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North Korea
Ex-Obama energy secretary: Risk of nuclear attack is highest since Cuban Missile Crisis
Axios - Dave Lawler
Ernest Moniz, President Obama's former energy secretary and now CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NRI), believes “the risk of a nuclear weapon …
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World News
Spanish court: FBI was offered stolen data by North Korean embassy intruder
The Guardian - Emma Graham-Harrison
The details of how mysterious intruders raided North Korea’s embassy in Madrid last month, tricked the Spanish police and made off with a stash of stolen intelligence which they offered to the FBI have
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North Korea
Was North Korea’s vital 'transformation computer' taken in raid on Madrid embassy?
The Telegraph - By Julian Ryall
The group of men who briefly took control of the North Korean embassy in Madrid in February are believed to have made off with vital decryption computers that Pyongyang needs to communicate with its diplomatic
Liberal View
So Trump Didn’t Collude -- He’s Still the Most Dangerous President in U.S. History
prospect.org - Harold Meyerson
With or without Russia, the president poses a grave threat to our republic. Well, Jefferson Davis didn’t collude with a foreign power, either. That …
Top Chef
Kim Jong-YUM: Top chef at Hanoi hotel reveals North Korean leader gorged himself on lobster and foie gras as he and Donald
dailymail.co.uk - George Martin
The head chef at a hotel which hosted Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump's Vietnam summit has revealed the North Korean leader's lavish food …
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Human Rights
The Underground Railroad of North Korea
GQ - Doug Bock Clark
Culture For over two decades, a secret network has worked tirelessly to help thousands of refugees escape the world's worst dictatorship. This is the story of one desperate woman who risked her life to
BBC News
North Korea
North Korea's Madrid embassy intruder contacted FBI, judge says
BBC News - BBC World
The leader of 10 intruders who raided North Korea's embassy in Madrid last month contacted the FBI days later, a Spanish high court judge says. Adrian Hong Chang, a Mexican citizen who lives in the US,
Human Rights
Global Human Rights: The Conundrum
theepochtimes.com - www.theepochtimes.com
The annual Department of State Human Rights Report (HRR) is a somewhat erratic harbinger of spring. Officially designated the “Country Reports on …
Liberal View
Officials scrambled to concoct a 'cover story' for Trump's bizarre tweet on North Korea sanctions: report
rawstory.com - Brad Reed
President Donald Trump stunned his own administration’s officials last week when he sent out a tweet announcing that he was reversing his own …
Popular Mechanics
North Korea
Pentagon Claims Success in New Missile Defense Test
Popular Mechanics - By Kyle Mizokami
Yesterday’s test involved shooting multiple interceptors at a simulated ICBM. The Pentagon says its missile interceptor is a success—in an early test, at least. Yesterday the Department of Defense its
The Telegraph
North Korea
Chef reveals Kim Jong-un's appetite for foie gras, caviar and lobster
The Telegraph - By Nicola Smith
The executive chef at Hanoi’s luxury Metropole hotel has reportedly revealed new details about Kim Jong-un’s appetite for luxurious meals of foie gras, caviar and lobster. Australian Paul Smart, who earned
North Korea
US military confirms successful testing of anti-missile system
businesslive.co.za - Agency Staff
Washington —The US military said on Monday it had successfully tested an anti-intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, with a target …
Hurricane Maria
About That Victory Lap …
thebulwark.com - Rachael Larimore
The reaction from the #MAGA crowd to the news that the Mueller investigation was completed and the report delivered to William Barr without calls for …
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North Korea
Propaganda, but with graphics: North Korea's news bulletins get a makeover
The Guardian - Justin McCurry
While the substance may be predictable, North Korea’s state-run broadcaster is undergoing a style makeover, as it attempts to project a more modern image befitting a country whose leader has held nuclear
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North Korea
High-ranking N. Korean official arrives in Beijing | Yonhap News Agency
yna.co.kr - 강윤승
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean official, believed to be highly ranked, arrived Tuesday in Beijing, greeted by Chinese government …
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North Korea
Kim Jong Un was reportedly 'shocked' when the US pulled out a 'hidden' list of nuclear sites at the Hanoi summit
Business Insider - Guo Rui
The Hanoi summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump collapsed mainly because the US changed its negotiating position at the last minute, according to a Chinese expert
The Daily Telegraph
North Korea
North Korea's Kim to visit Russia: report
dailytelegraph.com.au
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will visit Russia for talks this northern spring or summer, according to a media report. The exact date of the trip …
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North Korea
Kim Jong-un ‘was shocked’ by new US list of undisclosed nuclear facilities at Hanoi summit
scmp.com - Guo Rui
North Korean affairs expert Zhang Liangui tells forum the talks broke down because Washington changed its negotiating position at the last minute.
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Boris Johnson
Hyperbolic, diabolic, chocaholic: the i's latest campaign encourages readers to see every angle
itsnicethat.com
Theresa May, Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson, and Kim Jong-un have finally been seen together at last. The most unlikely quintet since the …
World News
Why Mueller's report all but guarantees Trump will get a second term
nzherald.co.nz - Alex Carlton
COMMENT: In 18 months, America will be back at the polls - and after yesterday, Donald Trump is going to be almost impossible to beat, writes Alex …
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North Korea
North Korea may have had core deciphering computers stolen, says former NK diplomat
koreaherald.com - Jo He-rim
North Korean decryption computers may have been stolen from its embassy in Spain in last month’s raid by as-yet unidenti
The Washington Post
North Korea
The North Korea fiasco
The Washington Post - Opinion writer
President Trump’s inexplicable moves in contravention of advice and of the United States’ national security interests usually involve Russia. Last week, however, North Korea was the hostile country on
North Korea
Hanoi Metropole chef shares insight into Kim Jong-un’s appetite for luxury cuisine
scmp.com - Zhuang Pinghui
Executive chef Paul Smart’s summit challenge to feed North Korea’s leader and US President Donald Trump was cut short, but the opportunity was not …
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Technology
There’s now a black market for Ethereum-based visas to North Korea
TNW - David Canellis
It appears North Korean revolutionaries Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) are indeed selling their “post-liberation blockchain visas.” More than 60 have been distributed so far – and now, there’s even a black
Arabian Sea
After Two Months, Carrier USS John C. Stennis Returns to Persian Gulf
usni.org - By: Ben Werner
An MH-60S Knight Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. …
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Geek
Drunk Shoppers Blow $48B Annually—Mostly on Amazon
Geek - By Stephanie Mlot
I do most of my shopping from the comfort of my couch: In the digital age, there’s no reason to leave the house for groceries, clothes, home …
The New York Times
World News
Russians Hope Mueller Report Opens Door to Improved U.S. Ties
The New York Times - By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
MOSCOW — There was crowing in Russia on Monday that the special counsel’s investigation did not find coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign in 2016, but optimism about improved relations was
POLITICO
North Korea
U.S. envoy to North Korea arrives in Beijing to discuss 'coordination on policies'
POLITICO - By LAURA ZHOU | SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post. It first appeared on scmp.com on March 25, 2019. The U.S. envoy for North Korea is visiting
Ukraine
Press review: Ukrainian opposition’s visit to Moscow and Kim’s imminent Russia tour
tass.com
Top stories in the Russian press on Monday
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World News
Seoul says some North Korean officials back at liaison office
cbc.ca - The Associated Press ·
South Korea said some North Korean officials returned to an inter-Korean liaison office on Monday, three days after the North abruptly withdrew its …