In preparation for mothers day, North Korea presents army with new "lady tiger" multiple-launch rocket systems
With another family reported to have voluntarily "re-defected" to North Korea, questions are now being asked as to what is motivating people to return after investing so much in originally leaving.
A Romney win could prove interesting if paired with a progressive president in South Korea.
Meanwhile, regime's Leadership Chess keeps moving players in and out of check.
North Korea goes into high alert
With claims that 31 senior political figures have been purged since Kim Jong Un took power, Luke Herman analyzes what may or may not have happened to the individuals that disappeared.
Just a week after Kim Jong Uns wife disappeared from public view, has North Korea's Minister of Public Security Ri Myong Su also gone missing?
North Korea warns residents to evacuate – not for the first time, however
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