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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

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

Syria’s Chemical Weapons: The North Korean Connection

August 27, 2013 by wpfixit

Given the current crisis over use of chemical weapons in Syria, here are excerpts from a recent story from NKNews.org on the origins of North Korean Syrian chemical warfare cooperation. (Full story on NKNews.org http://www.nknews.org/2013/06/north-korea-and-syrian-chemical-and-missile-programs/) North Korea and Syrian chemical and missile programs North Korean military experts are training Syria how to play with chemicals BY NATE THAYER , JUNE […]

Filed Under: Chemical Weapons, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea arms trafficking, North Korea Chemical weapons, North Korea sanctions, North Korea Syria, North Korea Syria Chemical Weapons, North Korea Syria Israel, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles, North Korean Nuclear Program, Syria chemical weapons, Syria North Korea Arms Trade Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, middle east, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea, North Korea Covert Operations

The violent consequences of the North Korea-Syria chemical arms trade

August 27, 2013 by wpfixit

A recent story on NKNews.org on the North Korean Origins of the Syrian Chemical Weapons Program has renewed timeliness given the current crisis over chemical weapons use against civilians in Syria (full story at NKNews.orghttp://www.nknews.org/2013/06/the-violent-consequences-of-the-north-korea-syria-arms-trade/ Clandestine cooperation between pariah states has left trail of bodies BY NATE THAYER , JUNE 20, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The blast at […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Chemical Weapons, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, NK News, NKNews.org, North Korea arms trafficking, North Korea Syria, North Korea Syria Chemical Weapons, North Korea Syria Israel, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles Tagged With: Chemical Weapons, democratic peoples republic of korea, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea, 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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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

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 […]

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