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North Korea Allegedly Executes Finance Chief

» by GI Korea March 21st, 2010 at 4:07 am » Comments (2)

We have heard these claims before that high ranking North Korean government officials have been executed to only see them pop up again shaking Bill Clinton's hand in Pyongyang, so ...more »

North Korea Reportedly Has $4 Billion In European Banks

» by GI Korea March 17th, 2010 at 8:36 pm » Comments (6)

If this is true, the North Korean regime has a lot more hard cash in reserve than I thought: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has US$4 billion hidden in secret ...more »

International Crisis Group Warns of Instability In North Korea

» by GI Korea March 17th, 2010 at 6:41 am » Comments (3)

I just have to wonder how much these think tanks get paid to publish information that anyone reading the ROK Drop would already know?: A host of mini crises from international ...more »

Why Was Robert Park Sexually Tortured By the North Koreans?

» by GI Korea March 17th, 2010 at 2:26 am » Comments (33)

Here is what Kang Chol-hwan had to say about the reported sexual abuse that Robert Park endured during his detainment in North Korea: North Korean security agents specialize in torture techniques ...more »

How North Korea Ripped Off A South Korean Businessman

» by GI Korea March 13th, 2010 at 10:05 pm » Comments (3)

It sucks to get ripped off like this, but I really can't feel sorry for someone who was dumb enough to do business in North Korea in the first place: "I ...more »

North Korean Arms Manufacturing Centered Around Tractor Factory

» by GI Korea March 13th, 2010 at 5:13 pm » Comments (0)

Here is an interesting article in the Chosun Ilbo that discusses how North Korea goes about producing and then exporting illicit weapons: Curbing North Korea's illicit arms trade is difficult since ...more »

Group Releases List of Anti- State North Korean Activists

» by GI Korea March 12th, 2010 at 6:20 am » Comments (4)

I looked around to see this report because I would be very interested on who else the added to it: A conservative group has released a preliminary list of what it ...more »

Picture of the Day: Singing North Korean Soldiers

» by GI Korea March 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="433" caption="Is it just me or does she just look scary?"][/caption] Via Adam Cathcart. more »

Picture of the Day: Evil Yankees

» by GI Korea March 7th, 2010 at 12:42 pm » Comments (5)

Via the Marmot's Hole who has a link to more North Korean propaganda pictures. more »

Further Links Between North Korea & Iran’s Missile Program Uncovered

» by GI Korea March 6th, 2010 at 4:47 pm » Comments (2)

It looks like North Korea's activities helping the Iranian military is continuing to expand: An open-source intelligence publishing group says North Korea may be helping Iran build new rocket-launch facilities. IHS Jane's ...more »

North Korea Announces It Has Detained Four South Koreans

» by GI Korea February 27th, 2010 at 7:40 pm » Comments (1)

What is with these people wanting to get detained by North Korea?: North Korea yesterday said it had “recently detained” four South Koreans for illegally entering the country and that they ...more »

6.9 Magnitude Earthquakes Hits Near North Korea

» by GI Korea February 19th, 2010 at 5:35 am » Comments (0)

Here is something you don't see very often happen in North Korea, a earthquake: A strong underground earthquake registering a magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter scale occurred about 21 km ...more »
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