George W. Bush visit to Seoul draws North Korea reaction: ‘Scum’, ‘Wicked’ are some of the words used
The North Korean state media had no shortage of dramatic language to use in describing the former US President and those he visited on a recent trip to Seoul. On Monday, George W. Bush visited South Korean President Park Geun-hye and exchanged views on the alliance between the two countries and other issues of mutual interest. The Yonhap News Agency More...
Bird’s Eye View: Drones in the Real Estate Industry
Drones aren’t just for spying on Americans anymore. They’re also good for hunting prime real estate. The excitement is heating up, and for good reason. Unmanned drones are a simple way to capture large More...
Venezuela is the most likely country of origin for the dengue outbreak in Madeira in 2012: study
I covered the dengue fever outbreak on the Portuguese island of Madeira since the first locally transmitted cases were detected in early October 2012, both here at The Global Dispatch and on the Infectious Disease More...
The Dangers of Texting and Walking
First it was portable cassette players distracting individuals from the world around them. Then, the Walkman became even easier to carry around and with the headphone attachment, no one listening could hear More...
North Korea publishes the ‘apology’ from missionary, John Short
After announcing the deportation of the Australian missionary for committing the criminal act of secretly spreading his Bible tracts around a Buddhist temple in Pyongyang when visiting it on February 16, the birth More...
Creepy, Dreadful, Wonderful Parasites: Discussing Acanthamoeba, Loa loa and pubic louse case studies with Dr. Bobbi Pritt
Director, Clinical Parasitology and Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and owner of the blog, Creepy, Dreadful, Wonderful Parasites, Bobbi Pritt, MD, MSc, More...
UN Commission on North Korea: ‘These crimes against humanity entail extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other sexual violence’
PRESS RELEASE A wide array of crimes against humanity, arising from “policies established at the highest level of State,” have been committed and continue to take place in the Democratic People’s Republic More...
North Korea Diary: Update on new animals at Central Zoo includes dalmatians and guinea pigs
Last week, North Korea Diary reported that the Central Zoo in Pyongyang had acquired some Yorkies to feature at the country’s premiere zoo. Public domain image/ Dalmatiner24.eu at the wikipedia project Now More...
Zika virus outbreak in the Pacific update
The latest numbers for the Zika fever outbreak in the two, French, Pacific island territories were released today by the ECDC and here is the update: New CaledoniaImage/CIA In French Polynesia, 61 new suspected More...
Why a third party vote is not a wasted vote
It is a statement that illustrates the level of brainwashing that has afflicted an unfortunate number of longtime GOP and Democratic Party supporters. “A vote for anyone other than (insert their respective candidate More...
