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Jim Jones and North Korea: Comrades in Political Mass Murder

November 18, 2017 by wpfixit

Comrades in Mass Murder: The Secret Alliance Between Suicide Cult Leader Jim Jones and North Korea By Nate Thayer November 18, 2017 “There is no Heaven up there, so we are going to have to make Heaven down here”–Jim Jones Today is the 39th anniversary of the worst political mass killing in U.S. history prior […]

Filed Under: Jim Jones North Korea, North Korea, U.S. terrorism Tagged With: Jim Jones North Korea, North Korea, peoples temple, Religious Extremism

North Korea tried to entrap me as a spy: A visitor’s guide to the Worker’s Paradise

July 30, 2017 by wpfixit

Diaries from a misspent youth continued….. When North Korea tried to recruit me as a spy: A visitor’s guide to the Worker’s Paradise Excerpts from Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalist’s memoir from Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge By Nate Thayer July 30, 2017   Recently, I wrote a story on how the Communist Party […]

Filed Under: North Korea, North Korea Spy Tagged With: Journalism, Nate Thayer, North Korea, Spy

North Korea launches global effort to stop Sony movie: Shopkeepers arrested, film banned

January 29, 2015 by wpfixit

Shopkeepers arrested, film banned as North Korea launches a global effort to stop Sony movie at center of cyber attack  Governments feel pressure on Interview This story appeared today in Asia Times online. You can read full story at: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/SEA-01-290115.html By Bertil Lintner in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Nate Thayer in Washington   January 29, 2015 […]

Filed Under: Burma, Cambodia, Cambodia censorship, Media, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea "The Interview", North Korea Sony, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: North Korea "The Interview", North Korea Sony, North Korea Sony cyber attack

American spy chief secret meeting with head of North Korean cyber warfare

January 9, 2015 by wpfixit

Kim Yong Chol: The man behind North Korea’s Cyber warfare. U.S. top spy James Clapper has “extraordinarily unfriendly” secret meeting with North Korean chief cyber warrior shortly before Sony attack By Nate Thayer January 9, 2015 Ten days before the attack on the Sony movie depicting the assassination of Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s head […]

Filed Under: Afghanistan, Alex Tigchelaar, Animal Abuse, Anonymous, AP North Korea, Arthur Torsone, Associated Press, Associated Press North Korea, Blog Nate Thayer, James Clapper, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Yong Chol, Matthew Miller North Korea, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea arms trafficking, North Korea crime, North Korea Internet, North Korea sanctions, North Korea Spy, North Korean covert operations, U.S. North Korea, U.S. North Korea policy Tagged With: James Clapper North Korea, Kim Yong Chol, Nate Thayer, Reconnaissance General Bureau, U.S. North Korea

Is the Associated Press collaborating with North Korea? AP & Pyongyang agree to separate truth from news

November 21, 2014 by wpfixit

Very disturbing questions raised by secret agreement made between the AP and the North Korean Ministry of Propaganda and Agitation Is the Associated Press a willing collaborator with Pyongyang? AP top management refuses to answer that question. Fortunately, the excellent and embarrassed reporters of the AP are more than willing to do their job to bring the unfiltered […]

Filed Under: Associated Press, Matthew Miller North Korea, Nate Thayer, NK News, NKNews.org, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korean Propaganda Tagged With: AP North Korea, AP Propaganda, Associated Press North Korea, Nate Thayer, North Korean propaganda

The Case of the Missing Dictator: North Korea flummoxes journalists; world spy agencies

October 14, 2014 by wpfixit

Why did nobody know where Kim Jong Un was last week? When it comes to spy vs spy, North Korea often wins. By Nate Thayer October 14, 2014 The top world story of the boy dictator missing from public view for 40 days captured world headlines. North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un was dead; he […]

Filed Under: Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korean Government Control Tagged With: CIA North Korea, Kim Jong-un, Nate Thayer, north korea intelligence, North Korea Media

All eyes on U.S. prisoner during Dennis Rodman return visit to N. Korea

September 3, 2013 by wpfixit

By Nate Thayer NKNews.org see full story at: http://www.nknews.org/2013/09/all-eyes-on-u-s-prisoner-during-dennis-rodman-visit-to-n-korea/ Eccentric U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman will arrive in North Korea today for a five day mission where all eyes are on the plight of detained American citizen Kenneth Bae, a prisoner who on Thursday Rodman promised to talk personally to Kim Jong Un to secure his […]

