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independent.co.uk The video to Pacman and Peso’s ‘Escape to North Korea’ finds the duo in front of a number of North Korean landmarks. Two brave American rappers have managed to film a music video in secretive North Korea. Peso and Pacman recorded “Escape to North Korea,” rapping at various landmarks across the Korean capital, Pyongyang, including the Arch of Triumph. ...

Wong Maye-E/AP In this July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is followed by his uncle Jang Song Thaek, second from left, and Yang Hyong Sop, left, vice president of the Presidium of North Korea’s parliament, as he tours the newly opened Fatherland Liberation War Museum as part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of ...

Nicholas Wright/AP Merrill Newman, 85, was held captive by North Korea for about six weeks. Merrill Newman is coming home. The 85-year-old Korean War veteran has been deported from North Korea and his headed back to the United States, Reuters reports. RELATED: NORTH KOREA RELEASES ‘APOLOGY’ BY DETAINED U.S. TOURIST Newman had been held on charges of “hostile acts” against ...

Merrill Newman had taken to travelling the world after retiring. An 85-year-old Korean War veteran following a “lifelong dream” to visit North Korea has been detained in the communist country for more than three weeks, according to reports. Merrill Newman, of Palo Alto, was five minutes from takeoff on his return flight to Beijing on Oct. 26 when authorities boarded ...

Hot on the heels of (reportedly) harnessing nuclear fusion and a slew of ballistic missile launches, South Korea’s intelligence agency is now reporting that Kim Jong-Un’s North Korea is developing an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon. At a bare minimum, this EMP could theoretically damage electronic equipment south of the Korean DMZ. At higher power levels, a real EMP device can ...