Smoking chimpanzee
Video shows a chimpanzee lighting and smoking a cigarette at a zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea. Officials say the chimp smokes a pack each day.
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North Korea is considered by some to be the most isolated country in the world, and Kim Jong Un recently made a decision to bolster that notion
North Korea is considered by some to be the most isolated country in the world, and Kim Jong Un recently made a decision to bolster that notion. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Korea's independence from Japan, North Korea will create its own time zone. Anna Werner has a report on the creation of the new time zone "Pyongyang Time."
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North Korea launches unidentified projectile
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North Korea launches ballistic missile
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North Korea is enhancing its nuclear program
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Kim Jong Un reappears in public after weeks
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China and Russia propose lifting some U.N. sanctions on N. Korea
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North Korea confirms test-firing of rocket launcher system
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U.S. billed $2M for Otto Warmbier's care
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Kim Jong Un meets Vladimir Putin in Russia
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