North Korea is bringing down the curtain on its annual Arirang Mass Games which involve tens of thousands of performers, to meet the changing times, a Beijing-based tour company said Tuesday. full story ![]()

Herman Yau’s feature about the latter years of the martial arts grandmaster will open the 37th edition, while with the Asian premiere of Jafar Panahi and Kamboziya Partovi’s Berlinale award winner will close.
hollywoodreporter.com (3 months and 3 days ago)

South Korea's Cheongdo county is home to a famous bullfighting festival, but like many pastoral traditions its popularity has been waning over the years. What better way to modernize its image and attract some tourists than with some crazy robots? A team from the Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence was tasked with developing them, and now a year and five months later –...
gizmag.com (1 month and 9 days ago)

Drivers in Sydney are greeted with a curtain of water falling from the entrance of tunnels with a huge 'stop' sign projected on to them.
dailymail.co.uk (8 days ago)

North Korea has been skating close to a "dangerous line" with its near daily threats against the US and South Korea, Chuck Hagel, the defence secretary, has warned.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 13 days ago)

North Korea has been skating close to a "dangerous line" with its near daily threats against the US and South Korea, Chuck Hagel, the defence secretary, has warned.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 13 days ago)
April 12 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned North Korea on Friday it would be a "huge mistake" to launch a medium-range missile. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
reuters.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday that North Korea has been skating close to a "dangerous line" with its near-daily threats against the United States and South Korea.
reuters.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday that North Korea has been skating close to a "dangerous line" with its near-daily threats against the United States and South Korea.
news-herald.com (1 month and 13 days ago)

A close look at this year's N.C. Azalea Festival poster by Elizabeth Singletary reveals traces of earlier festival artworks.
starnewsonline.com (1 month and 18 days ago)
North Korea lifted the iron curtain an inch this week and Instagram and Twitter users took a mile
cbc.ca (2 months and 27 days ago)
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