Seoul officials investigate North Korean gymnast who defected ‘by leaping over border fence’

North Korean gymnast defects to the South ‘by leaping over border fence’: Seoul officials ‘then made him jump twice to prove he was telling the truth’ A North Korean man in his 20s crossed the DMZ into South Korea on November 3 The military is investigating how he crossed the fence without an alarm going … Read more

Parents of North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier bash Trump for his ‘friendship’ with Kim Jong-un

The grieving parents of imprisoned and murdered college student Otto Warmbier are criticizing Donald Trump for complimenting Kim Jong-un and say they want President-elect Joe Biden to reach out to them to continue their work on North Korea’s human rights abuses.    Cindy and Fred Warmbier told DailyMail.com that, to them, it doesn’t matter who is … Read more

Korean YouTube channel Cooking Tree creates EPIC puff pastry stuffed with cookie cream cheese

Baker creates an EPIC pastry puff oozing with vanilla cream cheese – and it’s surprisingly simple to make A baker created an epic puff pastry stuffed with vanilla cream cheese It was shared on the popular Korean YouTube channel ‘Cooking Tree’ The recipe requires simple ingredients like flour, sugar, eggs, butter and cream Pastry should … Read more

Korean War commemoration: China’s President Xi calls the US an ‘insufferably arrogant invader’

Chinese leader Xi Jinping condemned ‘unilateralism, protectionism and extreme egoism’ in a jab at the United States made during a rally Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the 1950-53 Korean War.   Xi slammed the US as an ‘insufferably arrogant invader’ and hailed the Chinese and North Korean soldiers for defeating the … Read more

North Korean leaders wear masks at concert to mark 75th anniversary of Worker’s Party

Senior leaders of North Korea were pictured clapping, cheering and weeping as the country’s main orchestra put on a special patriotic performance to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Worker’s Party.  The officials, including some of the country’s highest-ranking officials and members of Kim’s inner circle, were seen wearing face masks as they watched the … Read more

Kim Jong-un says sorry after South Korean is shot dead at sea

Kim Jong-un offered a rare apology today after a South Korean fisheries official was killed at sea while seemingly trying to defect to the North.   The 47-year-old man was shot dead by North Korean soldiers and his body allegedly set on fire as a precaution against coronavirus.  It was the first known killing of a … Read more

Children and pensioners forced to work in North Korean mine to construct hospital for the rich

Pensioners and children ‘are rounded up and forced to work 22-hour days in North Korean mine’ for deposits needed to make paint for Kim Jong-Un’s latest vanity project  Pre-teen school children and pensioners up to 75 years forced to work in mine  Back-breaking work to gather calcium carbonate for Pyongyang hospital project  Party officials aim … Read more

‘Jamsu’ is the latest Korean beauty trend where women are dunking their made up faces in water

Why women are now dunking their fully-made-up faces in WATER to make their foundation stay in place all day Women are now submerging their faces in water after applying their makeup ‘Jamsu’, translated as ‘to submerge’, is said to shrink the pores and set makeup  Those who have tried the approach said their skin has … Read more

North Korean defector describes eating insects and seeing ‘bodies on the street’

A North Korean defector who fled the country aged 13 has described the horror of seeing bodies in the streets and eating insects to survive because of mass starvation in the secretive state.  Yeonmi Park said cold, darkness and starvation were part of everyday life in the pariah kingdom where she grew up and blamed … Read more

South Korean woman likely infected with COVID-19 after using an airplane toilet

A woman likely became infected with the novel coronavirus after she used an airplane bathroom, a new report suggests. The 28-year-old was among about 300 South Koreans who were evacuated from Milan, Italy, on March 31 – in the midst of the pandemic’s height Europe, researchers wrote in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s journal Emerging … Read more