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Old August 24th, 2020 #261
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Kim Jong Un reportedly in a coma for months, recent appearances faked


By Yaron Steinbuch
August 24, 202

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been in a coma for months and all his recent public appearances were faked, a South Korean official says in a new report about the reclusive despot.

Chang Song-min, a former aide to late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, alleged that Kim has become seriously ill amid speculation about his limited public appearances this year.

In April, rumors circulated that the Hermit Kingdom honcho was in a vegetative state after a botched heart operation.

The former aide now claims Kim fell into a coma months ago and that his subsequent appearances were recorded previously, according to the UK’s Sun.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/24/kim-jo...arances-faked/

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WORLD NEWS AUGUST 20, 2020 / 12:36 PM / 4 DAYS AGO

North Korean leader's sister is 'de facto second-in-command', South Korean lawmaker says


Sangmi Cha, Josh Smith

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s intelligence agency believes that Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving as his “de facto second-in-command” but has not necessarily been designated his successor, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday.



Believed to be in her early 30s, Kim Yo Jong is the leader’s only close relative with a public role in politics, recently spearheading a new, tougher campaign to put pressure on South Korea.

Ha Tae-keung, an opposition party lawmaker on parliament’s intelligence committee, told reporters that Kim was helping to run the regime with mandated authority from her brother.

“The bottom line is that Kim Jong Un still holds absolute power, but has turned over a bit more of his authority compared to the past,” Ha said, following a closed-door briefing by the South’s National Intelligence Service.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-n...-idUSKBN25G12T
 
Old August 24th, 2020 #262
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Kim Yo Jong could be even worse for North Korea than Kim Jong Un, experts say


By Bruce Golding
August 24, 2020

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s sister could be the Hermit Kingdom’s most brutal leader if she succeeds him, experts told The Post on Monday.

Kim Yo Jong, 32, appeared poised to take the reins of power amid a claim that her older brother has been in a coma for months and his recent public appearances have been staged.

“I haven’t seen any evidence, any indication of how she might rule, but my speculation — given the reputation and history of the family — is that she would rule with an iron fist,” retired US Army Col. David Maxwell said.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/24/kim-yo...t-experts-say/

Kim Young Ho does look kinda evil in this picture:

 
Old August 26th, 2020 #263
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North Korea releases new Kim Jong Un photos amid reports he’s in a coma


By Lia Eustachewich
August 26, 2020

North Korea’s state news agency has released new photos of Kim Jong Un amid reports he’s been in a coma for months and ceded some power to his sister.

The pics appear to show a healthy-looking Kim leading a meeting on Tuesday of the politburo of the Workers Party to call for prevention efforts against the coronavirus and a typhoon, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

They were syndicated through the Associated Press, which noted that independent journalists weren’t given access to the event and that the images couldn’t be independently verified.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/26/north-...hes-in-a-coma/
 
Old August 26th, 2020 #264
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https://nypost.com/2020/08/24/kim-yo...t-experts-say/

Kim Young Ho does look kinda evil in this picture:

She could pass off as Moranbong girl as well.
 
Old August 27th, 2020 #265
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She could pass off as Moranbong girl as well.


Yes, you're probably right. However, my personal favorite female North Korean is the news presenter Ri Chun-hee. Not because of her appearance, but because of her fantastic and passionate delivery:

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Ri Chun-hee (also romanized as Ri Chun Hee, Ri Chun Hui[1] [ɾi tsʰun çi]; born 8 July 1943) is a news presenter for North Korean broadcaster Korean Central Television (KCTV). She is most notable for her characteristic emotional and sometimes vitriolic tone, described as "passionate", "vaguely menacing", and "aggressive".[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Chun-hee

Some jewed "Western" idiots have pathetically tried to mock her since they're so dead inside that they're unable to recognize the greatness of her approach, which fits perfectly with the beautiful Korean language. Here's a sample:

 
Old September 27th, 2020 #266
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Things are heating up in North Korea again:

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N.Korea says Seoul must stop ‘intrusion’ under pretext of searching for body of slain official, warns of ‘another awful incident’


27 Sep, 2020 04:12 / Updated 16 hours ago

Pyongyang says it’s organizing a search to recover the body of a South Korean official who was killed by North Korean troops, and demanded Seoul withdraw its warships from the area, warning a flare-up can lead to another incident.

