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NEW: North Korea Calendar 2016 -- $10 off now! Limited opportunity: Pre-order our new North Korea wall calendar and save $10 today! Click here to find out more Separated families from S. Korea arrive at Mount Kumgang Separated families who left Sokcho, Gangwon Province today have arrived at Mount Kumgang Hotel in North Korea for the meetings between separated families.  Visit NK News for more N. Korean membership of Intl' Astronautical Federation 'revoked' North Korean membership of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), a Paris-based space advocacy organization, was "revoked" on Friday, a source familiar with decision-making at the body told NK News.  Visit NK News for more Why North Korean defectors are a minor issue for Beijing - Expert Survey In part 11 of a new NK News expert interview series, Chinese experts conclude that refugees are not an issue worth raising cross-border tensions over. Visit NK News for more   N.Korean defectors rally in support of state-sponsored textbook Defectors from North Korea organized a press conference in support of a government-designated history textbook in front of the headquarters of the main opposition party on Tuesday morning. Visit NK News for more North Korea and Russia looking to build new bridge North Korea and Russia are looking to construct a new pontoon bridge for vehicles on the Tumen river between the two countries, according to a press release from the Russian Ministry of Far East Development. Visit NK News for more Overthinking North Korea's Juche doctrine, By Gianluca Spezza Gianluca Spezza reviews B. R. Meyers' latest book, North Korea's Juche Myth, which argues that what the DPRK has boasted for decades to international audiences as its unique guiding ideology of self-reliance is actually a sham doctrine. Visit NK News for more

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Korea Hana Foundation expands defector mentoring program (The Daily NK)
Korea Hana Foundation is looking to recruit university student volunteers to take part in an education program for North Korean teenage defectors in the South.

DPRK preparing for nuke test, but not immediate: Seoul (Xinhua)
Preparations by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for another nuclear test has been under way, but there are no signs of an immediate test, South Korea's spy agency said.

Congress to discuss North Korea and denuclearization issues (UPI)
Congress is to hold hearings on North Korea and related issues Oct. 20-22, less than a week after the United States and South Korea signed a joint statement on North Korea at the White House.

Hwang was scared in South, says aide (JoongAng Ilbo)
Hwang Jang-yop, the architect of North Korea’s Juche ideology who defected to the South in 1997, considered seeking asylum from the U.S. government because he feared for his life. 

N. Korea vows counteraction over resolution on human rights (The Korea Herald)
North Korea pledged Sunday to take "the toughest counteraction" against a proposed U.N. resolution targeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the North's dismal human rights record.