North Korea

Greece Steps Down And North Korea Takes The Stage

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Interactions with North Korea are a bit of an unknown under the new leadership of Kim Jong Un, but the fourth largest military in the world is stepping into the limelight as Greece leaves center stage.  Annual joint military drills between the US and South Korea take place this week and North Korea isn’t happy.  This could spell trouble should the  young dictator with something to prove back himself into a corner.. “The war drills are an unpardonable infringement upon the sovereignty and dignity” of North Korea, the official Korean Central News Agency said today in an editorial. “The army … Read more

‘t Mourn For Kim Jong-II To A Labor-Training Camp

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North Korea Is Sending Anyone Who Didn’t Mourn For Kim Jong-II To A Labor-Training Camp Sounds totally reasonable… Appreciate your weekend.     North Korea is punishing citizens who didn’t participate in the organized mourning period following Kim Jong-Il’s death by sentencing them to six months in a labor-training camp, according to The Daily NK (via Msnbc.com). The decision to ship North Koreans off to re-education camps follows a series of “criticism sessions” that began on Dec. 29. A source from North Hamkyung Province told The Daily NK that officials are also punishing those “who did participate but didn’t cry … Read more