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[Link] Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5+ Years in Prison for North Korea Trip
Read: 13/4/2022 www.coindesk.com
Cheyenne Ligon is a CoinDesk news reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She has no significant crypto holdings.
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[Link] North Korea Is Pissed After Pakistani Police Raided Its Embassy Over Bootlegging Suspicions
Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com
Pakistan has apologized to North Korea for raiding the North Korean Embassy in a bizarre diplomatic row involving rogue cops and allegedly illicit booze. The embassy on Tuesday accused Islamabad police of breaking into its premises and threatened intervening diplomatic staff with guns.
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[Link] 'There have been rumours': Why the next two years could decide the fate of Kim Jong Un
Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The North Korean side of the border is unkempt, as the maintenance crews won't risk coming into close contact with the south. South Korea is now averaging about 4,000 cases a day. More worrying is the acute spike in serious cases.
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[Link] North Korea, Too, Has Something to Say About ‘Squid Game’
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
Seemingly everyone wants to talk about the South Korean TV series Squid Game, so much so that an unlikely voice has weighed in: that of North Korea.
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[Link] North Korea’s Passport Is Apparently More Powerful Than These Countries
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
The world’s top passport ranking authority released a list that shows how COVID-19 regulations have made travel even more difficult, particularly if you’re from South Asia.
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[Link] Young North Koreans told to shun slang and ‘cultural penetration’ from South
Read: 20/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
Young North Koreans have been warned to adhere to the country’s standard language and follow “traditional lifestyles” as part of the regime’s campaign to stamp out cultural influences from neighbouring South Korea.
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