided but with their own skills—the power of the poison press. How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z “I was convinced that he was homeless because only beggars wore torn clothes in North Korea,” she said. Tracing Freedom to a Pair of Jeans 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Some believe the decision to publish Gone With the Wind was meant as a symbolic peace offering from North Korea to the United States — the two nations have sparred for years over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z So when Ms. Poehler and Ms. Fey joked that the awards show honored “all the movies that North Korea was O.K. with,” the laughter was muted. At Golden Globes, Comedy, Charlie Hebdo and Cosby 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z North Korea didn’t get to be a totalitarian state with a long trail of human-rights abuses and the worst record of media freedom in the world by being accommodating to reporters, especially the American kind. Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z His tour of North Korea – the result of an internet voting prank - has yet to be confirmed. Winter Arts Calendar 2010-12-26T00:05:15Z And how sad that Americans may not have seen reason to know or care about North Korea before this. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The Vice Guide to North Korea Is it journalism in any sense, though, or just a curious, contrived spectacle? Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z North Korea made it known that it was only threatening the U.S. and that the other participating countries need not worry. “You’re going to get us all killed”: Stephen Colbert begs Trump to shut up about North Korea 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z They blurred the portraits of the Kim dynasty, which are mandatory in public places and private homes in North Korea. Cross-border S Korean drama overcomes political risks 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Hollywood is just like North Korea, he said. ‘Stephen Colbert’ Says Goodbye as Stephen Colbert Heads to CBS 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z “They agreed to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, which isn’t just ambiguous compared to the multiple previous agreements involving North Korea, it’s also close to meaningless.” John Oliver calls deal between US and North Korea 'close to meaningless' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z But he declared himself a fan, even retweeting the video from his Twitter account, amid posts about French politics, the South Korean election and the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. The BBC Kids and Their Parents Are Back, in a Cartoon 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z He spent years pursuing lackluster side hustles — and partying — then found his way back in front of microphones and cameras by forming a relationship with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. Dennis Rodman keeps finding new ways to surprise 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The leak was claimed by North Korea, in response to the lampooning of its leader in Seth Rogen comedy The Interview. Sony takes $1bn write-down on film division 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The 1950-1953 Korean war ended in an armed truce that leaves North Korea and South Korea in a technical state of war. Pope Francis, wrapping up visit, urges Korean reconciliation 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z "Because of the paper shortage in North Korea, poems were the most efficient, economical way to spread propaganda," he said. Defected NKorea poet writes of hunger, desperation 2012-07-01T12:24:07Z And she drew upon historical horrors like the Nazis’ Lebensborn program and public executions in countries like North Korea and Saudi Arabia to delineate the malign machinery of the Gilead regime. The Handmaid’s Thriller: In ‘The Testaments,’ There’s a Spy in Gilead 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z In the 1930s, long before North Korea became a dictatorial power, the Nazi regime established an elaborate system to control Hollywood’s output. The Interview Is Not the First Time Hollywood Bowed to a Dictator 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z The real-life government of North Korea did not appreciate the sentiment of “The Interview,” denouncing it as a “most blatant act of terrorism and war” and threatening to undertake “a merciless countermeasure.” James Franco and Seth Rogen Talk About ‘The Interview’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z As I write this, Sony has cancelled the release of the film and North Korea has been linked to the Sony hacking by the U.S. government. How “The Interview” Handled the Assassination of Kim Jong-Un 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z But even China sounded increasingly exasperated in the run-up to Friday's rocket launch as North Korea ignored its pleas for restraint, despite aid pumped in by Beijing, and its diplomatic protection at bodies like the. Secure despite rocket fiasco, N.Korea's Kim lauds military 2012-04-15T08:57:00Z President Trump threatens to “totally destroy North Korea.” How to Survive the Apocalypse 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Song never fulfilled his lifelong