Australian Backpacker Rescues Family from North Korea (VIDEO)

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In 2009, Dick Stolp helped Hyeonseo Lee and her family escape from North Korea; watch Lee’s TED Talk and see their emotional reunion.

Fear in Watertown

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“Love, Recorded” during one crazy week in the Boston area. Was the fear the same for everyone?

“I’m focused on our culture’s collective beliefs about men’s incapacity to understand women.” An Interview with Brandon W. Jones

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Caroline Leavitt talks to Brandon W. Jones about All Woman and Springtime, being a major success as a debut author, North Korea, men writing about women, obsessions and so much more.

We Ignore Human Rights Violations in North Korea [OpEd]

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Anonymous is hacking North Korean computers and Ian Bremmer says they should be discouraged. Christian Coleman says we can’t ignore the atrocities anymore.

AFP: US Strategy Takes Korean Crisis Into New Territory

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Soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula have seen dire North Korean threats met with an unusually assertive US response that analysts warn could take a familiar game into dangerous territory.

Hyeonseo Lee: My Escape from North Korea

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Wilkine Brutus finds parts of himself and his own mother’s story in this riveting video by North Korean activist Hyeonseo Lee.

North Korea May Have Conducted Third Nuclear Test

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An “unnatural” earthquake may indicate more nuclear testing in North Korea.

North Korea Responds to UN Resolution With Threats of More Nuclear Tests

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Washington’s special envoy on North Korea, Glyn Davies, warns that a nuclear test would be “a mistake and a missed opportunity” for North Korea.

North Korea Has “New Generation of Powerful Rocket”

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These new mobile missiles have caught the attention of Washington and intelligence agencies in the West, and they are worried.

American Citizen Held Captive In North Korea

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Photos of orphans may be the reason behind one man’s detention.

Kim Jong-un: Like Father, Like Son?

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Bert Cattivera reports on what the media is saying about Kim Jong-Il’s successor, his son Kim Jong-un. Will this leader be as terrifying as his father?

Did Tweeting Break News of Kim Jong Un’s Death?

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Kim Jong Un was reported dead earlier today by China’s Twitter. Is the average Joe (Jane, or Ji) able to handle the job of trained journalists, without the oversight?

She Spiked Bage…

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A Lack of Sleep Might Kill You

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A study shows that a lack of sleep greatly increases your chances of developing a stroke and heart disease.

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The News—U.S. Flexes Tariff Powers over China, Korea Negotiates Itself into a Spat, Actor Tony Curtis Dies

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Congress Approves Higher Tariff Powers Over China The White House bulked up its tariff muscle over China yesterday afternoon when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Trade Sanctions Bill in an overwhelming vote of 348-79. The bill is meant to be a warning to China and other countries with undervalued currencies. Obama yesterday in a [...]