North Korea

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US Department of State, and the National Security Agency (NSA), together with the Republic of Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), National Police Agency (NPA), and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), are jointly issuing this advisory to highlight the use of social engineering by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK a.k.a. North Korea) state-sponsored cyber actors to enable computer network exploitation globally against individuals employed by research centers and think tanks, academic institutions, and news media organizations.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Colonel Millett's historical study of the U.S. Marines in the Korean War and their combat operations around the Punchbowl during 1951 and 1952. This study examines how the Marines fought and were commanded, including numerous anecdotes from both the Marines on the front line and those commanding them. It covers the various changes of command and the associated problems, and how the inter-service conflicts effected the men on the ground.

Everyone has their eyes glued to the News nowadays. Why? Because of a small country near China. This country may re-shape our very existence if provoked. In 1948, Kim Il Sung led his people to victory against the Japanese.

The idea of creating a computer worm capable of attacking uranium enrichment facilities could not come up out of nowhere. It all began with two isolated events, which happened in different geographical places and years apart from each other. The first event took place in India near Pakistan’s eastern border in 1974. The second event happened in the coastal city of Taranto, Italy, in 2003. Despite the fact that both events took place outside Iran, they combined to create a background for everything that later would become known as the Stuxnet computer worm and its cyber-attacks against the...

Public Hangings: Tickets for these are understandably popular, but your hotel can usually get you good seats for a small fee. Restaurants / Dining Out: Westerners in particular find many of the meals offered to be unusual, although nutritious dog and (protein rich) caterpillars are making fewer appearances on tourist menus these days. Always remember that if you don't actually enjoy a meal, it is unlikely that you will keep it for long, anyway.

Drawing on the rich complexity of the American Midwest, Kim Suhr peoples her debut book of fiction with characters that we know, carved out of the Wisconsin landscape and caught between expectation and desire...Personal and powerful, Kim Suhr's Nothing to Lose shows us a region filled with real people: less than perfect, plagued with doubts, always reaching.

Imagine a late summer night in July, where Lt. Colonel Dan Preston is wrapping up a grueling day at work. But Lt. Colonel Preston's "office" is unlike any other - he's a pilot of the Lockheed U-2 aircraft, soaring above 70,000 feet along the highly fortified DMZ that divides North and South Korea. As night falls, missiles begin to fly. He faces a daunting enemy, fighting to survive alone and deep behind enemy lines. With no immediate help from his country, Lt. Colonel Preston must navigate his way back to safety.

October 6, 1951. Richard Bassett remembers the day vividly. That was the day his platoon ran into an ambush near Kumwha. During the firefight, many were wounded, four were killed, and Bassett, along with three others, was captured. During a month-long march to the POW camp, the Americans frequently came under friendly fire. Surviving the march paled in comparison to what the captured soldiers had to endure at Camp 5 Pyokdong.

A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage.

In mid-2017, President Donald Trump let Kim Jong-un know that if his threats continued they would be met with “fire and fury the likes the world has never seen”. The scorching tweet went viral immediately. In response, the North Korean leader detonated a 100-kiloton hydrogen bomb, a successful test of a nuclear device which would be mounted on future missiles.

Young Moon was happy growing up in North Korea, in the days before her father destroyed the world. But that was so long ago and she was so very young. Her Father would grow excited when he told her impossible tales of astronauts on the Moon. And there was a small base on Mars, too, being built by robots, with even bigger stations planned—the Ring Cities. But Young Moon wished he would lower his voice. Their walls were thin in Wonsan and school taught her that too much talk was treason. Every screen was two-way and you never knew if someone was watching. All she wanted was to be left alone...

Colton Smith, US Army veteran, country music star, and Occupy Wall Street anti-one-percenter terrorist. While inside prison, his singing made him a YouTube phenomenon, catching the eye of North Korean Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un. Three young Americans visiting North Korea on holiday are jailed and tortured, and it’s up to Mr. Smith to pave the way for their escape. On this rare occasion, the CIA and the FBI work together to penetrate the hermit kingdom and bring the Americans home, all under the leader’s nose. Just when he thinks it’s all pizza and karaoke.

In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realized he had found a cause so pressing that he was ready to devote his life to it. What began as a trip down the safe and well-worn path of organizing soon morphed into something more dangerous. Hong journeyed to China, outwitting Chinese security services as he helped ferry asylum-seeking North Korean escapees to safety.

"Having known and observed Jeremy for almost half a century, I have no doubt that his influence has been as great as that of all but the most senior figures in government. In his second book, Jeremy continues the recounting of his life's work, which he began in his early volume, Every Man Should Try. Jeremy has devoted his life to conflict resolution and to ending the nuclear arms race." - From the preface by Morton H. Halperin, Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State (1998-2001)

The onset of COVID-19 has coincided with the dramatic rise of a young woman called Kim Yo Jong in North Korea. Stomping the world stage from the shadows of her secretive state, she is creating headlines and fevered speculation about her role and her future. She is the sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, and as her murderous regime’s chief propagandist, internal administrator and foreign policymaker, she is the most powerful woman in North Korea’s history.

Growing up amid the starvation and oppression of 1990s North Korea, 10-year-old Cho Jun-su stumbles upon a mysterious game, left behind in a hotel room by a rare foreign visitor. As Jun-su painstakingly deciphers the rules of the game in secret, he unlocks an inner world that is at first an antidote and then a threat to the political cult that surrounds him.

Tyranny, Repression, and Serfdom is what life is under Communism-Socialism. I risked my life to get out of Hell. People born in freedom fantasize of the Socialism heaven. Instead, they will get Misery and Poverty equally distributed. Life under communism is cruel and inhumane. Commit the smallest political infraction, and the secret police will arrest you. The only ray of hope is the West, but getting out of communism is difficult. Communist countries have a “Berlin Wall” around them. It is a crime to escape by crossing the border illegally, and anyone caught is beaten and imprisoned, ...

Since the regiment’s creation in 1899, the men of the 65th have proudly served the US through multiple wars, despite facing racial discrimination. Their courage, loyalty, and patriotism earned them hundreds of accolades, including the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014.

Koski and Falk come up against what very well may prove to be their most complex and dangerous case yet: The Quantum Death Machine. For the first time, Koski and Falk must separate during a mission. Each faces mortal peril, while, at the same time, their smoldering relationship begins to heat up. The sixth in the riveting Koski & Falk Thriller series and second in the Kate Keenan Special Assignment series by multi-award-winning author A. G. Haye. With Raymond Gaynor, author of TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside).

In King of Spies, prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden, reveals one of the most astonishing – and previously untold – spy stories of the twentieth century. Donald Nichols was 'a one man war', according to his US Air Force commanding general. He won the Distinguished Service Cross, along with a chest full of medals for valor and initiative in the Korean War. His commanders described Nichols as the bravest, most resourceful and effective spymaster of that forgotten war. But there is far more to Donald Nichols' story than first meets the eye . . .