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North Korean Soldiers Allegedly Hooked on Porn Following Deployment to Russia

In response to these claims, the US DoD has never verified the claims, stressing that the presence of North Korean soldiers in combat is more worrying.

International Business Times UK

North Korean troops have been allowed access to the internet – and they're 'addicted to porn'

As 10,000 North Korean soldiers arrive in Russia, the claims have prompted a response from the Pentagon

Evening Standard

North Korean Soldiers in Russia Are Using Unrestricted Internet Access to Binge Watch Pornography: Report

North Korean soldiers stationed in Russia are allegedly binge-watching pornography having unrestricted internet access for the first time ever.

Latin Times

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Is the World Cup still the greatest show on earth?

Gideon Rachman on the good, the bad and the Messi of Qatar 2022

Financial Times

Beyond Putinism: Ukraine war commentary shows how Hegelian binaries run into blind spots

There are points of ferment in world politics when one is tempted to define the zeitgeist of the current or the emerging world order. Many times the tumult is cast in a way that it takes the form of a Hegelian contest of ideas and the systems representing them; sometimes…

Newslaundry

The Age of The Strongman by Gideon Rachman review – a rogues gallery of autocrats

Putin is the archetype and role model for a generation of hardline populist leaders, from Bolsonaro to Trump

The Guardian - UK

The Age of the Strongman by Gideon Rachman review – democracy muscled out?

This chilling examination of how the growing popularity of autocrats and their aspirants could upend western liberal values is forceful and timely

The Guardian - UK

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