North Korean athletes were part of one of the most iconic moments at the 2024 Olympics in Paris — and they are reportedly facing punishment for it now. While all Olympic participants were given the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Olympic Edition, the North Korean athletes were excluded due to UN sanctions against their country over […]
North Korean Soldier Shockingly Defects To South Korea On Foot
A North Korean soldier has unexpectedly defected to South Korea, crossing the border on foot in the early hours of August 20. Photo for illustrative purposes only. | ROKA The defector is a soldier in his 20s, who was reported to have crossed into South Korean territory through Goseong, Gangwon Province — a region near […]
Kim Jong Un Lookalike Famous For Provoking North Korean Athletes Gets Detained At “2024 Paris Olympics”
Howard Lee, who gained online attention for impersonating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was removed from a stadium during a 2024 Paris Olympics game. | @kimjongunlookalike/Instagram The man, whose actions have stirred significant controversy, was seen on video cosplaying as Kim Jong Un while striking a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal, an image that […]
Kim Jong Un’s Ozempic Era? — North Korean Supreme Leader Reportedly Searching For Weight Loss Medications
Kim Jong Un has reportedly regained all his lost weight and his officials are said to be looking for new medicines abroad to treat the consequential health repercussions. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of South Korea reported that the 40-year-old North Korean leader is suffering from problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Kim […]
Historical “2024 Paris Olympics” Selfie With North Korean and South Korean Athletes Are Going Viral
The Olympics is an event bringing together countries from across the world to compete in one sporting event. Yet, it doesn’t always mean that politics and tensions go away, but athletes from South Korea and North Korea proved it can during a recent event. On July 30, the countries competed in the mixed doubles table […]
North Korean Pair Takes The Most Unexpected Win Against Defending Champions At The “2024 Paris Olympics”
A North Korean table tennis mixed doubles team made history on July 27, 2024 (CET) at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Team North Korea | Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo North Korea, which did not participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, returned to the games for the first time in eight years since […]
South Korea Gets Introduced As North Korea At The 2024 Paris Olympics
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics witnessed a terrible gaffe as presenters introduced the South Korean delegation as North Korea as they floated down the River Seine. Athletes arriving in boats along the Seine River in Paris | Ricardo Mazalan/AP When the South Korean delegation rode on a boat down the Seine and […]
What Are The South Korean Loudspeaker Broadcasts Saying To North Koreans?
How is South Korea reacting to North Korea’s surprise trash balloons crash landing across the borders? South Korea Receives Over 40 Trash Balloons Overnight From North Korea…Again With K-Pop’s top hits and award-winning K-Dramas, of course. According to AP, the South Korean military installed the loudspeakers near the western section of the fortified border and […]
South Korea Receives Over 40 Trash Balloons Overnight From North Korea…Again
Previously, we had reported about North Korea sending balloons full of animal feces and trash into South Korean territories as a response to anti-North Korean leaflets sent across the border by human rights organizations in South Korea. Workers on June 25 handling waste contained in a balloon flying from North Korea in Seongbuk-gu, northern Seoul […]
KBS’s New Idol Survival Show Set To Feature North Korean Defectors
KBS 2TV is ready to launch a new idol show, which will feature North Korean defectors. According to reports, on May 8, KST, the network announced its upcoming survival show, Make Mate 1 (MA 1 hereon). The media event was attended by all the participants, along with the producers and the show’s writer. EXO’s Xiumin, who […]
Fans Worry About The Booked Schedule For Popular Korean Band’s North American Tour
There are a lot of Korean artists going on tour in the next couple of months, and that includes bands as well as idol groups. And while some of these tours have plenty of breaks in between shows that allow the performers to rest and recuperate, some of them are much more packed and have […]
The Woman Who Was Duped Into Assassinating A High Profile North Korean Man
An Indonesian woman committed a crime against her will. Siti Aisyah hailed from a rural town in Indonesia. She traveled to Malaysia to earn money as a masseuse before she was recruited by “James,” someone who introduced himself as a Japanese TV producer. The latter made her play dozens of pranks on other actors on […]
South Korean Men Seeking Their “Ideal Type” In North Korea
The strained relationship between the North and the South Koreas is no news to the world. With their opposing political ideologies and ways of life, the populations on either side of the DMZ naturally find it difficult to connect despite essentially sharing the same roots. But exceptions occur occasionally, sometimes through a dating agency based […]
North Korean YouTuber On Why “Crash Landing On You” Was The Best K-Drama Depiction Of North Korea
On CLAB Girls‘s YouTube channel, a North Korean defector Kang Nara reviewed the hit K-Drama series Crash Landing On You and shared what’s real about North Korea as shown on the show. Kang Nara shared that she actually had a chance to advise the Crash Landing On You production team on certain North Korean facts and that about […]
Legendary OST Singer Suspects That The North Koreans Had A Secret Listening Device Set Up In Her Hotel Room
Singer Baek Ji Young is the ultimate legend. Having sung so many hit OSTs for globally-acclaimed K-Dramas such as Secret Garden and more, it is no wonder that even the North Koreans were enamored. She was once invited to the country in 2018. | Christian Tour On her YouTube channel, she recently talked about her […]
A New Male K-Pop Group Is Set To Debut With Two North Korean Trainees — Netizens React
It seems like K-Pop is set to make history by debuting idols who are former North Korean citizens. The only time North Korea and South Korea met for K-Pop was when Red Velvet performed there in 2018. Well, it seems like K-Pop might be about to make history as a new group is set to […]
IU A North Korean Spy? Netizens Left Dumbfounded By Ridiculous Flyers Accusing The Singer
An extremist group in South Korea has bewildered the public after claiming that singer and actor IU is a North Korean spy. | @dlwlrma/Instagram Recently, Korean internet communities have come across an absurd handout that claimed IU is a spy working for North Korea. The flyer also describes her as the protagonist of the Daejang-dong […]
South Korea Fires Around 100 Shots At North Korean Drones Violating Its Airspace
On December 26, North Korea flew several drones across its borders with South Korea, which South Korean military officials described as “a clear act of provocation.” South Korean military official speaking at a briefing | Yonhap News A total of five “unmanned aerial vehicles” were detected. One of them reached the Northern part of Seoul […]