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North Korea: miscarriages, executions and starvation
Ahead of a detailed UN report on human rights in North Korea. Amnesty International releases a video of former prisoners and guards describing the extreme suffering in Kim Jong-un’s gulags.
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North Korea's unusual admission of instability
Kim Jong-un’s execution of a family member supports claims that factionalism and rivalries are festering at the very top of North Korea’s regime.
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North Korea’s second-in-command executed for treason
The purge and death of Jang Song-thaek, uncle of North leader Kim Jong-un, shows a surprising and public power struggle in North Korea.
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North Korea Uncovered: inside the gulags
Far from the brutalist posturing of Pyongyang, the machinery that really maintains Kim Jong-uns control of North Korea is the brutality of the gulags.
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North Korea’s ‘sports mad’ dictator
North Korea releases video of Kim Jong-un watching sports with his wife. Earlier this week Channel 4 News reported on the country’s huge investments in sporting facilities, including a new ski resort.
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Welcome to North Korea’s first ski resort
Exclusive: the Masik Pass ski resort in North Korea is a national priority for Kim Jong-un. But will it be ready on time? Watch this exclusive film from Swiss journalist Marc Wolfensberger.
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Filming at North Korea’s first ski resort: Q and A
Swiss journalist Marc Wolfenberger tells Jon Snow about his impressions of North Korea and how it is changing under new leader, Kim Jong-un – ski slope and all.
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North Korea celebrates its 65th birthday
Kim Jong-un attends military parades in the North Korean capital Pyongyang, held to mark 65 years since the country’s founding.
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Olympic effort: how to celebrate North Korea-style
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches 100,000 people dance, perform and form giant pictures in the Arirang mass games to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean war.
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North Korea: ‘prepare to attack the US’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tells generals to prepare for an attack on the US, according to state media, after American stealth bombers flew over the Korean peninsula.
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Rodman in Rome ‘to support’ new Pope
Ahead of the naming of the new Pope, Jon Snow caught up with basketballer Dennis Rodman, in Rome for the papal ceremony and fresh from meeting his friend, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.
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Amnesty says North Korea extending prison camps
New satellite images show North Korea is extending the size of its prison camps and mistreating its own people on a massive scale under Kim Jong-un, a new report by Amnesty claims.
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North Korea threatens to scrap ceasefire agreement
Kim Jong-Un’s officials vow to tear up the 1953 armistice if the US presses ahead with proposed sanctions and continues military drills.
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North Korea pays respects to ‘dear leader’
As Kim Jong-il’s body is put on display in a glass coffin in Pyongyang, the spotlight turns to Kim Jong-un, his father’s likely successor as North Korean leader.
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Inside North Korea: a rare glimpse of life in the secretive state
We were offered a rare glimpse of life in the secretive state, but seeing is not always believing.
