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North Korean Famine
I have just read an article (in Russian) about the most recent weird news from N.Korea: women are (again) not allowed to ride bicycles.
After you've finished splitting your sides with laughter, allow ...
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What started the Korean war?
Is it true that the catalyst was a conflict about a tree right on the border? I heard it from a teacher at a US university as he was teaching a course about nation-states in and out of war.
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Would Korea have divided, without the influence of external powers? [closed]
The question came to me in a roundabout manner, while reading a translation of the Korean Declaration of Independence. I've reproduced some excerpts below (emphasis added):
Though Japan has ...
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What is the evidence for North Korean famine of 1990s? [closed]
What is the evidence for North Korea famine in 1990s?
The most accounts about the famine in the Internet comes with references to US congress members who visited N. Korea, defectors or ...
