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A lot of people are poking fun at the antics of the North Koreans, and frankly we find it appropriate to keep a sense of gallows humor. We were amused, for example, at a piece in the New Yorker in which Kim Jong Un offers up a soliloquy on the stresses of being a full [...]
Tony Kornheiser, former sportswriter and humor columnist for the Washington Post, color commentator on Monday Night Football, current ESPN opinion-spewer on “Pardon the Interruption,” and most importantly local radio show talkmeister, (available on podcast, but expect delays) last appeared in this blog declaring North Korea “the most innovative country on Earth.” Provoked by news items read by his producer [...]
Earlier this week, countless media outlets including NBC’s the Today Show, NPR, and Time magazine were awash with rumors of unicorn sightings in North Korea. No, this wasn’t another Onion headline being mistakenly reported as fact, this was straight from the unicorn’s mouth, North Korean state media that is. It appears the English language version of [...]
The Onion has always been known for its fearless coverage of North Korea and its willingness to tackle subjects other newspapers are afraid to cover. This week is no different. The Onion editorial board surprised many by announcing that Kim Jong Un has been named the paper’s “sexiest man alive” for 2012. While People magazine this week took [...]
A potentially major driver in North Korean societal change has been the regime’s eroding control over information. South Korea recently upgraded from analog to digital television broadcasts meaning loss of access by residents of North Korea’s Gangwon province. An unnamed source from the province told Daily NK last Sunday, “Those people who used to watch South [...]
John Stewart has been known to credit George Bush for making him the success he is today. Without the daily material George Bush provided the Daily Show, there would have been nothing to write jokes about. Its beginning to feel the same around here with the material being provided by Kim Jong Un. It seems [...]
The good times continue for residents of Pyongyang and the country’s privileged class. In keeping with Kim Jong Un’s push to make North Korea the most entertaining country in the world for 8 year olds from the 90′s, it has been reported that the great leader has demanded the building of more mini-golf courses. Reports [...]
Fans of No Reservations star, Anthony Bourdaine, may also know of his spinoff show The Layover. On this show, Anthony gives viewers insight on how to take advantage of short layovers in beautiful cities. Well, a short glance at the KCNA life section suggests the North Koreans may be auditioning for a spot on the show. Assuming [...]
For all the parents out there sending their kids to summer camp this year or the former campers who remember making homesick phone calls to mom and dad begging to come home, it could be worse. You could be at North Korean summer camp. Yes, it’s camping season again in North Korea as the city of Wonsan [...]
Professor Haggard is a serious political scientist, so it was with mild astonishment that he passed along a KCNA piece which implied that there were at least five Nigerian organizations–The Nigerian Group for the Study of Kimjongilism, National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea, Group for the Study of the Songun Politics, Group [...]
