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North Korea fires on S. Korean loudspeakers
North Korea fired on South Korea’s recently installed propaganda speakers on Thursday at 4 p.m. using counter battery artillery, according to local media. The attack was directed towards the Yoncheon 28th Division, but the loudspeakers were reportedly undamaged. People living in Hwangsan-li and Sanmgot-li, Yoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do have been evacuated from the area. South Korea reportedly fired back with dozens of 155mm shells, though there was no further response from the DPRK.
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Inside North Korea's cell network: ex-Koryolink technical director reveals all, By Chad O'Carroll
North Korea’s Koryolink cellphone network includes a “third” network for use by high officials, a surveillance system based on technology found outside the North, and sees surprisingly active internet usage patterns.All this and more was revealed through an exclusive interview conducted by NK News with Ahmed El-Noamany, a former senior technical director of the network.
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The bustling North Korean consumer goods market, By Dr. Andrei Lankov
North Korea remains very poor by the standards of the developed West, and for that matter, by the standards of all its neighbors. Malnourishment is still a problem for many North Koreans. Nonetheless, it is clear that within recent years, a large and growing part of the population can afford items that were completely unavailable 15 years ago and were not seen as necessities. Some North Koreans still worry about survival, but many can now afford to think about a comfortable life. TVs and fridges are commonplace, and many people can afford to eat meat on a regulat basis.
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S.Korea sends letter to UN over landmine
The South Korean government submitted a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday (EST) via its UN-based ambassador in New York criticizing the explosion of a landmine at the DMZ on August 4, which they blame on North Korea.The intent of the letter, South Korea said, is to prevent further provocations by the North. One expert, speaking on condition of anonymity, said “there will be a political argument behind closed doors as to whether or not (the Security Council) should consider the ROK letter.”
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S. Korean president ‘should be buried … as soon as possible’ – N. Korea
South Korean President Park Geun-hye “should be buried in (a) cemetery as soon as possible,” a spokesperson for Pyongyang’s Joint National Organization of Working People has said. “What she should do for the nation is to leave Cheongwadae, the doghouse of the U.S., shut her unshapely mouth and get her crime-ridden body buried in the ceremony at an early date,” the statement said. One observer said that hopes the 70th anniversary of Korean liberation might have otherwise fostered warmer relations between Pyongyang and Seoul had been misplaced.
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A boat to nowhere: Trip to N. Korean border stopped by police
Late last week Wesuck Kang, a controversial South Korean conscientious objector and pacifist, announced his plan to row all the way to North Korea on the 70th anniversary of Korean Peninsula’s liberation from Japan. Prior to the trip he had received an indication from authorities that his trip would not be considered a violation of the National Security Law and would be allowed to proceed. But his plan to reach North Korea on his boat was brought to an abrupt halt by South Korean authorities just 460 meters from the North.
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S. Korean president to attend China's celebrations of victory (Asahi Shimbun)
South Korean President Park Geun-hye will travel to China next month to attend a ceremony marking the anniversary of victory over Japan in World War II, her office said Aug. 20.
Pyongyang says abductions probe report is ready but Tokyo refused to receive it (Japan Times)
A North Korean foreign ministry official has told a Japanese private-sector mission the investigation into the fate of Japanese nationals who emigrated there or were taken by force has been concluded.
N. Koreans on visas to China drops (The Daily NK)
Data on the number of foreigners who went to China in the first half of this year indicate roughly 89,700 North Koreans crossed into the country.
Pyongyang comes alive with the sound of foreign rock music (The Guardian)
With a 45-minute set that included covers from the Sound of Music, the avant garde Slovenian group Laibach on became the first foreign rock band to play a gig in North Korea.
North purge may be tied to memoir (JoongAng Ilbo)
Won Tong-yon, a senior North Korean official with years of experience in inter-Korean relations, has disappeared from public view since last December.
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