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Kim Jong Un Doesn’t Like this North Korean Amusement Park

North Korea’s newly minted leader wasn’t very impressed with this Pyongyang fun fair.

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North Korea’s New Missiles Are Fakes

Analysts say the weapons paraded around Pyongyang last week are just mockups, and fairly sloppy ones at that.

Denis Sinyakov / Reuters

Reading While Eating for February 27: Surprise, Surprise

Monday’s links are all about the unexpected — from potty-mouthed Oscar winners to oddball Google Street Views.

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North Korean Skyscraper to Open, Only Two Decades Late

North Korea has been toiling over its most luxurious hotel since 1988.

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Reading While Eating for February 6: Super Bowl Monday

Monday’s links shake off the Super Bowl madness with controversial ads and retro nostalgia.

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North Korea to Preserve and Display Kim Jong Il’s Body

Kim Jong Il described himself as an “eternal ruler.” That description seems a bit more literal following the announcement that North Korea will embalm its Dear Leader for posterity.

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Life After Kim Jong Il: An Impersonator Without a Purpose

In this brief clip, we see that a life spent impersonating the Great Leader suddenly looks bleak.

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North Korea Airs Film Celebrating Its ‘Genius Among the Geniuses’

In case there are any doubts, Kim Jong Un is seen climbing inside a tank and riding a strapping gray horse.

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– The age Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s new Supreme Leader, is believed to have turned today. The government has not yet made the day a national holiday, though the birthdays of Kim Jong Un’s father and grandfather are the nation’s most important holidays.

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Fret Not, Internet: Kim Jong Un Has Started Looking at Things

North Korea’s new Supreme Leader is a top contender for the Internet’s favorite meme.