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North Korea’s Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake Starbucks

Videos taken by visitors to the isolated country provide a rare glimpse of how it’s mimicking the consumerism of the outside ...

North Korea's tallest building is an abandoned hotel that has never hosted a single guest. Take a look at the 'Hotel of Doom.'

At 1,080 feet, North Korea's Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world.
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North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn’t open ...

This week, a splashy resort opened in the city of Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern seacoast. The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area stretches across the 2.5-mile beach of the Kalma Peninsula.

Venomous ‘snake liquor' sold at market is first record of species in North Korea

Researchers bought four bottled snakes and used these to provide the "first detailed descriptions" of the country's pit ...

North Korea has a secret ICBM base near China: U.S. think tank

North Korea has a secret military base near the Chinese border to hold ICBMs that pose a "potential nuclear threat" to the ...
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Morning Brief: US Amphibious Task Force Nears Venezuela, North Korea Operates Secret Long-Range Missile Base Near China Border

US task force nears Venezuela, Israel eyes Gaza City assault, and more. It’s Friday, August 22, 2025. This is your SOFREP ...

North Korea is where this 95-year-old wants to die. South Korea won’t let him go

Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his communist beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak ...

95-year-old former North Korean soldier in South campaigns to be sent to the North

The soldier expressed a desire to go to North Korea in July, a decision that was influenced by his fragile health and concern that his time is running out.