dream of revisiting his hometown in North Korea, but because of his show, he came tantalizingly close. Song Hae, Who Survived War and Poverty to Become a Beloved TV Host, Dies at 95 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z PYONGYANG, North Korea — A premier North Korean orchestra headed to Paris on Friday for an unusual collaboration with French musicians and a South Korean conductor. Premier North Korean orchestra is Paris-bound 2012-03-09T13:16:11Z In June this year, North Korea described the film as an act of war and an "undisguised sponsoring of terrorism", and called on the US and the UN to block it. Rogen 'objected to Jong-un film cut' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that history pointed to "additional provocations" from North Korea after the launch, an apparent reference to a nuclear test. Defiant North Korea begins injecting fuel into rocket 2012-04-11T11:40:07Z He discussed the two ways to keep a body politic passive: Suppress all news, as in the case of North Korea, or inundate people with information. ArtsBeat: Why Must the News Be So Newsy? 2014-03-04T21:24:46Z “Personally, I just don’t understand how we would allow North Korea to dictate what goes on in the U.S,” he said. 'The Interview' to screen in select theaters on Christmas 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Her “Real News of the Week” segment on Trump TV was compared by many to something you might see on the Central News Agency channel in North Korea. Who in the hell is Kayleigh McEnany?! Everything you were afraid to ask about this suddenly important person 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z We lock up more people than China, Russia, North Korea ... and no one talks about it. Wayne Kramer: 'I was the white boy who played the wah-wah' 2012-10-28T14:46:03Z The movie was shot in North Korea and stars North Korean acrobats. SKorean film festival to feature NKorean comedy 2012-09-10T11:46:05Z The on-again, off-again talks between the United States and North Korea are back on and fans of the president say he already deserves to win. Sucking up has always been part of Washington culture. In the Trump era, it’s a sport. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The remarks were intended for communist-ruled countries such as China, North Korea and Vietnam. Pope Francis, wrapping up visit, urges Korean reconciliation 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Shockingly, it even called him a co-conspirator in a leak about North Korea’s nuclear program. Perspective | What Obama gets right — and very wrong — about the media 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z “Made in North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK” features highly-stylised government propaganda posters and comics, as well as more run-of-the-mill items such as food packaging, ticket stubs and stamps. Design and dictatorship: exhibition celebrates North Korean graphics 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z China Cuts Ties With Key North Korean Bank The decision appeared to be China’s strongest move yet to pressure North Korea over its nuclear missile program. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2013-05-07T17:41:43Z According to the BBC, a message was shown during the film saying that the broadcast was done to mark the 10th anniversary of diplomatic ties between North Korea and Britain. ArtsBeat: North Korea Gets a Special Kick Out of 'Bend It Like Beckham' 2010-12-30T16:57:37Z North Korea experienced Internet problems during the weekend and a complete outage of nearly nine hours before links were largely restored on Tuesday; U.S. officials said Washington was not involved. In plot reversal, Sony sends 'The Interview' to 200 theaters 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z It appears President Donald Trump has only added to the tension between the U.S. and North Korea. Jim Jefferies explores how the U.S. and North Korea ended up on the verge of nuclear war 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The Seoul-born Marylander evokes her father’s origins in North Korea with minimalist works that suggest both the violence and regimentation of existence under a totalitarian regime. In the galleries: Four artists’ views of nature, at McLean Project for the Arts During his many years in exile, the Cambodian monarch spent several months annually in North Korea and even wrote and directed a series of films starring North Korean actors. Cambodia’s New Angkor Museum, Created by a North Korean Art Factory 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Whatever the uncertainties about the accuracy of recent North Korean memoirs, it’s absolutely clear that some stories about North Korea are fabricated — because they’re fiction. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z As we await the possibility of diplomatic engagement with North Korea, D.B. Review | A thrilling tale of abduction and escape in North Korea 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z That exotic setting in turn is what makes it forbidden -- or rather, has made it forbidden by North Korea and being de facto banned in the United States. Sony's North Korea film 'The Interview': Can it achieve cult status? 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z |
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