[-] dead@hexbear.net 3 points 8 hours ago

To add to what you said, fireworks cost 30-50% more this year because of Trump's tarriffs. Over 90% of fireworks in US are made in China.

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https://xcancel.com/charliekirk11/status/1940114312124862947#m

This tweet has the same exact time stamp and is about Zohran. It is clear that someone just edited the tweet to say something different. Warning: the real tweet is racist.

[-] dead@hexbear.net 1 points 18 hours ago

I do not think you made the fake tweet. I know that you found it on reddit or something. I figured you thought the tweet was real when you posted it. I didn't say that the fake tweet is homophobic. I said it's weird that whoever created the tweet imagined a scenario where a political figure frequently touches their anus. The tweet implies that Charlie does it all the time. The tweet could have simply said that he doesn't wash his hands, but it went into more explicit detail.

I just wanted people to know that it's probably a fake tweet. It's not on his twitter page. It was made by some redditor. There's nothing wrong with acknowledging that the tweet is fake. There is an abundance of things to criticize Charlie Kirk about. Likethat he does tours where he debates young college students is very embarrassing. He chooses to set up arguments with people who are inexperienced in politics so that he has an advantage in the conversation.

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I didn't ask if you use twitter. I just thought some people would want to know what is real and what isn't. Republicans did criticize Zohran for eating with his hands. Laura Loomer as example.

Also creating a fake scenario where republicans secretly touch their buttholes is very Democrat coded. What is it supposed to insinuate?

[-] dead@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

I don't think this is a real tweet.

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KCNA is a news agency within DPRK. They labeled this article as the top news story for the day. I think it's interesting that they chose to respond to the US allegations at all. I also like their colorful language and how they criticize the US. I posted the article so people could appreciate the way that DPRK mocks the US.

[-] dead@hexbear.net 30 points 2 days ago

Every subreddit that has "interesting" in the name is run by feds: Damnthatsinteresting, interestingasfuck, etc. They always have consent manufacturing posts.

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There is a mythology that follows computers hackers. People have a tendency to view computer hackers as having real life super powers. People dream that a hacker can save them by erasing their debts or toppling a bad government.

I think Hexbears want to believe that DPRK Hackers are doing vigilante justice because it sounds cool. It's a fun idea. I don't think that users are saying it in a way that is disrespectful.

I think there's probably a mix of truth. It is very likely that the US has slandered DPRK for crimes that they did not commit. There's been dozens of news stories about alleged North Korean Hackers, some of them could be fabricated.

In this particular story, I think it could be real because the US also charged 6 Chinese nationals. When China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked about the charges, the spokesperson said that China opposes the sanctions and will defend the rights of Chinese nationals. My interpretation is that China is not denying that the Chinese nationals worked with DPRK nationals and instead saying they don't respect US sanctions, which is cool.

AFP: The U.S. Justice Department said yesterday that it has taken down a network that allegedly helped North Koreans obtain remote IT work with companies to raise funds for the country’s weapons program. Six Chinese nationals and two Taiwan citizens have been indicted for their involvement. Does the Foreign Ministry have a comment on this?

Mao Ning: China opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or authorization of the UN Security Council. We will do what is necessary to defend the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese nationals.

https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/202507/t20250701_11662827.html

[-] dead@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago

I did not copy/paste the full article. If you click on the link, it says the US is accusing them of stealing $900k of bitcoin and software source code.

The North Koreans also allegedly stole at least $900,000 worth of cryptocurrency from one Georgia-based company with their access, along with employer data and source code, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) data, from a California-based defense contractor, the DOJ said.

[-] dead@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Fox News reacts to the DPRK press statement. https://archive.is/TOR7k

[-] dead@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago

I believe the context of this DPRK press statement is in response to the article below.

The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI on Monday announced an arrest and indictments targeting North Korea’s so-called “IT worker” program, where North Koreans obtain remote IT-related positions at more than 100 U.S. companies, and use that access to steal money and information from a host of companies around the world.

The North Korean workers used compromised identities of more than 80 U.S. citizens to obtain remote jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies and caused more than $3 million in legal fees, remediation and other costs, according to the DOJ.

