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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended the funeral service for a North Korea propaganda chief who has been likened to Nazi Germany’s Joseph Goebbels. Kim Ki-nam, who played a key role in building personality cults around the country’s three dynastic leaders, died earlier this week at 94 after being treated for age-related illnesses and multiple organ failures, according to state media. Unrelated to the Kims who have ruled the country since 1948, he worked with the North Korean government for at least 50 years, and became the Propaganda and Agitation Department deputy director in 1966. North ...
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Wine and spirit distribution in Sweden has been disrupted after a logistics company was reportedly the victim of a ransomware attack. The company, Skanlog, works with Sweden’s alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget and the incident has disrupted supplies. All alcoholic beverages risk being affected by the attack throughout the country, which means consumers may have a smaller selection to choose from for a short period, Systembolaget wrote in a press release. For customers who have ordered items impacted by the supply disruption, the orders are being cancelled. “It affects about 15% of our sale...
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After the “election” of Vladimir Putin for yet another presidential term last month, the list of those who lined up to congratulate the Russian dictator made for intriguing reading. Belarus’ Lukashenka said support for Putin was “overwhelming”; Azerbaijan’s Aliyev offered his warm regards on the occasion of Putin’s claimed 87,28% of the “vote” - whilst just last month Aliyev received congratulations from Putin for his 92% victory. Kim Jong Un said he would “firmly join hands” with his neighbour to the west. Iran was, of course, keen to congratulate the former KGB man. An anti-ideology links th...
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When you think of 74-year-old British gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh, who helms the wholesome ITV gardening show Love Your Garden, censorship is probably not the first word that springs to mind. Still, that hasn’t deterred North Korea’s state television Central TV, which has censored a 2010 episode of the BBC gardening programme Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets (which does sound a bit filthy, come to think of it). The reason? His jeans. They blurred out presenter Titchmarsh's trousers, as jeans are seen as a symbol of western imperialism in the secretive state - and are therefore ban...
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