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North Korea Announces 2013 Slogan is “building of an economic giant” as “Space Conquerors”

January 14, 2013 by wpfixit

North Korea Announces 2013 Slogan is “building of an economic giant” as “Space Conquerors” The ruling Korean Workers Party organ, Rodong Sinmun, has an article announcing this year’s new slogan is “Let us bring about a radical turn in the building of an economic giant with the same spirit and mettle as were displayed in […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Human Rights, Journalism, Kim Jong-un, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media

AP Exclusive: U.S. News Agency Sells Reputation to North Korea for Access to Exactly No News

January 2, 2013 by wpfixit

AP Exclusive: U.S. News Agency Sells its Former Good Name to Serve as a Propaganda Arm of the World’s Most Repressive Govt in Exchange for Access Which has Produced Exactly  No News and Undermined the Principles of a Free Press The Associated Press Korea coverage is nothing short of a stain on, and an embarrassment […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Corruption, democratic peoples republic of korea, free speech, Human Rights, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Mafia State, North Korea Media, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un

North Korea Falls for Internet Hoax Kim Jong Un named Time Magazine 'Man of the Year'

December 18, 2012 by wpfixit

North Korea Falls for Internet Hoax that Kim Jong Un named Time Magazine ‘Man of the Year’: Newsweek/Daily Beast commissions story but decides to not publish because while a “good news story” it is not “not very funny”.  By Nate Thayer Here is a short example of the day in the life of a freelance […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Freelance Journalism, Humor, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong-un, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un

North Korean Rocket Launch to Test Capability to Reach U.S. imminent in Coming Days

December 10, 2012 by wpfixit

North Korea plans Testing Nuclear Bomb Delivery System Capable of Reaching Continental United States in Coming Days If there are any illusions that North Korea, arguably the single biggest threat to global stability, continues to march unimpeded forward toward a fully operational  nuclear weapons state to further strengthen what is already the fourth largest standing […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Journalism, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Covert Operations, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korean Missiles

Chinese Official People's Daily Reports as Serious the Onion's Spoof Naming Kim Jong Un 'Sexiest Man Alive'

November 27, 2012 by wpfixit

Chinese Official People’s Daily Reports as Serious the Onion’s Spoof Naming Kim Jong Un ‘Sexiest Man Alive’: Voice of the Chinese Communist Party Joins Legions of Others with No Sense of Humour In an excellent example of enterprising hard spot news reporting, China’s Communist Party newspaper, not known for its keen reporting antenna for detecting […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chinese press, free speech, Humor, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong-un, media, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media, propaganda

The Spy Sub, A Poisoned Diplomat in Russia, and a Naked, Drunk American Preacher in Pyongyang

September 19, 2012 by wpfixit

The North Korean Spy Sub, a Poisoned Diplomat in Vladivostok, and the Naked, Drunk American Preacher  in Pyongyang The 1996 secret mission that caused tremors from Washington to Seoul to Vladivostok By Nate Thayer#north Kore On a lonely stretch of coastal highway on September 18, 1996, South Korean cab driver Lee Jin Gyu noticed a […]

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North Korea Launches Missive Against Foreign media 'Rat-Like Imbeciles'

September 18, 2012 by wpfixit

North Korea Launches Missive Against  Foreign Media ‘Rat-Like Imbeciles’ September 19, 2012 By Nate Thayer North Korea has gone ballistic again and launched a long-range missive targeting the foreign media as “mental patients and rat-like imbeciles”, who they said were acting as the “first-line shock brigade” for foreign governments to “bring about a ‘regime change’” […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, free speech, Journalism, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media

North Korea: The World's Only Mafia Crime State

September 9, 2012 by wpfixit

North Korea: The World’s Only Mafia Crime State How North Korea Funds their Army, Nuclear Weapons Programme. and Small Group of Elite Cadre in Control (Excerpts from an unpublished study of the criminal syndicates run by Kim Jong Il as central State policy) (Copyright Nate Thayer. No republication in full or in part without express […]

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North Korea: A Criminal Syndicate Posing as a Government

September 9, 2012 by wpfixit

North Korea: A Criminal Syndicate Posing as a Government By Nate Thayer (Copyright Nate Thayer. No republication in part or in whole without prior written permission of the author) After a decade of failed Clinton era diplomacy, the United Nations and both the Bush and Obama administrations shifted to a more confrontational policy regarding the […]

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Arrest for Insufficient Mourning at Funeral of Kim Jong Il? Unlikely Media Hype

September 9, 2012 by wpfixit

Arrest for Insufficient Mourning at Funeral of Kim Jong Il? Unlikely Media Hype January 16, 2012 By Nate Thayer The story that North Korea has launched a sweeping campaign arresting and punishing people who didn’t mourn sufficiently at the death of Kim Jung Il has gone viral, published in virtually every major media outlet worldwide. […]

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All of Kim Jong-un's men

September 9, 2012 by wpfixit

All of Kim Jong-eun’s men April 3, 2012 Asia Times By Nate Thayer WASHINGTON – The top managers of North Korea’s clandestine nuclear and ballistic missile program have been methodically promoted and now dominate the inner circle of Kim Jong-eun’s new government, confidential foreign government documents and official media reports from Pyongyang show. The shadowy […]

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North Korea IDs Mystery Woman as Kim Jong-Un’s Wife—But Who Is She, Really?

September 9, 2012 by wpfixit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (2nd L) and his wife (red), who was named by the state broadcaster as Ri Sol-ju (KCNA / Reuters) North Korea IDs Mystery Woman as Kim Jong-Un’s Wife—But Who Is She, Really? Jul 26, 2012 The Daily Beast By Nate Thayer After weeks of speculation, state media has revealed that […]

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