Direct from Pyongyang, North Korea ... a-ha! Kind of. We find this video of students from the KUM SONG School to be captivating and just just a little beautiful. more ›

Today, we follow artist Morten Traavik to Pyongyang to see a group of North Korea's best accordionists performing the 80s Euro-hit standard "Take On Me" by A-Ha. more ›

As part of the 2012 Barents Spektakel festival, Norwegian artist Morten Traavik collaborated with North Korean instructors to teach locals how to do the card stunt that is so ubiquitous in North Korea's Mass Games. more ›

In probably his most bizarre comment to date, Rudy Giuliani paid Barack Obama a big compliment yesterday. In a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition, Giuliani cited Obama's statement that he would engage leaders of renegade nations, including meeting with leaders of Iran, Cuba and North Korea, without precondition. "Then he went on to explain that Ronald Reagan negotiated with the communists," Giuliani told the audience. "I say this most respectfully: You're not Ronald Reagan,... more ›

The United States Women's National Soccer Team has scheduled a series of international friendlies this year to help them prepare for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup that will be held in China this fall. At noon on August 12, the U.S. Women's team will take on New Zealand at Soldier Field, a game that will also be broadcast live on ESPN2. Soccer fans can start buying tickets as of today. The U.S. squad is... more ›

Sure, this city's sports scene is all Bears, all the time right now, but Chicagoist can find a way to make you care about the World Series. As Tommy Lasorda has been telling that poor Cubs fan up in the tree "since his team was eliminated from the postseason" in those playoff promos (they should have done some fact-checking on that one though--what, he's been up there since May?), it doesn't matter who's in the... more ›

Though the recent nuclear tests by North Korea and the subsequent sanctions by the United Nations haven’t been addressed here, we've been following it closely. Far be it for us to be accused of ignoring a story with such major international and national impact, especially since it hits home in this story from the L.A. Times about the Doomsday Clock located at the University of Chicago. The members of the academic journal, The Bulletin of... more ›