N. Korean Marshal Ri Ul Sol gets funeral in Pyongyang Marshal Ri Ul Sol, who died late last week at age 94, received a state funeral on Wednesday in Pyongyang, which featured Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un laying the soil with his bare hands.

N. Korean Marshal Ri Ul Sol gets funeral in Pyongyang Marshal Ri Ul Sol, who died late last week at age 94, received a state funeral on Wednesday in Pyongyang, which featured Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un laying the soil with his bare hands.  Visit NK News for more In session: What to look for at N.Korea’s 7th Party Congress in May, By Dr. Andrei Lankov The four years of Kim Jong Un’s rule in North Korea have been full of unexpected turns and surprises. We have seen incidents without parallel in earlier North Korean history (like the high-profile purge and execution of Jang Song Thaek).  Visit NK News for more Sanctioned N.Korean firm worked in Russian apartment​ Pictures obtained by NK News show the former Russian branch of sanctioned DPRK shipping company Ocean Maritime Management (OMM) in a regular apartment in a nondescript building in Vladivostok.  Visit NK News for more The life of a N.Korean 1-percenter, By Kim Yoo-sung - Ask A North Korean Kim Yoo-sung's father-in-law was known as "the Donald Trump" of their province, but what did this mean in practice?  Visit NK News for more 'Western-style' interview with N.Koreans gives predictable answers The Minjok Tongshin, an outlet made up of Korean-American journalists based in the U.S., recently released a video in which North Koreans insist that they are satisfied with their lives and proud of the leadership.  Visit NK News for more

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