Dr Stranglove

[Jelisej]

North Korean fashion women are 'encouraged' to choose from 18 officially sanctioned hairstyles | Mail Online

And men have only 10....

[Sperwer]

March 1st was Korean Independence Day - the memorial for a nationwide protest in 1919 against the Japanese colonization that had commenced in 1910 and didn't end until Japan's defeat by the Allies in 1945. I saw this orchestral flash mob celebration that day downtown, which is an amalgam of the iconic Korean folk song, Arirang, and the Korean national anthem. Very nice.

[Sperwer]

Here we go again:

BBC News - North Korea ends peace pacts with South

I'm getting the go baks ready and cleaning and oiling my personal artillery but, unless someone seriously miscalculates, I don't expect to be in harm's way. I'm not ruling out an exchange of fire between north and south, though; in fact I consider that likely, just far enough a way not to be personally bothersome.