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A building at Kim Chaek University of Technology during the blue hours of pre-dawn

Twitter and Cocoa Puffs: The surprising life of a student at North Korea’s top university

Alek Sigley, 29, studies at Kim Il-sung University — the alma mater of Kim Jong-un. He opened a Twitter account just a few months ago and it's become a rare keyhole through which to view a fast-changing Pyongyang, North Korea.

Twitter and Cocoa Puffs: The surprising life of a student at North Korea’s top university
Members of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hold stencils made by French street artist C215 representing portraits of emprisonned Turkish journalists,

FBI is dismantling its war crimes unit

FBI is dismantling its war crimes unit
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong-chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, return to discussions after a break at Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 7, 2018.

Pompeo's North Korea trip suggests a hard road for denuclearization

Pompeo's North Korea trip suggests a hard road for denuclearization
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North Korean diplomats are beating sanctions to raise cash with this Berlin hostel

North Korean diplomats are beating sanctions to raise cash with this Berlin hostel
A man waves from inside a black car.

North Korea details plans to dismantle nuclear test site

North Korea details plans to dismantle nuclear test site
Students hold posters with pictures of South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un

North and South Korea to hold historic first summit in decade

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to cross his country's heavily militarized border with South Korea on Friday for the first intra-Korea summit in more than a decade.

North and South Korea to hold historic first summit in decade
Police officers keep watch next to a train, believed to have carried a North Korean delegation to China

Mysterious train leaves Beijing with no confirmation North Korea's Kim Jong-un was on it

A train believed by carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un left Beijing almost as quickly as it appeared, and with no confirmation of who was on board.

Mysterious train leaves Beijing with no confirmation North Korea's Kim Jong-un was on it
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With threat of war looming, North and South Korea to hold summit

Seoul officials see the talks as the starting point of President Moon Jae-in's initiative to denuclearize and build lasting peace on the peninsula, beginning with a freeze in the North's nuclear program and ending in its complete abolishment.

With threat of war looming, North and South Korea to hold summit
People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on February 14, 2017.

A son of North Korea's first family is dead, and details of the case are murky

At one time, Kim Jong-nam was thought to be the natural successor to his father, North Korea’s ‘Dear Leader,’ Kim Jong-il. Now, the younger Kim is dead. And experts suspect that his death might have been a political assassination ordered by his own half-brother, the current supreme leader — Kim Jong-un.

A son of North Korea's first family is dead, and details of the case are murky
A North Korean official in London watches over visitors to the embassy's art exhibition

Welcome to North Korea, please enjoy the art work

Last week saw an unusual gallery opening in London. Far out in the west London suburbs, the North Korean embassy was holding its first ever art exhibition.

Welcome to North Korea, please enjoy the art work
Balloons released in South Korea

That's some inflation. South Koreans float balloons filled with cash to the North

North Korean defectors in South Korea packed up balloons and sent them over the demilitarized in a bid to let their former neighbors know what it's like outside of reclusive North Korea. That story tops today's Global Scan.

That's some inflation. South Koreans float balloons filled with cash to the North
A policeman stands guard as a lantern is placed at the front door of Number 10 Downing Street during "Lights Out", as part of commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I on August 4, 2014.

The UK goes dark to mark the lives lost during World War I

World War I led to more than 16 million deaths and more than 20 million people wounded. To mark the anniversary of the start of the war on Tuesday, the UK went dark Monday night — a tribute to the nation's victims. That story tops our Global Scan.

The UK goes dark to mark the lives lost during World War I
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presides over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang April 9, 2014.

Kim Jong Un is not impressed by your discount haircuts

Kim Jong Un is known around the world for his hair, but evidently he's a little sensitive about it. The "dear leader" of North Korea wants a London barbershop to take down a promotional photo that uses his image with the words "Bad Hair Day." That and more in today's Global Scan.

Kim Jong Un is not impressed by your discount haircuts
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This video shows a 104-story leap of faith in New York City

What's it like to jump off a 104-story building? Let us show you. Plus would you get a haircut like your national leader? What if you had no choice? That may just be the case in North Korea. Those stories and more in today's Global Scan.

This video shows a 104-story leap of faith in New York City

When Kim Jong Un wants you to vote, he subjects you to poetry

North Korea is about to have another election. And though the winners are not in doubt, government leaders still want a huge turnout, so they are turning to poems exhorting people to vote. Plus, at the NSA, even the spies are fed up ... with being spied on. All that and more, in today's Global Scan.

When Kim Jong Un wants you to vote, he subjects you to poetry