

North Korea may not be able to feed its people, but the grandeur and technological sophistication of its nascent “space” program’s launch control is currently the subject of mass marvel online.
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The news that 45% of Korean children apparenently consider their nation’s principle enemy to be Japan, with less than half as many considering North Korea as grave a threat and a further 20% actually believing the USA is a worse enemy than either of them has lately been stoking much comment.
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China has been judged the world’s happiest nation in a new international ranking of national welfare.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 8, 2011 07:02 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Censorship, FPS, Korea, Marketing, North Korea, PS3, Translation, USA

Japanese gamers are aghast at the decision to rob upcoming shooter Homefront of all its references to North Korea in the name of kowtowing to censors and North Korea’s substantial fifth column within Japan.
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85% of Japanese asked whether Japan should possess nuclear weapons agreed, whilst only 22% believed their American allies would really come to their aid if their nation was threatened.
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Japan’s government has announced its tiny army will be scrapping a third of its tanks and artillery, whilst requesting a billion dollars to deploy Patriot anti-ballistic missiles “nationwide,” despite the fact that the system only has a range of 20km.
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The Japanese government has announced it intends to pay for the dozens of North Korean schools operating in Japan; critics contend such “schools” are little more than brainwashing centres run by the North Korean government, teaching academically worthless anti-Japanese curricula and slavish obedience to the Dear Leader.
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Work has resumed on North Korea’s immense Ryugyong Hotel, intended as the world’s tallest hotel, but experts are predicting that it could cost 10% of the nation’s GDP to finish safely, with some even predicting a spectacular collapse if the work is not done.
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A storm has erupted after video of a Japan-resident Korean attacking a Japanese protestor was posted online.
The protest was criticising North Korea’s missile test diplomacy and the role Japan’s Korean population has in supporting the North Korean regime.
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A burgeoning sex trade in North Korean women has surfaced along the North Korean – Chinese border over the past decade.
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