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'Russian deployment heroes’ stained with youth's blood (4) Suicide Heroes Become New Brainwashing Material... How Can We Break This Vicious Cycle?

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'Russian deployment heroes’ stained with youth's blood (3) A defector from the Storm Corps speaks on creating heroes in the barracks — "There was no other choice"

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＜Ultra-Telephoto Footage＞ Bridge Construction Between N. Korea and Russia Progressing Steadily - Dump Trucks, Cranes... Chinese Heavy Equipment in Action

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＜N. Korea Photo Report＞Mass Smuggling of Vehicles in Violation of Sanctions... Hundreds of Luxury Cars Including Toyota and Trucks Lined Up at Border - Chinese Authorities Possibly Turning a Blind Eye

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＜Inside N.Korea＞Information spreads that 'Kim Jong-un regime received $5,000 per fallen soldier from Russia' — Authorities conduct massive crackdown, calling it 'rumors' (Revised version)

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Mass outbreak of severe diarrhea and colitis patients from tap water - Authorities respond with large amounts of disinfectant, but "smell too strong to drink" in Hyesan

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'Russian deployment heroes’ stained with youth's blood (2) The Roots of Heroism: How Does North Korean Education Brainwash People？

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Farm Officials Illegally Transfer Children to Cities... Avoiding the Despised Farmer Status of Poverty and Contempt

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Farm Officials Illegally Transfer Children to Cities... Avoiding the Despised Farmer Status of Poverty and Contempt

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N. Koreans Residents React Positively to Kim Jong-un's China Visit: 'We Now Stand Shoulder-to-Shoulder with Great Powers' - Propaganda Campaign Begins Immediately

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Solar and Biomass Power Facilities Being Installed on Farms - However, Costs to Be Paid by Farmers

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Solar and Biomass Power Facilities Being Installed on Farms - However, Costs to Be Paid by Farmers

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Protect the Harvest - Farms Organize 24-Hour Paid Security Teams, Military Blocks Roads and Conducts Inspections

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Explains that they fought South Korean forces in Russia - Youth education already begun with "Let's become bullet and bomb suicide squads"

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The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (5) Newly Emerging Under Economic Reform, Donju Who Enter Enterprises and Strike It Rich - Who Are They?

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The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (3) Only the Sign Says 'State-run Store' - What About the Actual Operations? The Resurgence of Donju

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＜Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Went to N. Korea＞"My Brother Suffered for Life": Testimony of N. Korean Defector Park Young-sook

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North Korea is Sweltering! Pyongyang Hits 36°C, Mother and Daughter Sleeping Outdoors in Hamhung Hit and Killed by Car, Outdoor Sleeping Banned

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