In a statement carried by North Korea’s state news agency, KCNA, on Saturday, the reclusive nation accused Seoul of sending a flotilla of warships in “an action presumed to be a search operation” to locate the body of the South Korean fisheries official who was shot and killed by North Korean troops earlier this week.

Pyongyang said that the “many vessels” scrambled by the South Korean military to participate in the effort have been violating its territorial waters since Friday, noting that the alleged “intrusion” can lead to “escalation of tensions” in the region.
https://www.rt.com/news/501818-awful...korea-warning/
 
Old October 11th, 2020 #267
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Pyongyang shows off BRAND NEW intercontinental ballistic missile during military parade, according to experts


10 Oct, 2020 13:05 / Updated 1 day ago



The North Korean military has showcased a new mobile intercontinental ballistic missile during Saturday’s military parade, one which experts say is larger than any previously demonstrated weapon of its type.

Four ICBMs of the new variety were carried by 11-axle erector-launcher vehicles, and they may be the new weapon system whose existence was hinted at by the North Korean government in December last year.

https://www.rt.com/news/503139-north-korea-new-icbm/
 
Old October 14th, 2020 #268
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Kim Jong-un’s massive new ballistic missile is final proof that Trump’s confused approach to North Korea has failed


12 Oct, 2020 14:17 / Updated 2 days ago



By Tom Fowdy, a British writer and analyst of politics and international relations with a primary focus on East Asia.

At the start of his presidency, Donald Trump pledged North Korea would never develop a nuclear weapon that could reach the US. But despite his efforts, the Koreans have no intention of ‘denuclearizing’.

Over the weekend, North Korea celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the country’s ruling party.

To mark the occasion a vast military parade was held before dawn in the heart of Pyongyang, which was accompanied by an emotional speech from leader Kim Jong-un who focused on the country’s struggle against Covid-19.

The event’s real scene stealer, though, was the revealing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile which exceeded the size of the country’s established arsenal. The US State Department issued a statement saying it was “disappointed” at the development and called upon Pyongyang to commit to “complete denuclearization.”

But herein lies the problem: Where have we heard “complete denuclearization” before? It’s been American policy for a number of years now. In January 2017, just a couple of weeks before his inauguration, Trump famously tweeted “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!”, commencing the opening of a strategy known as ‘maximum pressure’ whereby Washington set out to push Pyongyang to relinquish its nuclear arsenal by force, which would include more sanctions and threats of war.

Almost four years later, this is the end result. Nothing has changed apart from the advancement of North Korea’s capabilities.

Trump’s strategy has been chaotic, ranging from threatening to “totally destroy” North Korea to meeting Kim Jong-un himself on three occasions. Yet despite all of it, he failed to clinch a deal.
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/503255-kim-jong-un-missile/
 
Old November 2nd, 2020 #269
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Kim Jong-un’s sister may be silent, but she's not gone… she’ll be back when North Korea wants to show a tough side again


29 Oct, 2020 16:30




By Tom Fowdy, a British writer and analyst of politics and international relations with a primary focus on East Asia.

Western media are suggesting Kim Yo-jong has been replaced in the North Korean hierarchy by a popular singer. But she hasn’t been marginalised – this is all down to how the country wants to present itself at the moment.

On Thursday, the Times of London reported that Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, had seemingly been marginalised from the ‘inner circle’ of the country’s leadership.

Citing her absence from recent public appearances, the newspaper explored the apparent rival presence of a popular singer in North Korea, Hyon Song-wol, who has been more prominent. She attended the country’s military parade earlier this month to commemorate 75 years of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

But is there really a story to be had here? The Western media, and in particular the British press, are notorious for making unverified, speculative claims about North Korea, which often come from insubstantial or unreliable sources.

