Kim Jong Un digitally erased an actor he doesn't like from the re-run of a popular North Korean TV show

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A side-by-side image of two stills from the same moment in North Korean TV drama “The Taehongdang Party Secretary.” On the left is Pak Jong Taek, who has replaced the actor shown on the right, Choe Ung Chol. The images are otherwise visually very similar.
Left: Pak Jong Taek. Right: Original actor Choe Ung Chol.

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The story behind North Korea's wacky homegrown version of the AK-74 rifle

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North Korean troops march during a military parade in Pyongyang in January 2021.

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A man detained multiple times said North Korean prisons have improved over the years because the last time he was jailed he no longer had to walk on all fours

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A young police woman conducts the traffic on April 2, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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Inmates in North Korean prisons are raped, beaten, and starved, watchdog finds. Some eat roaches and rats just to survive.

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A female North Korean soldier guards the banks of the Yalu River near the Chongsong county of North Korea opposite the Chinese border town of Hekou, northeastern China's Liaoning province May 31, 2009.
A female North Korean soldier guards the banks of the Yalu River near the Chongsong county of North Korea opposite the Chinese border town of Hekou, northeastern China's Liaoning province May 31, 2009.

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North Korea claims it can unleash a 'super-scale radioactive tsunami' with an underwater drone that detonates near ships or ports

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In this photo taken from March 21 to 23, 2023 and provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises an exercise in South Hamgyong province, North Korea.
In this photo taken from March 21 to 23, 2023 and provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises an exercise in South Hamgyong province, North Korea.

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North Korea claims that in 1 day, 800,000 youths just up and decided to voluntarily join its army and fight the US

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North Korean soldiers visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the death of the country's second leader Kim Jong Il. Statues of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung (L) and his son Kim Jong Il can be seen in the background.
North Korean soldiers visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2021.

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Kim Jong Un's daughter was a mystery for years, but now she's showing up at North Korea's biggest missile tests

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This photo provided on Nov. 19, 2022, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and his daughter at the site of a missile launch at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022.

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North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missiles could hit central US in just 33 minutes, says Chinese study

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Five large missiles simultaneously fired from the back of launchers in North Korea on March 10, 2023, in a state-distributed image that Insider could not verify.

The US, its allies, and North Korea are one wrong move away from disaster

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People at the Seoul Railway Station watch a TV broadcast about a North Korean ICBM test in November 2017.

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Kim Jong Un's mysterious sister, Kim Yo Jong, issued a rare public threat to the US on her brother's behalf, hinting that she might be gaining influence

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A tv screen shows a file image of Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul.
A tv screen shows a file image of Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul.

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