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Fan death is a misconception that people have died as a result of running an electric fan in a closed room with no open windows. While the supposed mechanics of fan death are impossible given how electric fans operate, belief in fan death persisted to the mid-2000s in South Korea, [1] [2] [3] and also to a lesser extent in Japan.
The Military-First Girls have their own fans, known as tongmu (동무), a Korean term used chiefly in North Korea that is equivalent to the English term comrade. [5] Unha credits her club with creating a cultural bridge between the local Japanese and Korean (Chongryon) communities.
A freelance illustrator in her twenties is also the leader of sengun - joshi, or military-first girls. Toyko's only North Korea fan club.
North Korea has an adequate telephone system, with 1.18 million fixed lines available in 2008. [2] However, most phones are only installed for senior government officials. Someone wanting a phone installed must fill out a form indicating their rank, why they want a phone, and how they will pay for it.
The North Korean flag is seen during the 19th Asian Games gold medal match between Japan and North Korea’s women’s soccer teams at Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 6 ...
North Korea has formal ties with 159 countries, but had only 53 diplomatic missions overseas, including three consulates and three representative offices, before it pulled out of Angola and Uganda ...
North Korea, [d] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [e] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
North Koreans head for lodging at the Rio 2016 Olympic Village. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964. The National Olympic Committee for North Korea is the Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and was created in 1953 and recognized in ...