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Growing discontent among North Korean elites

October 30, 2026 · 51 min

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Through hundreds of hours of interviews with North Korean defectors, author Jieun Baek has tried to piece together insights into the "Hermit Kingdom’s" privileged class of elites. Also, El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four military technicians who disappeared in a gang ambush. And, one town in Norway is told not to drink the tap water after tests found higher than average levels of heavy metals and contaminants. Plus, a new survey finds that the Canadian accent is aligning closer to the American accent.

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