Filed Under: Dennis Rodman, Dennis Rodman North Korea, NK News, NKNews.org, North Korea, North Korea Basketball, North Korea Basketball diplomacy, North Korea Dennis Rodman, U.S. North Korea, U.S. North Korea policy Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Dennis Rodman, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea

Dennis Rodman steals ball from U.S. govt as N Korea cancels U.S. mission to free prisoner on eve of Rodman visit

August 30, 2013 by wpfixit

Dennis Rodman steals ball from U.S. government as N Korea cancels official U.S. mission to free prisoner on eve of Rodman visit State: “It was a done deal. King was going to come back with Kenneth Bae. That was the arrangement” See full story on NKNew.org http://www.nknews.org/2013/08/dennis-rodman-assumes-u-s-envoy-to-north-koreas-rescue-mission/ BY NATE THAYER , AUGUST 31, 2013 Former NBA legend Dennis Rodman […]

Filed Under: Dennis Rodman, Dennis Rodman North Korea, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, North Korea prisoners, U.S. North Korea, U.S. North Korea policy Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Dennis Rodman, Kenneth Bae, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea, North Korea Basketball, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korea U.S. policy

Syrian Chemical Weapons: The odd tale of a lone Israeli spy and North Korea

August 27, 2013 by wpfixit

The odd tale of a lone Israeli spy and North Korea Given the current crisis over use of chemical weapons in Syria, here is a link to a recent story on NKNews.org on clandestine North Korean Syrian chemical warfare cooperation (see full story at NKNews.org http://www.nknews.org/2013/06/the-odd-tale-of-a-lone-israeli-spy-and-north-korea/) Explosion kills Syrian technicians on North Korean train, Israeli agent spotted […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Bloggers, Chemical Weapons, Middle East, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, New Zealand Mossad, NK News, NKNews.org, North Korea, North Korea Chemical weapons, North Korea Syria, North Korea Syria Chemical Weapons, North Korea Syria Israel, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles, Syria chemical weapons, Syria Mossad North Korea assassinations Tagged With: Chemical Weapons, democratic peoples republic of korea, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea Covert Operations

Pyongyang Porn: “Some readers may find the book objectionable” @NKNewsorg

August 23, 2013 by wpfixit

Excerpts from Pyongyang Porn “Some readers may find the book objectionable” BY NATE THAYER , AUGUST 23, 2013 For the full story, go to NKNews.org at http://www.nknews.org/2013/08/pyongyang-porn/ , the news organization that comprehensively provides quality journalism on all North Korea. Below are excerpts……. Artwork by NK News illustrator Cammy Smithwick   Mhari Yi, who moved to Edinburgh to attend Napier University […]

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Global Trail of Dead Scientists Price of Illicit Pyongyang-Syria Weapons Collaboration

June 23, 2013 by wpfixit

Deadly Spy War Erupts When Israel Views the Two Pariah States Have Crossed a ‘Red Line’ BY NATE THAYER WASHINGTON, D.C. – In July 2007, an explosion rocked the al-Safir chemical weapons and ballistic missile research  facility buried in cavernous underground tunnels dug under a mountain near Allepo in Northwestern Syria. Under the command of […]

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One Israeli assassin, a North Korean train explosion, dead Syrian scientists, fake Canadian passports, Dubai and New Zealand arrest warrants, and a poisoned Hamas guerrilla

June 21, 2013 by wpfixit

A mysterious North Korean train explosion, dead Syrian missile scientists, fake Canadian passports, a poisoned Hamas terrorist, and the Israeli assassin: One curious tale in the bloody global spy war behind the Middle East conflict An Israeli agent on a stolen Canadian passport spotted in Pyongyang raises eyebrows after Syrian weapons scientists are killed in a mysterious North Korean train […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Conspiracy Theories, Israel Mossad North orea, Middle East, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, New Zealand Mossad, North Korea, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles, Syria Mossad North Korea assassinations, Terrorism, Zev Barkan Mossad Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, middle east, Mossad assassinations Israel Syria North Korea, Nate Thayer, New Zealand Zev Barkan Mossad passports, North Korea Mossad Ryongchon train explosion, Terrorism, Zev Barkan

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