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Kim Jong-un has declares China an enemy and threatens China with nuclear war. Kim Jing-un is angry because China is taking part in a UN sanctions against his country. A circulated document dated March 10, slams China for betraying socialism and threatens to clamp down on them with the force of a nuclear storm. It states: “We must no longer go easy on the Chinese and instead deal with them equally in order to change their attitude of taking us lightly. The report, which positioned China as the detested enemy was published by the Workers’ Party of North Korea. It also states: "All Party member and workers must join in crushing China’s pressuring schemes with the force of a nuclear storm for betraying socialism.” China defended North Korea in the 1950-53 Korean War and was seen as the country's closest ally and largest trading partner. Earlier this month China agreed to a US proposal that would dramatically tighten existing restrictions after North Korea's ...

Gulay Bursali, a 20 year old beautiful model and a university student has been reported jumped to her after trying to escape been raped by an estate agent. The model was in Istanbul, Turkey with her boyfriend identified as Engin O. The young model and her boyfriend had asked a property agent if there was an empty apartment they could rent for the weekend. The couples managed to get the keys to a property in Basaksehir, a district located on the European side of the city. After partying with friends in a local bar, they had gone back to the flat where they ended up being attacked by the estate agent. The boyfriend tells the police in a statement his own side of the story, "the agent had tricked his way inside by claiming he wanted to get some things from the apartment. Once he was inside though, the estate agent and a friend beat him up, confiscated his phone and locked him inside one of the rooms, and locked my girlfriend in another room, she had stripped naked by the a...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday declared that there were no such thing as the Chibok girls. He said no pupil was abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.  The governor further said the report was politically motivated to influence public opinion against the Goodluck Jonathan administration ahead of the 2015 general elections. He said, “Today, many opposition leaders are underground. I don’t think any of these girls is missing; it is a political strategy. Who is fooling who? If you wanted to use it to remove some people, you have succeeded already. “I don’t know if there are missing girls but no indication has shown that. It is a political strategy, because I don’t think any girl is missing. If they are missing, let them find them.” The governor also said the ‪#‎BringBackOurGirls‬ campaigners,  are using the campaign to seek political appointments. He lamented that human rights groups had dec...

Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has cried out to the British Government ‎to intervene in his case by asking President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately release him from prison. Nnamdi Kanu is facing treason charge alongside ‎two other pro-Biafra agitators, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi. Nnamdi Kanu approached the British government through his lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor. Nnamdi Kanu, in his letter dated March 24,  addressed the British High Commissioner in Abuja, describing himself as a victim of travesty of justice and gross human rights violation. He insisted that the Federal Government of Nigeria led President Buhari ‎has abused his fundamental human rights through his prolonged detention in prison.

Parents of the missing Chibok girls have confirmed that the suspected suicide bomber caught last week in Cameroon by the Cameroonian army is not one of the 219 girls who were abducted by Boko Haram from their secondary school 2years ago. 3 authorized representatives of the parents of the 219 missing Chibok girls arrived the MMF’s offices to viewing photos of the suicide bomber claiming to be one of the missing Chibok girls. According to women leader of the Chibok Girls Movement, whose children are amongst the kidnapped 219 Chibok girls. The photos of the girl shown to us is not a kidnapped Chibok girl. The girl was arrested in Cameroon with live explosives strapped on her. The earlier set of photos showed the girl partially clothed and squatting on the sandy floor within a low cement wall enclosure, which was surrounded by soldiers and some civilians. “In that same batch, a woman was being carried in the arms of a soldier, with her face swollen and plaster covering different...

Senate President Bukola Saraki is determine to win his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal as he hires experts from the United States and Israel to team up with his legal team led by (SAN) Kanu Agabi. It was learnt that the experts are not lawyers but crack investigators, forensic and handwriting specialists with the mandate to provide information on witnesses and documents presented at the tribunal by the prosecution. The experts arrived Lagos on Monday and would leave Lagos to join Agabi’s team in Abuja. A source in the Senate, disclosed that the experts would assist Saraki’s legal team make a credible defense at the Tribunal. He further says, “The investigators will scrutinize all available information on the eight prosecution witnesses, including their school records, service records from the past and present, places of employment and personal information that may help the defense team in the course of the trial. “Most of the witnesses will not be credible...

