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Hordes of U.S. Republican Party Apparatchik Topple Mongolian Descendants of Genghis Khan

July 3, 2016 by wpfixit

How Hordes of U.S. Republican Party Apparatchiks Toppled the Mongolian Descendants of Genghis Khan Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with the Mongolian Voter” was the largest, most widely printed and distributed document in Mongolian History, and crucial to overthrowing the second longest ruling communist government without shedding a drop of blood. If one walks into Newt Gingrich’s […]

Filed Under: Mongolia, newt gingrich Tagged With: contract with Mongolia, Mongolia, Newt Gingrich, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un

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

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 […]

Filed Under: Israel Mossad North orea, Middle East, North Korea, North Korea arms trafficking, North Korea Spy, North Korea Syria, North Korea Syria Israel, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles, North Korean Nuclear Program, Syria Mossad North Korea assassinations Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Nate Thayer, North Korea Covert Operations, North Korea Israel, North Korea Middle East, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korea Spies, Smuggling

North Korea’s Hall of Mirrors: Fake Global Network of Shell Companies Key to Illicit Arms Exports

May 31, 2013 by wpfixit

North Korea’s Global Hall of Mirrors: Shadowy front companies crucial to banned Pyongyang arms exports Investigation reveals complex web of false shell corporations spanning the world enabling DPRK arms exports By Nate Thayer NK News May 30, 2013 (See entire story at NK News http://www.nknews.org/2013/05/the-front-companies-facilitating-north-korean-arms-exports/ ) Four years after an aircraft was seized in Bangkok with a cargo […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Middle East, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, NK News, North Korea, North Korea crime, North Korea economy, North Korea sanctions, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles, organized crime, Smuggling Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Nate Thayer, NK News, North Korea, North Korea Covert Operations, North Korea crime, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, organized crime

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

Frequent Flyer’s Guide to North Korean Air: a Review of World’s Only One Star Airline

January 26, 2013 by wpfixit

Frequent Flyer’s Guide to North Korean Air: a Review of World’s Only One Star Airline By Nate Thayer Air Koryo, North Korea’s official airline, is rated the world’s only one star air carrier. But it is improving. In August, Pyongyang’s promise of being global technological leaders achieved a key milestone, when the national airline announced […]

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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 […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, China, China Press Freedom, Chinse media censorship, Free People, Free Speach, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, Internet Freedom, Internet Journalism, Internet media ethics, Journalism, Journalistic Ethics, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-un, Media, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korea sanctions, North Korean Missiles, North Korean Nuclear Program, North Korean Propaganda, Propoganda, Social Media, U.S. China Policy, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: Chinese media censorship, Chinese press censorship North Korea, democratic peoples republic of korea, free speech, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korean propaganda

North Korea Erupts at “sordid hackwork by rubbish media”: Vows a “dear price the human scum and media”will “have to pay”

January 24, 2013 by wpfixit

North Korea Erupts at “sordid hackwork by rubbish media”: Vows a “dear price the human scum and media”will “have to pay” By Nate Thayer North Korea has erupted after months of silence over repeated news reports that Kim Jong-Un had plastic surgery to look like his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, with official media denouncing  “sordid” […]

Filed Under: Free Speech, Journalism, Journalistic Ethics, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Media, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korean Propaganda, Propoganda Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Journalism, Khmer Rouge and North korea, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korean media, North Korean propaganda

Teenage Daughter of Google Chief Spills The True Story on North Korea Visit: Puts to Shame Free Press, Dad, and U.S. Government

January 20, 2013 by wpfixit

Teenage Daughter of Google Chief Spills The True Story on North Korea Visit: Puts to Shame Free Press, Dad, and U.S. Government By Nate Thayer Google chief executive Eric Schmidt may now regret inviting his 19 year old teenage daughter, Sophie Schmidt, along on his world headline grabbing, secretive trip to North Korea last week. […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Free People, Free Speach, Freedom of speech, Freelance Journalism, Google North Korea, Internet Journalism, Internet media ethics, Journalism, Journalistic Ethics, Media, Nate Thayer, North Korean Capitalism, North Korean Propaganda, Social Media, Sophie Schmidt, U.S. Asian Policy, U.S. North Korea Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, free speech, Google, Human Rights, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Kim Jong-un, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea, North Korea Media, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, Sophie Schmidt Google, U.S. Politics

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 […]

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