...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
condemned recent deadly
...KABOOM!...
s carried out by the US and British warplanes on Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
''Washington 'indiscriminately' targeted civilians and property in Yemen by mobilizing air and naval forces, including an aircraft carrier,'' the KCNA state news agency quoted Ma Dong Hui, North Korea's ambassador to Yemen as saying.
''The military attack by the United States is a
While condemning the US-led attacks on Yemen, the North Korean envoy said that Washington was ''obsessed with realizing geopolitical ambitions'' through ''illegal and reckless military actions.''