Policemen in Benin City, Nigeria arrested Apostle Ikenna Okafor who is the founder of the great mind prayer ministry for allegedly burying charm in his church premises in Benin to pull congregation. The Residents of Esigie Street, Benin, the apostles neighbor's insist it was a live animal he buried as charm under the church premises. Policemen saved him from been lynched by the angry resident who stormed church with vexation in their mind. The police arrested Apostle Ikenna Okafor and took him away . An eyewitness, said his father woke him up around 2 a.m. on Saturday night to watch what the said Apostle Ikenna Okafor was doing. He was burying a live animal. According to the eyewitness, " I watched the pastor at night, he didn't see us. he buried something in front of the church and later performed a little ritual by walking round the church several times. Confirming the report, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Edo Police Command, DSP Osifo Abiodun, ...

The Abesan Housing Estate, in the Ipaja area of Lagos State was on Monday struck with tragedy when a man known as  Njamasi Richard, jumped from a building and died. Richard Njamasi, a husband and a father jumped off from the two-storey building when policemen from the Ipaja division of Lagos state came to arrest him . They came to arrest him for fraud. Earlier before the incident happened, a man identified as Ajagunjeun, had reported to the police that Richard allegedly defrauded him of a sum of 24million naira. When the policemen at Richard's house to arrest him, he jumped off through the back door of his flat, a two storey building block and was unconscious. He was rushed to a private hospital for treatment and was referred to Igando General Hospital Lagos where he died on Tuesday. A resident said Richard Njamasi action and death was a shock.  He said, “ Richard Njamasi and his family lived in Flat 6, which is on the topmost floor of the building....

California,  a frustrated man is ed up with people having sex at a park outside his Sacramento home,  he is so fed and set up an arsenal of surveillance cameras all the way up a light pole to record all of the activities. The neighborhood watchman, Marty said he  seen and recorded more than 50 sex events. He said there was a particular coupe who was getting frisky out in the open for any passerby to see, they adjust their cloths, and took off. Asked why he was filming them, Marty said: “I’m just a guy protecting my neighborhood and family". Marty is a concrete sales man, he asked that his full name not to be used. He says when he moved into the neighborhood, he really loved the park.  Marty said at day the park is a scene of pleasant with so many family and friendly activities. At night the park is an entirely different story. Marty said he video everything, he also said it is either he gives the police the footage to be used against the perpetrators as ev...

The hijacking of Egyptian Air flight MS181 on Tuesday ended with the suspect arrested after a long standoff with the authorities at Cyprus airport. The suspect Seif Eldin Mustafa had wanted to deliver a letter to his Cypriot ex-wife. Below his Ben Innes posing next to the suspect with a suicide belt on. The suspect threatened the pilot and the passengers on board the Egyptian airliner. Officials said the suicide belt was later found to be fake. A man talks a selfie with the foolish suspect according to the Egyptian Authorities who has a fake explosive strapped on himself. The Egyptian Authorities says they are not yet sure why he puts up with the foolish act and that the suspect had acted foolishly and a clown.

Some few corrupt political leaders in the North Central zone and corrupt members of civil society organizations, yesterday called for the dismissal of the ongoing trial of the Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The political leaders on the platform of Leaders of Thought, North Central Zone, at a briefing in Ilorin, rejected the CCT’s judgment of March 24, 2016. The spokesman of the group, Senator Ahmed Mohammed, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, not to be care-free to the alleged injustice and abuse of legal system in the country by the chairman of the CCT. Where were the leaders on the platform of leaders of thought, North Central Zone when the now Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki who was a 2 time sitting governor of Kwara State declared false assets due to massive corruption? Do the constitution say some few are above the law? It is certain that these political leaders and element  are corrupt and should ...

Minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu  apologised to Nigerians over the never ending scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit also known as fuel or petrol. Mr Kachikwu assured Nigerians the scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit would end in the second week of April. The minister made the pledge while answering questions asked by members of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) at the National Assembly where he was summoned to address the hardship and scarcity of petroleum commodity. “We are working hard and we will end the fuel queues by first week or second week of April,” Kachikwu said to the Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) at the National Assembly “Escravos to Warri pipeline was just recovered to be able to pump crude after six years and 90 per cent of fuel depots have not been in use for several years, so we are trying to fix the depots. “We have expanded the logistics requirement whi...

Men of the Nigerian Task Force, Lagos division recovered a sum of 5million Naira ($50,000) that fell off a moving bullion van along Lagos State House of Assembly Complex, Alausa, Ikeja. The Chairman of the Task Force, Superintendent of Police, SO, Olayinka Egbeyemi, said two Police officers attached to the agency recovered the money. The two officers are Sergeant Ogunbiyi Agbabu and Inspector Eheziekia Abiona, they are officers that recovered the money which fell off the moving van when it sped past the agency’s headquarters at Alausa, Lagos, Nigeria. Superintendent of Police, SO, Olayinka Egbeyemi therefore, ask the Police and Lagos State Government to commend the officers for honesty and integrity. Superintendent of Police, SO, Olayinka Egbeyemi, however said that the owner of any bullion van that drove through the Lagos State House of Assembly Complex between November and December 2015 with missing 5 million Naira  should come forwa...

Edson Arantes do Nascimento also known as Pele was the former Brazilian soccer legend. Pele is suing Samsung the electronic giant for illegally using his look alike-image. Fred Sperling, the soccer legend's lawyer filed a lawsuit claiming that the electronic giant allegedly used Pele look alike image for a television advertisement. While the advertisement did not name the 75 years old soccer legend. The elderly black man who featured in the advertisement looks very much like Pele. The lawsuit says the advertisement pose to confuse consumers and will definitely hurt Pele's value of  endorsement rights. Pele seeks $30million in damages. Pele has endorsement deals with other big giant companies, including  Procter and Gamble, Subway, Emirates and Volkswagen. The lawsuit also says the advertisement also appeared after Samsung broke off negotiations to use Pele’s image in 2013.  The lawsuit also state that the South Korean ...

Vitamin D refers to a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for enhancing intestinal absorption of calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphate, and zinc. In humans, the most important compounds in this group are vitamin D3 also known as cholecalciferol and vitamin D2, known as ergocalciferol. Vitamin D3 and vitamin D2 can be ingested from the diet and from supplements. Very few foods contain vitamin D. Dermal synthesis of vitamin D from cholesterol is dependent on sun exposure (specifically UVB radiation). Vitamin D from the diet or dermal synthesis from sunlight is biologically inactive; activation requires enzymatic conversion in the liver and kidney. Evidence indicates the synthesis of vitamin D from sun exposure is regulated by a negative feedback loop that prevents toxicity, but because of uncertainty about the cancer risk from sunlight, no recommendations are issued by the Institute of Medicine for the amount of sun exposure required to meet vitamin D requirements. Vit...

The Egyptian Airliner twitter account tweeted early Tuesday morning that it Airliner has been Hijacked by an unidentified gunman straps with explosives. An unknown hijacker seized an Egyptian airliner early Tuesday morning and diverted the plane to Cyprus, landing it at Larnaca airport on the south coast. The unidentified hijacker contacted the control tower at 8:30 am (0530 GMT) and the plane was given permission to land at 8:50 am. Sources from the Egyptian government says the hijacker is armed and has explosives on himself. The domestic flight MS181 had been travelling from Alexandria to Cairo. The Cypriot state broadcaster reported that the armed hijacker was threatening to detonate explosives strapped to his body and police were told to move away from the jet. The hijacker has made no immediate demands but Egyptian passengers were allowed to leave the plane shortly after landing in Cyprus. A crisis team has been deployed to the airport. There were 81 ...