After all, earlier this year, Western papers were telling the world that Kim Jong-un was either dead or severely ill, neither of which turned out to be true. Yet, the eccentric and mysterious world of North Korea continues to be a magnet for the most enthralling geopolitical gossip. And even the most minor occurrence or changes conjure up feverish speculation.

Even within this environment, Kim Yo-jong has been a subject of heavy media interest. Having risen to prominence in North Korea’s elite as the supreme leader’s sister and secured a position on the Politburo, she is viewed as a figure of primary importance and, being of the same family line, considered a potential successor to Kim Jong-un amid continued speculation about his health.

She has stamped her own brand on Pyongyang politics, featuring prominently in her brother’s summits with President Donald Trump and taking the lead in aggressive rhetoric towards South Korea. She announced the destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in Kaesong earlier this year. Given the opacity of the state, this has made analysts and commentators dissect every last detail about her.
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/504931-kim-jong-un-sister/
 
Old January 17th, 2021 #270
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North Korea unveils ‘world’s most powerful weapon’ at military parade to mark 1st party congress in 5 years (PHOTOS)


15 Jan, 2021 06:37



Scores of military hardware, including what is said to be a new version of North Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missile, touted as the world’s most potent, were shown off in a grandiose military parade in Pyongyang.

An assortment of troops and some of the reclusive country’s most advanced military hardware were flaunted by Pyongyang on Thursday to mark the conclusion of the North Korea’s Workers’ Party congress – its first since 2016.
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While not likely related to the looming changing of the guard in the White House, the show of force by North Korea comes less than a week before Joe Biden is set to take the reins from outgoing US President Donald Trump.

The budding thaw in relations between Pyongyang and Washington in the early years of the Trump administration, which culminated in the 2018 Singapore summit, did not produce tangible results. Negotiations stalled after the US refused to consider any sanctions relief until Pyongyang gets rid of all its nukes.
https://www.rt.com/news/512573-north...-parade-photo/





 
Old March 3rd, 2021 #271
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Pentagon concerned by U.N. report indicating possible North Korea nuclear reprocessing


By David Brunnstrom, Idrees Ali

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon expressed concern on Tuesday about a U.N. report indicating possible reprocessing of nuclear fuel for bombs by North Korea, and said such activity could raise tensions with Pyongyang.

Rear Admiral Michael Studeman, head of intelligence for the U.S. Indo-Pacific command, said North Korean activity highlighted this week by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) could be intended to get the attention of the Biden administration and as a bargaining chip to press for sanctions relief. The administration is currently reviewing U.S.-North Korea policy.

“We have our eye on this. And it is deeply concerning where North Korea wants to go,” Studeman told an virtual event on technology and security.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-n...-idUSKCN2AU2RZ
 
Old March 16th, 2021 #272
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North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s Sister Warns Biden Not to ‘Cause a Stink’




FRANCES MARTEL 16 Mar 2021

Kim Yo-jong, a prominent North Korean politician and sister of communist dictator Kim Jong-un, published a “media statement” Monday warning President Joe Biden not to “cause a stink” unless he wished to suffer through sleepless nights.

Kim did not name Biden in her statement, which consisted mostly of threats towards South Korea, but did acknowledge that America is now governed by a “new U.S. administration,” the first time a high-level official has done so since Biden’s inauguration in January. North Korean state media mentioned Biden in its coverage of the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. A Reuters report form this weekend revealed the Biden administration has attempted to reach out to North Korean diplomats on multiple occasions but has been met with silence.
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“We take this opportunity to warn the new U.S. administration trying hard to give off powder smell in our land,” Kim wrote in her press statement Monday, published in multiple North Korean government media outlets. “If it wants to sleep in peace for coming four years, it had better refrain from causing a stink at its first step.”
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Kim called the exercises — and the justification that they are defensive — “ridiculous, impudent, and stupid.”

