“The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time while mercilessly trampling down its land with 5,000 year-long history and culture,” said North Korean state news on Friday, announcing the country’s new “Pyongyang time” zone.
Congratulations to Kim Jong-un, this year’s recipient of the Sukarno Center’s “Global Statesman” award. Past recipients include Mahatma Gandhi, Aung San Suu Kyi (a political dissident turned Myanmar’s opposition leader), and Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea.
Business Insider Invites You to Visit North Korea's Glorious New Airport
While many Americans were busy celebrating this beautiful nation over the long weekend, Business Insider proclaimed the glory of a breathtaking new airport inside the invincible and triumphant Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, bringing much honor to the Dear Leader and his people. True, the majority of those…
North Koreans Enjoy Nice Day Out, Vow to Reduce U.S. to Ashes
Fellow worker: I wish you a very joyous “Struggle Against American Imperialism” month. Raise high your fists against the hostile animalistic imperialist!
North Korea's New Miracle Drug Cures HIV and Ebola, Says North Korea
North Korea, famed for its unicorns and its non-Photoshopped, totally real missiles, has done it again. The DPRK’s extremely reliable state-run media agency reports that homegrown scientists have found the cure for HIV, various cancers, heart disease, impotence, bad skin, Ebola ... everything, really. Turns out the…
North Korea Successfully Launches Shitty Photoshop of Submarine Missile
A little over a week ago, North Korea claimed to have successfully launched a ballistic missile from an undersea submarine. Such a launch would have been a major step forward for the hermit country, if it had actually happened. But according to German aerospace experts, the photos supposedly proving North Korea’s…
Report: North Korean Defense Minister Executed for Sleeping in Meeting
According to South Korea’s chief spy agency, the head of North Korea’s military was publicly executed by anti-aircraft gun late last month for disobeying Kim Jong Un and falling asleep during a meeting, the BBC reports.
North Korea Says It Has Arrested a South Korean NYU Student
North Korea announced on Saturday that it had arrested a South Korean student for allegedly attempting to illegally enter the country, the Wall Street Journal reports. The prisoner, according to state media, is Joo Won-moon—a 21-year-old permanent resident of the United States and New York University student.
Kim Jong-un Abruptly Cancels First Official Trip Abroad
Kim Jong-un has withdrawn from reported plans to attend a World War II anniversary celebration in Moscow, according to a Kremlin rep. The trip would’ve marked the North Korean leader’s first official trip outside of his country since he assumed power in 2011.
North Korean Defector to Airdrop The Interview into North Korea
A North Korean defector now working as an activist in South Korea told the Associated Press that he plans to drop 100,000 copies of The Interview into North Korea by balloon.
In a Cyber-Bunker, a Terrified New York Times Editorial Board
The opinion department of the New York Times is very frightened by recent techno-geopolitical developments, and it wants you to be frightened too. The (alleged) North Korean aggression against Sony Pictures, an editorial explains today, is a wake-up call to a slumbering and inadequately technology-defended nation:
North Korea Calls Obama "a Monkey," Blames U.S. for Breaking Internet
North Korea issued a blistering (and surprisingly folksy) condemnation of the United States following the nationwide release of The Interview this week, accusing Obama of going "reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest" and America of being shameless "like children playing a tag."
Sony Is Putting The Interview on YouTube Today
Have you ever rented a movie on YouTube? Of course not—but if you feel like watching the controversial (and by all indications, very mediocre) assassination comedy The Interview, you might have to give Google your credit card. (UPDATED)
North Korea's Internet Completely Blacked Out After Alleged Cyberattack
Just days after Barack Obama vowed to hit North Korea with a "proportional response" to their (alleged) involvement in hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment, the DPRK's fragile connection to the internet has "collapsed" and gone "completely dark," the New York Times reports.
Kim Jong-un Video Game Bravely Moves Forward in Face of Free Publicity
The developer of Glorious Leader!, a retro video game starring North Korean despot Kim Jong-un as a heavily armed, unicorn-riding superhero, is stoically moving forward with his game in spite of the explosion of unpaid publicity it's gained from the Sony Pictures hack.
Obama: Sony Hack Not an Act of War
President Obama has said that he does not consider the Sony hacks to be an act of war by North Korea—which the president's administration has blamed for the attack—but rather vandalism, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Mike Myers Resurrects Dr. Evil, Addresses North Korea on S.N.L.
For last night's Saturday Night Live cold open, alumnus Mike Myers reprised his classic Austin Powers character "Dr. Evil" to address Kim Jong-un, North Korea, and the Sony hack. "Look, I know Kim Jong-un," Dr. Evil claims. "We went on a Viking river cruise together."
North Korea Denies Involvement in Sony Hacks, Threatens U.S.
North Korea has said that it would like to work together with the United States to prove that it had nothing to do with the Sony hacks while also threatening the United States if it refuses to cooperate with this very sincere and real invitation.
FBI Officially Accuses North Korea of Sony Hack
The FBI has concluded that North Korea is to blame for the devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures. "North Korea's actions were intended to inflict significant harm on a U.S. business and suppress the right of American citizens to express themselves," the agency said in a statement released today. "Such acts…