The Syrian Army has finally recaptured the old city of Palmyra. The ancient city has been shattered in ruins after an intensive fierce battle between the Islamist states and the Syrian soldiers. Palmyra is the site of the most extensive ruins of the ancient Roman Empire. The Islamic State seized the ancient city in May 2015, the fall of Palmyra would mark the largest single gain for the Syrian army and President Bashar al-Assad since Russia intervened with air power late September, 2015. With utmost ease the Russians turned the tide of the conflict in favor of President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian army. Though Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Washington, and his Western puppet are not happy about this, they soon start to live with the reality that President Bashar al-Assad is going no where. Russia is a nuclear powered State with a huge modern Army,  Washington and his Western allies are afraid to go into conflict with. Washin...

"Make America Awesome" Anti-Trump's group tries to use his wife's nude picture to stop him.                                                                                                 MelaniaTrump The group snaps "meet Melania Trump, your next first lady as she straddles naked on a rug", urging the the voters to overwhelm there supports for Ted Cruz on Tuesday. Donald Trump believes Ted Cruz was behind the smear campaign, Trump took to Twitter slamming his opponent and threatening to dish the dirt on Cruz'...

Ibinabo Fiberesima Egbuka President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima Egbuka has been ordered to vacate the exalted office of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). In a statement issued on Wednesday by the National Secretary of AGN, Femi Durojaiye, the actress will step down as the president and Emeka Ike, who has been battling over the position with Ibinabo, will take over. The statement reads: “The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos at the application and argument of Counsel to Actors Guild of Nigeria, Barrister. Peter Andor Oboyi, struck out Ibinabo’s and Board of Trustees, BoT suit challenging the nullification of her election to the Presidency of AGN and also challenging the legitimacy of the Presidency of Emeka Ike. The implication of this judgment is that Emeka Ike led exco remains the only authentic and lawful leaders of Actors Guild of Nigeria. The Court  reiterated the position of the judicial authority that, Ibinabo Fiberesima Egbu...

Men may say they prefer brains over boobs but they 'feel threatened by intelligent women'. New research says men may claim to find a woman who is smarter than them more attractive but they get cold feet at the prospect of dating her in real life. But brains are apparently intimidating in reality Men may prefer brains over boobs but when it comes to actually dating an intelligent woman, blokes are more likely to run a mile. At least, that's the findings of a new study into into what men find desirable in women. According to research published in the November edition of ‘Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin’, men may claim to find a woman who is smarter than them more attractive. But it seems they get cold feet at the prospect of dating such a woman in real life. The study, which was carried out at the University of Buffalo, California Lutheran University and University of Texas, Austin, was split into two parts. First, 105 men were given a hypothetical scenar...

Source has revealed that close associates and Senate President,  Dr Bukola Saraki, are mobilizing a sum of $2millon to settle the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Umar, and have him compromise the case in the alleged false declaration of assets of their principal. The alleged plot was uncovered late Wednesday evening when a very prominent traditional ruler and retired banker from Kano reached out to Umar, through his emissaries, with the said promise of $2m cash. Panic within the Saraki camp set in when it became obvious that despite the withdrawal of Justice Abdukadir-Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja from the case, the trial was billed to resume shortly with the appointment of another Judge. The Senate President’s anxiety further heightened by the decisions of the All Progressives Congress which met late Tuesday to pursue party discipline to a logical conclusion. The leadership of the All Proressive Congress was upset b...

A 17 year old girl from Wisconsin, Braeley Pettigrew was surprise when she went to use the toilet on Tuesday morning in her home and gave birth to a baby boy. According to WDJT Pettigrew said she had no idea she was pregnant. She said she thought she was having a bowel movement, so ran to the toilet, but after what she thought was a bowel movement, she looked down and saw that a baby was in the toilet. She became scared, cut the umbilical cord and wrapped the baby up. Pettigrew took the infant to her mom and told her that someone had left the baby on the porch, but when her mom noticed blood on the teen’s clothes, she called the police. The teen and baby were rushed to the hospital where the child was taken straight to the NIC-U. Both mom and baby are doing well. She said: “I never thought I would be having a baby at 17, but my first instinct was to get him out of the toilet and wrap him up to keep him warm,” .She made up the story about the infant been abandoned beca...