“It seems that they were all born with stupidity and have become the dumb and deaf bereft of judgment as they always sit on the fence,” she wrote of South Koreans. “They are not ashamed of remaining ignorant of the fact that we are not taken in by their nonsense coating mad dog with sheepskin.”
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n recent years, Kim Jong-un has tasked his sister with being the face of stern punishment for the South, issuing statements on behalf of his regime filled with threats and vitriol — in contrast to Kim Jong-un’s more diplomatic and conciliatory tone. Kim Yo-jong was most prominently the face of North Korea’s decision to bomb a mutual liaison office located in the North Korean city of Kaesong last summer, which had cost South Korean taxpayers $13.9 million to build; North Korea spent no money on the project.
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/...t-cause-stink/

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Joe having "sleepless nights" is not the problem, Keeping Joe AWAKE is the problem.
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This might be a situation where one might put more credibility in Little Rocket Man's sister than the phony Joebama & ho committee that's ruining the US right now
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Kim- warning Slow Jo not to “cause a stink”....
Well, his Depends would argue otherwise.
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When Joe takes one of his many naps, Kamala "Token" Harris is there holding a mirror under Joe's nose wondering am I President yet?
 
Old March 22nd, 2021 #273
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North Korea’s ‘only gay defector’ to marry American boyfriend after falling in love during lockdown


MAGGIE BASKA MARCH 21, 2021



Jang Yeong-jin speaks to CNN about what it was like living as a gay man in North Korea and how he escaped the oppressive regime in 1996. (CNN)

Jang Yeong-jin, North Korea’s ‘only openly gay defector‘, has found love during lockdown and now plans to marry his American boyfriend.

Jang, 62, met Korean-American restaurant owner Min-su, an assumed name given to the man in the BBC article, last year on a dating site. Only four months later, he flew to the US to meet Min-su, and Jang told the BBC that the lockdown brought on by COVID gave the couple the ability to get to know each other better.

He said they want to get married later this year.

Jang Yeong-jin said he first learned about homosexuality from a magazine in the spring of 1998, just 13 months after he first arrived in South Korea. He described how he opened a magazine to read an interview he had given about his heroic journey from North Korea. When he turned the page, Jang said he discovered an article about gay men coming out accompanied by a scene from an American movie that showed two men kissing.
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He told the Guardian that the reclusive Asian nation has “no concept of homosexuality”, and there is “no awareness” of LGBT+ issues. Jang said: “In open societies, people have at least a consciousness of different sexualities, in North Korea, there is no hope.”
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/2...ockdown-covid/
 
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North Korea fires missile into Sea of Japan in SECOND launch this week - reports


24 Mar, 2021 22:46 / Updated 17 seconds ago



A suspected ballistic missile was launched from North Korea and fell into the Sea of Japan, the Japan's defence ministry has reported. This comes after Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles over the weekend.

North Korea “may have fired” a ballistic missile, the Japanese Coast Guard said early on Thursday, local time, urging ships against “coming close to falling objects” and asking for any information about the suspected rocket.

"It may have been a ballistic missile. It has not fallen within Japanese territory and is not believed to have come down within Japan's exclusive economic zone," a Japanese defense ministry spokesman told reporters.

South Korean news agency Yonhap also reported that an “unidentified projectile” was launched into the “East Sea,” as the Koreans call the body of water between the peninsula and Japan.
https://www.rt.com/news/519093-missl...h-north-korea/
 
Old March 25th, 2021 #275
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Pyongyang says it fired NEW tactical guided missile as it ramps up testing with a flurry of launches


25 Mar, 2021 21:42 / Updated 2 minutes ago



North Korea has said it test-fired an upgraded tactical guided missile, which South Korean and Japanese military earlier described as a short-range ballistic missile. The launch was Pyongyang’s second in a week.

The test-fire was carried out on Thursday, according to the state-affiliated KNCA,

Two of the new munitions were tested, which are said to use improved solid fuel engines and heavierwarheads weighing 2.5 tons.

The projectiles “accurately hit the target set in waters 600 kilometers off the east coast of Korea,” the report said, adding that the test was overseen by Ri Pyong Chol, a member of the political bureau of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party.
https://www.rt.com/news/519214-missi...ided-tactical/
 
Old March 28th, 2021 #276
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North Korea blasts Biden over missile test criticism


By Jon Levine
March 27, 2021



North Korea issued a sharp rebuke to President Biden who said the country’s recent test of a new short-range ballistic missile violated United Nations Security Council resolutions.

