In Real Life

Let’s Check Out North Korea’s Brand New Website!

Hey, internet people! Did you know that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka North Korea) has a brand new website. It’s pretty slick, and it replaces North Korea’s previous site, which can be best summed up in one word: medieval. But I guess the same thing can be said about North Korea.


April 14, 2012
In Real Life

North Korea’s Tractor-Driving Simulator Is… Colourful

You’re looking at a North Korean tractor-driving simulator, photographed on April 3 at Samjiyon Schoolchildrens’ Palace in Samjiyon, North Korea by Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder.


April 10, 2012
In Real Life

North Korea Has A Tractor Simulator. It’ll Plough The Fields Of Your Mind.

The wizards in North Korea created this: a computerized simulator that teaches students how to drive a tractor.


February 22, 2012
News

Real Life Bowser Jr Trolls South Korea

The foreign policy of the Koopa Kingdom toward its neighbour has always been unpredictable in timing and method. Although the Koopa Kingdom and the Mushroom Kingdom have engaged and cooperated with each other in friendly international competitions, critics have pointed out that relations between the two nations remained tense. While the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopa Kingdom enjoyed a brief period of peace, the two countries were technically still at war with each other.


February 14, 2012
In Real Life

North Korean Clams Cooked With GASOLINE

While North Korean hamburgers look (and sound) awful, North Korean gasoline-baked clams also sound pretty friggin’ awful. They’re not, according to Japanese site RocketNews24. A Japanese traveller who recently visited the country and tried the dish said they’re actually pretty good — and don’t even taste like gasoline.


January 12, 2012
In Real Life

North Korea’s Dictator Is So Dragonball

Kim Jong-il passed away last month, leaving his manga-reading gamer son Kim Jong-un as successor.


December 21, 2011
News

North Korea Will Be Rule By A Manga-Reader Gamer

Kim Jong-il passed away this week — something almost predicted by Homefront, a video game. The question now is: what’s next? Rather, who.


August 15, 2011
In Real Life

North Korean Gold-Farming Allegations Officially Denied By Official North Korean News

North Korea has officially responded to allegations it supported a hacking network that allowed it to gold-farm some $US7 million out of South Korea-based MMOs. North Korea’s (adjusts glasses, clears throat) “Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland” on Sunday released a statement saying, in effect, “no u.”


August 8, 2011
In Real Life

Hans Brix Might Want To Send Inspectors To Kim Jong-il’s Gold Farm

An awesome tale from Friday’s New York Times alleges that Mister Fun himself, Kim Jong-il, finances his nookular ambitions with the proceeds of an MMO-gold farming operation.


March 17, 2011
News

Red Dawn Remake Pulls A Homefront, Retcons Korean Invasion

The forthcoming remake of Red Dawn, the 1984 film in which American teenagers band together to fight invading Soviet forces, will feature a North Korean invasion of the United States, similar to just-released shooter Homefront. Why is that so interesting? Because they already shot the film as a Chinese invasion of the States.