Several weeks of failed promises by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its subsidiary, Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), on their capacity to meet domestic demand for petrol and end the fuel shortages, Nigerians were finally told yesterday that the queues at filling stations nationwide may not disappear soon. Finally admitting to the enormous challenges of importing petroleum products into the country against the backdrop of dollar shortages, moribund refineries, and the misallocation of fuel imports by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) for the first quarter of 2016, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, said there was no quick fix to the perennial problem. Since his appointment as the Group Managing Director of NNPC (he holds both portfolios) about eight months ago, Kachikwu has been gung ho about bringing back Nigeria’s three refineries, which have suffered years of underfunding, neglect and mismanagement, bac...

Open Letter To President Buhari by Fani-Kayode Fani-Kayode “Mr. President, as one of your most loyal and faithful subjects who has nothing but the utmost respect for your person and your office I am constrained to write you this open letter. This is because there are a number of issues that I believe that it is important for you to clarify and to come clean on. I say this because some of your assertions of late are at best contradictory and at worst patently dishonest. Whichever side of the political divide we are on I believe that we can all agree on one thing: that the prosecution of the war against terror is not something that any of us should play politics with. This is especially so given the fact that human lives are at stake and the very existence of our nation is under threat. Like much of the rest of the world, our country is going through hell at the hands of the jihadists and Islamist terrorists. There is no gainsaying that we must all come to terms with th...

The 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Owena Barracks, Akure, Ondo State has begun investigation into the death of a 25-year-old woman, Adeyemo Juliana, who was killed by an unidentified soldier. The Public Relations Officer confirms the incident to newsmen on Monday, said the incident is unfortunate, he however denied the suspect was a soldier. The deceased. Juliana, seller of network voucher in the barracks, was found in a pool of blood in her apartment in Block 5, barracks on Sunday, March 13, 2016. The husband of the deceased, Mr. Wale Adeyemo, who said he was not around when the incident happened, alleged that the killer carried out the act on his wife in the presence of her two children, noting that there were many cuts on her body which indicated that she was stabbed to death. The deceased wife and mother  According to him, “One of our children, Dayo, a four-year-old, said a soldier entered into the apartment and killed his mother on the d...

Political scientist Ivan Zadorozhny wrote: "The  United State of American military might is certain to last while the money is there for the borrowing. But when the world stops lending, all bets are off.” “For example, if there is a capital flight from the U.S. in the event of war with Russia, to which country will the capital and assets move?”  “If the dollar collapses, what is the currency in which foreign trade will be conducted? Will the euro not collapse as well? Furthermore, the Russian economy is in recession, and the ruble has plummeted; with the current global oil surplus, wouldn’t pressure on the price of oil be even greater if there is war? And what are Russia’s alternative sources of foreign exchange?” Zadorozhny, in an article headlined “Military Power Doesn’t Directly Correlate to GDP,” said that all the talk about Russia being militarily “outmatched” by the U.S. doesn’t translate into U.S. superiority. “There are problems with GDP or military budget compar...

50 Cents Flaunts his cute baby boy, Isn't he more handsome than is father?

See what Floyd mayweather says afterward: They say "Life Is What You Make It" and to that, I'll agree wholeheartedly! As I sit here acknowledging how blessed I am to be retired a year shy of my 40th birthday, it's nearly impossible to say that I am not living the "American Dream". Without my usual six-pack or muscle tone in sight, I can sit back and get the last laugh, knowing that I put in the "Hard Work & Dedication" to be 49-0. I'm blessed to wake up every morning, certain that my bank accounts are growing. Making 7 figures monthly without moving a finger, just further proves that I've made brilliant investments and decisions that allow me to walk away from the ring, comfortably. I'm proud to be a King.

It can take you wherever you want to go to using its self-inflated tires. It's a six-wheeled amphibious truck, and can be driven to the North Pole and back. The Burlak carries ten people in total, and is set to make the first-ever trans-Arctic expedition in a road vehicle. The 7-meter-long off-roader dubbed ‘Burlak’ (hauler) is a real go-anywhere vehicle. Burlak’s house-type body is heavily insulated, equipped with kitchen, shower and other amenities. All the vehicle’s systems and engine have access from the inside of the shelter, which has a single space with a driver’s cockpit. The Burlak also comes equipped with a propeller and a body that floats, making the threat of sinking straight through the Arctic sea ice less of an issue.

