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Air pollution worsens from world’s biggest emitter nation Air pollution worsens from world’s biggest emitter nation Hsin-Yin Lee March 29, 2010 Greenhouse gas emissions soaring around the globe Slowing global warming could mean less economic growth Debating aid to world’s top greenhouse gas emitter: China China and India? No — just China Worldfocus Radio: Small Islands, Big Climate Changes Creeping seas threaten tiny island chain of Maldives Skater tak..
Communist North Korea clings to ‘Juche’ ideology Communist North Korea clings to ‘Juche’ ideology Ben Piven October 30, 2009 North Korea is a Cold War relic, but its communist roots alone do not explain the widespread adoption of the ideology knows as Juche — essentially a hybrid of East Asian Confucianism and East European Stalinism. Despite the fact that state literature decrees “man is the master of all things,” Juche (”self-reliance” in Ko..
100,000 North Koreans dazzle at mass games spectacle 100,000 North Koreans dazzle at mass games spectacleBen PivenOctober 6, 2009What are the historical roots of Arirang?Charles Armstrong: Mass choreographed spectacles are not unknown in the West. They were popular in the middle of the 20th century in totalitarian and militarized states, such as pre-World War Two Japan, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and China. These countries had a very big infl..
Kim Jong-il’s North Korea welcomes legal U.S. tourists Kim Jong-il’s North Korea welcomes legal U.S. touristsBen PivenNovember 13, 2009Air Koryo stewardesses with delicately coiffed hair and impeccable red suits directed us to our seats in the stuffy Tupolev aircraft. Flimsy seat backs folded completely forward onto the seat cushions. Pyongyang-bound tourists, businessmen, and North Koreans fanned themselves ferociously, as the temperature hit 80 de..