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Kim Jong Un ordered to have his ex-girlfriend killed by machine gun. The Huffington Post is reporting that the former girlfriend of the North Korean despot, Hyon Song Wol, was killed in late August by a machine gun firing squad, executing her along with 11 others for supposedly making and selling a sex tape.

After some serious threats by North Korea, the United States has sent stealth fighters to South Korea to aid in their defense.

In another bold threat, North Korea has said that they will cancel the cease-fire that they've had with South Korea since 1953.

Amid very rocky relations between the United States and North Korea, Dennis Rodman enjoyed the company of North Korea's repressive leader Kim Jong-un, during a recent basketball exhibition game in North Korea, a country that just conducted a nuclear test!

President Obama is citing steady progress after the "grueling" recession.  In the annual State of the Union address, the President said there is still much work to do to prompt a more robust recovery.

Sometimes—like when they call themselves "space conquerors" after launching a satellite that broke almost immediately and tumbled out of orbit—it can be hard to take North Korea seriously. Other times—like when they threaten another test of their nuclear program at a highly delicate time for their neighbors, politically—it seems wiser to keep a close eye on them.