“We express our deep apprehension over the U.S. chief executive faulting the regular testfire, exercise of our state’s right to self-defence, as the violation of U.N. ‘resolutions’ and openly revealing his deep-seated hostility,” Ri Pyong Chol, a top advisor to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un said in a statement. “I think that the new U.S. administration obviously took its first step wrong.”

The communique was released via North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency, and reported by Reuters. Biden has said he remains open to diplomacy with the North over denuclearization.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/27/north-...est-criticism/
 
Old April 7th, 2021 #277
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Biden administration ready to consider ‘some form of diplomacy’ with North Korea – White House


7 Apr, 2021 21:00



Washington is prepared to talk to North Korea if it paves the way to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki has said, but that doesn’t mean US sanctions are going away.

“We are prepared to consider some form of diplomacy if it's going to lead us down the path toward denuclearization," Psaki said on the possibility of relations between Washington and Pyongyang.

Getting the Korean Peninsula to ditch nuclear weapons remains a “clear objective” for the Biden administration, she insisted, before adding: “We are, of course, continuing to enforce sanctions.”

Last week, when asked if the US president was planning to meet North Korean leader Kim Jon Un, Psaki replied that “[Biden’s] approach would be quite different, and that is not his intention.”
https://www.rt.com/news/520408-biden...rea-diplomacy/
 
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‘Give him the Nobel!’ Twitter trolls cheer as Kim Jong-un calls K-pop a ‘vicious cancer’


11 Jun, 2021 15:08



K-pop music has a legion of fans worldwide, but it also has detractors, chief among them North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. And when Kim called the music a “vicious cancer,” some Twitter users couldn’t help but agree with him.

The glitzy, androgynous stars of the K-pop scene are idolized by fans around the world, but Kim is not impressed. According to a report this week in the New York Times, he’s called the genre a “vicious cancer” corrupting young North Koreans’ “attire, hairstyles, speeches, [and] behaviors.”
https://www.rt.com/news/526333-kim-jong-un-kpop/




 
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North Korean defector says 'even North Korea was not this nuts' after attending Ivy League school


Yeonmi Park escaped the oppressive regime in 2007 at the age of 13

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As American educational institutions continue to be called into question, a North Korean defector fears the United States' future "is as bleak as North Korea" after she attended one of the country's most prestigious universities.
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"I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy, to learn how to think. But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think," Park said in an interview with Fox News. "I realized, wow, this is insane. I thought America was different but I saw so many similarities to what I saw in North Korea that I started worrying."

Those similarities include anti-Western sentiment, collective guilt and suffocating political correctness.
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During orientation, she was scolded by a university staff member for admitting she enjoyed classic literature such as Jane Austen.

"I said ‘I love those books.’ I thought it was a good thing," recalled Park.

"Then she said, 'Did you know those writers had a colonial mindset? They were racists and bigots and are subconsciously brainwashing you.’"

It only got worse from there as Yeonmi realized that every one of her classes at the Ivy League school was infected with what she saw as anti-American propaganda, reminiscent to the sort she had grown up with.
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She was also shocked and confused by issues surrounding gender and language, with every class asking students to announce their preferred pronouns.
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"Even North Korea is not this nuts," she admitted. "North Korea was pretty crazy, but not this crazy."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-kor...vy-league-nuts
 
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North Korea’s food situation ‘getting tense’ due to typhoon, says Kim Jong-un, ‘malignant virus’ also an issue


16 Jun, 2021 12:01



North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the country’s food situation is “getting tense” due to last year’s natural disaster. The “malignant virus” is also an issue, state media reported on Wednesday.

Speaking at the opening of a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Tuesday, Kim Jong-un said the economy has shown an overall improvement, however, the people’s food situation is getting tense as the agricultural sector failed to fulfill its grain production plan due to damage caused by the typhoon last year, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

Heavy rain and severe floods left more than 20 people dead last year, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and severely damaged farmland and infrastructure. The party has vowed to direct all efforts to farming this year.
https://www.rt.com/news/526712-north...getting-tense/
 
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