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PHOTO GALLERY: Military parades of Pyongpang
No one does choreography like North Korean soldiers and dancers. Check out the colours, lines and quite terrifying spectacle of the 65th anniversary of the Workers’ Party celebrations.
Letter from...: North Korea and a cult of the Kims personality
Things in North Korea are a lot better than they have been in the very recent memories of most of its citizens, writes Colin Jacobs after a recent visit to Pyongyang.
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Meeting the silent boy emperor
North Korea welcomed Western journalists to report on last week’s ceremony starring future heir Kim Jong Un, which demonstrated a very clear dynasty succession plan. Journo J.M. was in Pyongyang for the parade.
North Korea’s next leader: Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Il’s son Kim Jong Un has frequently been touted as the next leader of North Korea. In another sign that he is being groomed for the status of “Supreme Leader,” Un has for the first time been named in public and appointed the status of a four-star general.
Hartcher: Spare a thought for the rest of the world
In the midst of our post-election political circus Australians are turning a blind eye to ever worsening crises unfolding internationally - including the “time bomb” of North Korea and mounting tension between Israel and Iran, writes Peter Hartcher.
South Korea bans North Korean tweets
The latest tussle between North and South Korea appears to be taking place on social networking websites. South Korean censors have banned North Korea’s new Twitter account, due to its promotion of “illegal information.” Next up: YouTube?
Crikey Clarifier: Crikey Clarifier: what do South Korea’s war games mean for the region?
The United States and South Korea have just wrapped up a four-day naval exercise in the Sea of Japan in response to the March 27 North Korean torpedo attack on the South Korean warship Cheonan. Crikey asks Craig Snyder from Deakin University to explain.
Amnesty International condemn North Korean healthcare
Amnesty have filed a shocking appraisal of North Korea’s healthcare system, arguing the country is unable to provide necessities such as food, medicine and clean water.
Nixon nearly nuked North Korea
New documents reveal that a nuclear attack on North Korea was planned in 1969 after a US spy plane was shot down, with a bomb 20 times the size dropped over Hiroshima.
World Cup: 
The mystery that is the North Korean team
A look at the football team no one knows about: North Korea. It’s the country’s first showing at a World Cup since 1966 and its forward is nicknamed “The People’s Wayne Rooney”.
Can Twitter convince South Korea that North Korea sank its ship?
South Korea is taking 70 students, bloggers and tweeters to tour the warship hull of the ship that was sunk in March by North Korea, killing 46 people, to help end public scepticism that the North was to blame.
Crikey wrap: Korea on the brink after ship sinking
The Korean peninsular is on war footing after an attack on a South Korean warship blamed on its rogue northern neighbour. Crikey intern Matt de Neef wraps the global condemnation.
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How to overthrow Kim Jong Il
A four-part manifesto by lawyer Joshua Stanton on how and why the West must help fuel an uprising in North Korea. It will be painful, expensive, and long, but if the country’s only hope is to break it down and rebuild from scratch.
Is it time to start freaking out about North Korea?
South Korea has cut off trade ties with North Korea, and Hillary Clinton reckons things are pretty serious. Is it time push the panic button?
North Korea, open for business
It’s not easy doing business in North Korea, since trade sanctions could kill your business at any moment. But low overheads and cheap, hardworking labour make it an interesting spot for foreign investors.
What’s really going on in North Korea?
News that North Korea sunk a South Korean warship could be a sign of some worrying instability within the secretive dictatorship: what if Kim Jong-il didn’t give the order to fire?
What is Kim Jong Il up to in China?
North Korea’s Dear Leader is in China — arriving via a blinged-up train, under a cloud of secrecy — leaving the world asking: just what is he up to? Victor Cha explains.
North Korea: this time, it’s serious
North Korea threatens to attack; must be Tuesday? Not so fast, says Bradley K. Martin: North Korea has a new plan of attack for Seoul, and this time, it’s not bluffing.
How a North Korean ambassador got a root canal from a mobster dentist in New Jersey
The unbelievable-but-apparently-true first-hand account of North Korea’s US ambassador visiting Tony Soprano’s dentist, John “The Greek” Kallis.
Buddhists and Christians battle for North Koreas’ soul
Religion is strictly forbidden in North Korea, but evangelical Protestants like a challenge, and aren’t letting a little dictatorship get in the way of saving the nation’s souls. Buddhists are trying too, but can’t quite match that Protestant work ethic.
Could terrorists actually acquire a nuclear weapon?
It’s the West’s big nightmare: terrorists getting their hands on a nuclear weapon. But could it actually happen? Probably not, explain experts, but if they do, the nuke will probably come from Pakistan or North Korea.
Why we make our jeans in North Korea
Swedish jean maker Noko Jeans made big headlines by deciding to manufacture its denims in North Korea. In an interview with Vice, the designers explain themselves: “We didn’t know shit.”
North Korea: the theatre restaurant
Slate goes inside “Pyongyang”, Kim Jong-il’s North Korea-themed restaurant chain, with outlets throughout Asia (except in North Korea itself), featuring dog meat, karaoke and performing waitresses.
Meet Kim Jong Il’s personal shopper
A former North Korean Army Colonel spills the story of his years travelling the world with suitcases full of cash to buy up guns, airplanes, Ferraris, Belgian chocolate and vintage Bordeaux wine for Kim Jong Il and his sons.
