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1,000-year-old life-sized Buddha statue discovered in North Korea stuns archaeologists
The Buddha statue unearthed recently in North Korea was sculpted during the Golden Age of Buddhism, which emerged out of an ...
Kim Shin Jo: The bizarre life of a failed North Korean assassin who became a pastor in the South
Kim Shin-jo, a former North Korean commando who later became a pastor in South Korea, has died at the age of 82. He was known ...
North Korean commando involved in plot to kill South Korean president dies at 82
Kim Shin-jo, who later reinvented himself as a Christian pastor, took part in the failed 1968 attempt to assassinate Park ...
I've been to North Korea 30 times and it's a completely normal country - but there's a strict rule all tourists must follow to avoid getting in trouble
Zoe Stephens, 31, from Liverpool, was one of the first foreign nationals to be allowed back into the dictatorship since it ...
North Korea’s sacred Mount Paektu designated as UNESCO Global Geopark
High atop the Korean Peninsula, past military checkpoints and bumpy dirt roads in one of the world’s most secretive countries, rises a volcano and deep crater lake steeped in symbolism. Mount Paektu, ...
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Kim Shin Jo: The bizarre life of a failed North Korean assassin who became a pastor in the South
He was pardoned and later became a pastor in South Korea, while his parents were executed by the North Korean regime. In 1968, Kim was part of a 31-member North Korean commando unit that attempted ...
‘Uncertain times’: Australians rethink travel to Trump’s America
The number of Australians and others travelling to America has dropped steeply amid growing horror stories of people being ...
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Insight into the 'other' Korea
Curious about North Korea and its people, she watched YouTube videos to see what she could learn about everyday life in North Korea. “But the only videos available were of the lives of the wealthy ...