Introduction Kim Pyong Il is the last surviving son of North Korean founder and President Kim Il Sung and half brother of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Despite coming from such a powerful background, Kim Pyong Il spent most of his adult life, and political career posted abroad, away from the Pyongyang power […] More
September 9th 1948 is the official date of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly called North Korea. Before its official formation communist groups such as the Down-With-Imperialism-Union had been waging a struggle against imperialist forces in order to facilitate revolution. When the Japanese were eventually to surrender in Korea it […] More
Introduction The stunning Mount Kumgang area, located on the east coast of the Korean peninsula and a stone’s throw away from South Korea, has long been renowned for its beauty featuring stunning mountain ranges and gorgeous coastlines. Home to the Mount Kumgang Resort, this region of the Korean peninsula was at one time a shining […] More
A family in the northeastern Chinese city of Jinan has been left shocked after they found a dead bat hidden in a jar of oyster sauce that they had been using for cooking for nearly three months. The mother spotted the bat’s carcass when she was scooping the sauce out with a spoon while making […] More
A Chinese man was arrested on Hainan island located south of mainland China after he was caught on CCTV pushing his mentally disabled son into the ocean for a chance to stage an accident and claim insurance money. The 64 year- old father, known as Yang, reported to local authorities that his 38-year old son […] More
Introduction When you think of significant moments of North Korea and United States relations images that probably flash to your mind are images from the horrific Korean War, President George Bush declaring the country as a member of the “Axis of Evil” or perhaps more recent feel-good moments such as the summits between Chairman Kim […] More
Being based in Cambodia has led us to learn a lot about the carnage that occurred during the rule of the Khmer Rouge. This era gets explained in many different ways, but it can be summarized by the what they renamed the country, Democratic Kampuchea. Democratic Kampuchea despite emptying the whole population into the countryside […] More
In the good old days of the cold war, it was relatively easy to pick your camp, the Capitalist West, or the Communist East, and of course, in both these camps, you had dissenters. Those fighting for freedom in the Eastern Bloc tend to be more well known, but it should be remembered that there […] More
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