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“Bend It” shown [edited] on DPRK TV
According to the New York Times: But on Sunday, The Associated Press reported, North Korean television audiences were given a rare break from this routine when the British comedy “Bend It Like Beckham”...
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DPRK-UK diplomatic numbers
According to TheyWorkforYou.com: January 11, 2011 Lord Moonie (Labour) To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many North Korean diplomats are stationed in London and how many British diplomats are in...
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Strange UK-DPRK fraud case
I still have not had time to pay much attention to this story, but here is the coverage by the major British media outlets: The Economist: SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON, a Swedish football manager of some...
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Remains of British pilot killed in Korean war handed over at Panmunjom
By Michael Rank The remains of a British pilot who was killed in the Korean war have been handed over to British officials at Panmunjom, after being buried for several years near Pyongyang. The North...
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Koryo Tours update
2012 DPRK tour dates: Koryo has posted travel dates for 2012, including a tour for Kim Il-sung’s 100th birthday. Check the dates and itineraries here. 2011 Ultimate Frisbee tourney: Pyongyang will be...
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UK to boots English education in the DPRK
According to KBS: The British government is planning to expand its English education program in North Korea as the U.K. considers it having positive effects on bilateral relations. Voice of America...
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North Koreans working in Mongolia
Pictured Above (Google Earth): Eermel Factory in Ulan Bator Simon Ostrovsky, who produced this BBC piece on North Korean loggers in eastern Siberia, has produced a piece on North Korean workers in the...
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DPRK 2011 food shortage debate compendium
UPDATE (2012-2-1): Karin Lee of the National Committee on North Korea wrote a great summary of the DPRK’s food situation in 2011: In December 2010, North Korea began asking multiple countries for food...
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UK energy company pulls out of North Korea
By Michael Rank Independent British energy company Aminex PLC has withdrawn from North Korea, citing ‘”the volatile and unpredictable politics of the area”, just two years after signing a deal covering...
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A British diplomat’s observations of daily life in the DPRK
Ambassador John Everard has just released a new book on the DPRK, Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea. Click image to order at Amazon.com! Listen to a presentation on the book at...
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UK government gives US$660,000 to DPRK in 2013
According to the Daily NK: The British government donated $660,000 USD in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to North Korea last year, according to a Voice of America (VOA) report released on July...
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UK publishes an updated list of sanctioned DPRK individuals/entities
You can see the list here (PDF). I have added this to my DPRK economic statistics page. There is no similar list (as best I can tell) published by the US government (Please correct me if I am wrong)....
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UK freezes KNIC assets
According to The Guardian: The UK has frozen the assets of a North Korean company based in south-east London after claims it funnelled cash to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The Korea National...
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Remains of British pilot killed in Korean war handed over at Panmunjom
By Michael Rank The remains of a British pilot who was killed in the Korean war have been handed over to British officials at Panmunjom, after being buried for several years near Pyongyang. The North...
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Koryo Tours update
2012 DPRK tour dates: Koryo has posted travel dates for 2012, including a tour for Kim Il-sung’s 100th birthday. Check the dates and itineraries here. 2011 Ultimate Frisbee tourney: Pyongyang will be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UK to boots English education in the DPRK
According to KBS: The British government is planning to expand its English education program in North Korea as the U.K. considers it having positive effects on bilateral relations. Voice of America...
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North Koreans working in Mongolia
Pictured Above (Google Earth): Eermel Factory in Ulan Bator Simon Ostrovsky, who produced this BBC piece on North Korean loggers in eastern Siberia, has produced a piece on North Korean workers in the...
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DPRK 2011 food shortage debate compendium
UPDATE (2012-2-1): Karin Lee of the National Committee on North Korea wrote a great summary of the DPRK’s food situation in 2011: In December 2010, North Korea began asking multiple countries for food...
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UK energy company pulls out of North Korea
By Michael Rank Independent British energy company Aminex PLC has withdrawn from North Korea, citing ‘”the volatile and unpredictable politics of the area”, just two years after signing a deal covering...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A British diplomat’s observations of daily life in the DPRK
Ambassador John Everard has just released a new book on the DPRK, Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea. Click image to order at Amazon.com! Listen to a presentation on the book at...
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