Portal:North Korea/DYK
DYK 1
- ... that Kim Il-sung (pictured) has been credited with resolving the Sinuiju Incident in 1945?
- ... that the Battle for Outpost Vegas and the surrounding outposts during the Korean War is considered the bloodiest fighting up to that time in western Korea?
DYK 2
- ... that North Korean leader Kim Il-sung (pictured, as a schoolboy) credited his Chinese teacher Shang Yue with having introduced him to Chinese classics and Russian literature?
- ... that the North Korean military has a cyberwarfare agency named Bureau 121?
DYK 3
- ... that after hackers stole confidential information from Sony Pictures Entertainment, former employees sued the company for failing to protect their data?
- ...that Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, would have been the tallest Hotel in the world, if completed?
DYK 4
- ... that the Cemetery for North Korean and Chinese Soldiers in Paju, South Korea, contains the graves of North Korean agents killed on espionage missions in the South?
- ... that a South Korean organisation named Fighters for a Free North Korea has sent out gas balloons containing materials such as transistor radios, DVDs, and brochures to North Koreans?
DYK 5
- ... that in his autobiography With the Century, North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung stated that his motto is "The people are my God"?
- ... that after the theatrical release of The Interview was cancelled due to Sony Pictures being hacked, it earned over $40 million from an online release?
DYK 6
- ... that the Yalu River Broken Bridge, which connected China and North Korea, was built by Japan and destroyed by the United States?
- ... that Gambian politician Sirra Wally Ndow-Njie met with North Korean president of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam in 2010?
DYK 7
- ... that North Korean footballer Sung Hyang-sim was the top scorer at the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship and named Most Valuable Player?
- ... that Spring is Coming was the first South Korean musical performance in the North in over a decade, and was attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un?