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Previously unseen footage of the Korean War has been released ahead of the 61st anniversary of the conflict this Saturday. The National Archives of Korea said Wednesday the

There's a guy in Portland, Oregon called Michael Munk who sends me stuff. He'll send it to you too; just sign up. [1] Michael's interests are political and wide-ranging;

In his book "Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison," the French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault graphically describes the brutal public execution of Robert-François Damiens, who

The head of South Korea’s human rights watchdog has revealed in a new interview his strong belief that human rights north of the 38th parallel are as much

Mobile phone use is booming in Pyongyang, with senior Party officials and ordinary people alike using them on the streets of the reclusive North Korean capital these days,

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean relief groups should find their own ways to give food aid to North Korea if the political climate is not favorable

Newspapers and television outlets covered Pyongyang’s bombshell disclosure on June 1 that identified three South Korean officials in what it claimed to be an attempt to “buy” three

Hwang Woo Yea, the Grand National Party floor leader in the National Assembly, used a radio address this morning to throw light on the human rights situation in

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie's frank comments about North Korea on Sunday were "extremely rare" according to a South Korean intelligence official. "We are trying to persuade them