Iyabo Ojo an epitome of Beauty, always on point. isn't she beautiful?

 "Remember Me" A film by Izu Ojukwu now showing in the cinema. It's a must watch.

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The Syrian and Russian fighter jets has carried out several joint combat flights over the concentration centers of the militant groups across the city of Palmyra, Eastern Homs province, inflicting what appears to be heavy losses and damages on terrorist positions in the ancient city that is still under the  ISIL terrorists and AL-NUSRA front. At least 18 militants has be confirmed dead due to the waves of airstrikes under the Russian and the Syrian waves of air power. In a separate development in the Eastern part of Homs Province, pro-government forces pushed their way further into militant-held areas and came closer to the city of Palmyra, imposing heavy casualties in fierce clashes with militants in the region. In another fronts, the Syrian Army’s Tiger Forces, backed by Hezbollah fighters and other Syrian army's allies, carried out a night assault on ISIL’s lines near Palmyra’s Western suburbs, killing several terrorists and confiscating a large cache of weapons fr...

Actor and ex California Governor  Arnold Schwarzenegger takes a selfie with 50cent

May weather  says the retired life feels so good, making 7 figures monthly. Retired before 40 years old. Made smart investments. The dude is the real dude

OLAMIDE the boss of YBNL nation has chose to start his USA tour at the Hampton Conference Center, Capitol Height ,  because of the love he has for his numerous fans in DMV . This is a far and most in-demand concert of the year . OLAMIDE will be singing some of his greatest hits such as Shakiti Bobo, Baddest Guy Ever Liveth, first of All Introduction,Awon Goons mi,mello,mello,dongo Yaro,oyadab.omo. Anifowoshe,Turn up,Stupid Love etc. 

Sean Tizzle Features in a new movie along with Iyabo Ojo and Odulade Adekola tittled "ISINA"

Controversial Nigerian Actor, film maker Toyin Aimakhu has hit the spotlight again with her see through attire. This makes her fan and critics go on her Instagram page to voice their like are dislikes. Some even went as far as insulting and calling her names. see below: See more comments after the break

A man in Algeria sues his new wedded wife for fraud . The man said  he was traumatized and suffered psychologically after seeing her for the first time without makeup. The morning after  the wedding the man claimed  he was shocked to see his wife's natural  face. He said  he was deceived  by her as she used makeup to fill up her face before marriage . He said she looked very beautiful and attractive before marriage. He is suing her for 13000 pounds

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The singer shocked her fans once again on Thursday night when she invited a female fan to join her on stage before deliberately exposing her breast in front of the crowd in Brisbane, Australia. The 57 year old pop star described the fan as the kind of girl you just want to slap on the as*, before adding: 'Oh s*it. Oh sorry, sexual harassment. It was feared the singer would face legal action over her behavior,

Australian rapper, Iggy Azalea, 25  has also revealed that she knows when and where she's getting married to US basketball star partner Nick Young, and she's already booked their honeymoon.

North Korea has sentenced an American student, 21 who admitted stealing a propaganda banner from a hotel to 15 years and hard labour. Observers said the harsh sentence was likely a reflection of soaring military tensions on the Korean peninsula following the North’s nuclear test. Pyongyang has maintained a daily barrage of nuclear strike threats against both Seoul and Washington, over the ongoing South Korea-US military drills that the North perceives as provocative rehearsals for an invasion. The United States has no diplomatic or consular relations with the North. The Swedish embassy in Pyongyang provides limited consular services to US citizens detained there. The US State Department “strongly recommends against all travel” to North Korea and specifically warns of the risk of arrest. Human Rights Watch said the severe sentence was shocking given that Warmbier’s alleged offence amounted to little more than a “college-style prank”. “Pyongyang should recognize this st...