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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

Matthew Miller’s excellent adventure in North Korea

November 14, 2014 by wpfixit

Exclusive interview with U.S. detainee reveals hurdles to getting arrested in North Korea By Nate Thayer November 14, 2014 For full story, please go to the excellent North Korea News website linked below http://www.nknews.org/2014/11/matthew-millers-excellent-adventure-in-north-korea/ It’s a story that begins with North Korea trying to refuse to imprison him, and ends with him going home on […]

Filed Under: Matthew Miller North Korea, Nate Thayer, North Korea prisoners, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: Matthew Miller, Matthew Miller North Korea prisoner, Nate Thayer, North Korea

Comrades in Mass Murder: Untold History of Jim Jones’s Suicide Cult & North Korea

June 17, 2014 by wpfixit

Comrades in Mass Murder: The Secret Alliance Between Suicide Religious Cult Leader Jim Jones and North Korea  By Nate Thayer June 17, 2014 During the final months prior to the November 1978 mass murder of 903 people in the jungles at the People’s Temple at Jonestown, Guyana, the Utopian socialist experiment run by political/religious cult leader Jim Jones, Jones conducted  […]

Filed Under: Jim Jones North Korea, Kim Il Sung, Nate Thayer, U.S. North Korea, U.S. religious zealots Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Jim Jones North Korea, Kim Il Sung, Nate Thayer, North Korea, Religious Extremism

White Power and Apocalyptic Cults: Pro North Korean Americans Revealed

February 8, 2014 by wpfixit

American homegrown terrorist groups are the chosen favorites of Pyongyang By Nate Thayer In case anyone was confused about the fundamental political system in North Korea, one only has to look at who their political allies are abroad. It is a political system based on blind nationalism, racial purity, militarism, and intolerance. Their closest allies […]

Filed Under: Kim Jong Il, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea racism, North Korean Propaganda, Religious Extremism, U.S. Extremists, U.S. North Korea, U.S. North Korea supporters Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Kim Jong Il, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea, North Korea racism, Religious Extremism, Rural People's Party

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

White Power and Apocalyptic Cults: Pro-DPRK homegrown U.S. terrorist groups are Pyongyang chosen favorites

May 6, 2013 by wpfixit

Pro-DPRK Americans Revealed American homegrown terrorist groups are the chosen favorites of Pyongyang by Nate Thayer , May 6, 2013 NK News Investigative Correspondent (This story appeared in NKNews.org. Please check out the excellent NK News Pro news service  launched in May, 2013 providing in depth, quality, comprehensive coverage for those serious about understanding North Korea at […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Bloggers, Conspiracy Theories, John Paul Cupp, Joshua Sutter, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Propaganda, North Korean racism, Pol Pot, Propoganda, Religious Extremism, Rural Peoples Party, Terrorism, U.S. domestic terrorism, U.S. Extremists, U.S. North Korea, U.S. North Korea supporters, U.S. politics, U.S. Songun Politics Study group, White Supremacist supporters of North Korea Tagged With: Internet Journalism, James Porrazzo North Korea, John Paul Cupp, Joshua Sutter, Kim Jong Il, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea, North Korea Covert Operations, North Korea Media, North Korean propaganda, Religious Extremism, Rural people's Party North Korea, Terrorism

Oops….Sorry About that Austin, Texas

March 31, 2013 by wpfixit

Oops….Sorry About that Austin, Texas: An Otherwise Excellent Example of Great Journalism was Also a Tad Off The Korean Central News Agency Friday sent out one of the thousands of meticulously staged propaganda photographs they do each year, this one with a caption which included the description of an “urgent operation meeting on the Korean […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Bloggers, Freelance Journalism, Freelance Journalist, Humor, Internet Freedom, Internet Journalism, Internet media ethics, Journalism, Journalistic Ethics, Media, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, NKNews.org, North Korea, North Korea Internet, North Korea Media, North Korean Nuclear Program, North Korean Propaganda, Social Media, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Freelance Journalism, Humor, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, NKNews.org, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korea nuclear, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korea U.S., North Korean propaganda

25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip and history of U.S.-North Korean basketball diplomacy

March 5, 2013 by wpfixit

25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip comes after decades of basketball diplomacy between U.S. and North Korea as a central tool in nuclear bomb negotiations by Nate Thayer , March 4, 2013 Published in NK News http://www.nknews.org/2013/03/slam-dunk-diplomacy/  NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman’s circus troupe delegation to North Korea was greeted by ridicule by most of […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Freelance Journalist, Human Rights, Humor, Journalism, Kim Jong Chol, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Media, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Basketball, North Korea Basketball diplomacy, North Korea Dennis Rodman, North Korean Propaganda, Propoganda, U.S. Asian Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Humor, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Kim Jong Chol, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Michael Ri North Korea, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Basketball, North Korea Basketball Diplomacy, North Korea Media, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korean propaganda

For Pyongyang, Global Digital Revolution for Foreign Eyes Only:You Tube Bans North Korean Video

February 21, 2013 by wpfixit

For Pyongyang, Global Digital Revolution for Foreign Eyes Only: You Tube Bans North Korean Video for Stealing Copyrighted U.S. Video Game Soundtrack: Pyongyang Dips its Toes Awkwardly Into the Global Information Age by Sending Propaganda Out and Forbidding Information In. YouTube has removed another North Korean government video from the state run Uriminzokkiri You Tube […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Corruption, Google North Korea, Internet Journalism, Internet media ethics, Journalism, Media, North Korea, North Korea crime, North Korea Internet, North Korea Mafia State, North Korea Media, North Korean Government Control, North Korean Propaganda, Propoganda, Social Media, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Internet Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Covert Operations, North Korea crime, North Korea Mafia State, North Korea Plagiarism, North Korean propaganda

Has Kim Jong Un Had Plastic Surgery? China Says: No Comment: Pyongyang erupts following reports circulating in Chinese media

January 24, 2013 by wpfixit

Has Kim Jong Un Had Plastic Surgery? China Says: No Comment Pyongyang erupts following reports circulating in Chinese media by Nate Thayer , January 24, 2013 http://www.nknews.org/2013/01/china-issues-censorship-order-on-official-north-korea-reporting/ NKNews.org In the wake of North Korean state media Thursday issuing vitriolic objections of the “sordid hackwork of rubbish media” who alleged their young dictator underwent plastic surgery to look […]

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