Get ready for “Onwards Toward the Final Victory,” the new chart-topping ode to North Korea’s new leader.
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Wednesday Words: Socialist Fruit, Forbidden Milkshakes and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).
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.
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.
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.
North Korean Skyscraper to Open, Only Two Decades Late
North Korea has been toiling over its most luxurious hotel since 1988.
Reading While Eating for February 6: Super Bowl Monday
Monday’s links shake off the Super Bowl madness with controversial ads and retro nostalgia.
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.
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.
North Korea Airs Film Celebrating Its ‘Genius Among the Geniuses’
Not content with claims that bears have been crying woefully and magpies are hovering mournfully, North Korean propagandists continue to outdo themselves in building a cult of personality around new leader Kim Jong Un, the son …
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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.
