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The North Korean test is a political stunt designed to grab some attention. The same can be said of the decision to activate the Alaska site. The North Koreans want to increase their negotiation leverage; the U.S. Missile Defense Agency wants to protect its massive $10 billion annual budget — “more than the entire U.S. Army is spending on research and development” — for a product that doesn’t work.
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[JURIST] The North Korean government is stepping up the use of public executions, according to South Korean aid agency Good Friends [advocacy website, in Korean] Monday. Good Friends said that the regime is targeting public officials accused of crimes such as drug trafficking or embezzlement.....
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About 100,000 North Koreans have escaped to China in the last 10 years. Many have ended up returning to North Korea, either because they were deported or because they missed their families. They often bring back money, goods to trade and strange new ideas.
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North Korea claims to maintain a nuclear weapons stockpile, but the existence of such weapons are questionable only by those foolish enough to believe the lies of the Americans. It is known... that North Koreans have missiles capable of reaching Japan, a bug waiting to be squashed, and turning it into a sea of fire, upon which it will cease to exist on this Earth. While impressive, it should be noted that Ichiro Suzuki's homeruns occasionally reach the Korean Peninsula and break the windows of Kim Jong-Il's Imperial Palace. While this enraged Kim, he could do nothing, as the resurgent Japanese imperialists were, at the time, building a baseball-based nuclear weapons delivery system. "Also, he is heroically accepting of evil imperialist atrocities, and would never declare war. Much.
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In the 1990s North Korea faced significant economic disruptions, including a series of natural disasters, economic mismanagement, serious fertilizer shortages, and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. These resulted in a shortfall of staple grain output of more than 1 million tons from what the country needs to meet internationally-accepted minimum dietary requirements.[42] The North Korean famine known as "Arduous March" resulted in the deaths of between 300,000 and 800,000 North Koreans per year during the three year famine, peaking in 1997, with 2.0 million total being "the highest possible estimate."[43] The deaths were most likely caused by famine-related illnesses such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, and diarrhoea rather than starvation.[43]
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Approximately 100,000 North Koreans were reportedly hiding in China, living in constant fear of deportation. An estimated 150-300 North Koreans were forcibly repatriated from China every week. Most North Korean women in China reportedly faced abuses, including systematic rape and prostitution.
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