The two men, along with four other unnamed U.S. “facilitators,” assisted the North Koreans by procuring and operating laptops used by the overseas workers, created financial accounts to receive money earned by the workers to be sent back to North Korea, and created shell companies to make the workers appear more authentic, according to the DOJ, earning nearly $700,000 from the scheme for themselves.

Federal prosecutors also indicted six Chinese nationals and two Taiwanese nationals for alleged roles in the operation. China would take all necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of its citizens, the country's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a regular news briefing on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/doj-announces-arrest-indictments-north-korean-it-worker-scheme-2025-06-30/

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Spokesperson for Foreign Ministry of DPRK Gives Answer

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on July 3 as regards the fact that the U.S. judicial authorities recently prosecuted DPRK citizens on the suspicion of a "cyber crime" and put them on a wanted list:

The recent incident is an absurd smear campaign and grave violation of sovereignty aimed at tarnishing the image of our state as it is a continuation of the hostile move of the successive U.S. administrations that have talked much about the non-existent "cyber threat" from the DPRK.

The Foreign Ministry of the DPRK expresses serious concern over the U.S. judicial authorities' provocation which is threatening and encroaching on the security, rights and interests of our citizens by fabricating the groundless "cyber" drama, and strongly denounces and rejects it.

The real threat of creating international cyberspace instability comes not from the DPRK but from the U.S.

The U.S. has long been posing a constant threat to the cyber security of the DPRK and other sovereign states by making cyber space a scene of battle and abusing the cyber issue as a political weapon to tarnish the image of other countries and impair the exercise of their legitimate rights.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has the right to take a proper and proportionate countermeasure to thoroughly protect the security and rights of its citizens from the judicial enforcement for a sinister political purpose, and to call to strict legal account the outsiders who took malicious action.

We will never tolerate any hostile act of the U.S. to encroach upon our state's sovereignty through groundless slander and illegal application of judicial means but will firmly defend the legitimate rights and interests of the citizens. -0-
www.kcna.kp (2025.07.04.)

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/5f6bb047c5f09b1f08bba5ece994a9c0.kcmsf
https://archive.is/kE1AD

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Sight Spot Appears on East Coast as New Scenic Beauty of Socialist Cultural Efflorescence

Inaugural Ceremony of Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area Held with Splendor

Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Thanks to the firm revolutionary will of the Workers' Party of Korea to bring about the shining efflorescence of socialist civilization on our land in our own way with our own resources, entities of new life and new wellbeing are created one after another in different parts of the country. In the days of such rejuvenation, a modern coastal tourist area was created on the Kalma peninsula, famous for its beautiful seaside scenery, greeting the auspicious time of inauguration.

The Wonsan Kalma area, in which hundreds of buildings of modern beauty of various forms have been built in harmony with the scenery of the coastal area widely known for an outstanding landscape from olden times to form a perfect artistic compatibility and connectivity, is a coastal tourist city of our own style without an equal in the world both in name and reality.

The tourist area houses hotels and hostels with accommodations for nearly 20 000 people that the guests at home and abroad can choose according to their tastes. It has sea-bathing service facilities, various sports and recreation facilities and commercial and public catering facilities fully equipped with all conditions and cultural life bases for providing the beauty of the scenic spot on the east coast in all seasons, excitingly picturing a 4km-long stretch of beach to be crowded with the people every year.

The change in the Wonsan Kalma area, a great auspicious event of the whole country, is a brilliant fruition of the profound thinking and undying efforts of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who unfolded a grand blueprint for building a world-class cultural resort and saw to it that all the edifices are perfectly created staking the dignity of our state and the honour of our generation. And it is a prelude to the new era of our country's tourist industry came along with the great spirit of service of the Workers' Party of Korea which is steadily carving out a new sphere of socialist civilization and an important cultural progress that made a weighty milestone in the building of our own-style tourist industry.

The inaugural ceremony of the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area, a proud and encouraging creation that redoubles the patriotic enthusiasm of our people to outpace the world, was held with splendor on June 24.

The venue of the inaugural ceremony was full of pride of the builders who proudly built a wonderful cultural tourist resort for the people by upholding the noble intention of the great Party Central Committee with vigorous struggle and extraordinary mettle of creation, and the joy of the working people who feel the birth of the proud coastal tourist city of national value.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attended the inaugural ceremony.

When Kim Jong Un arrived, stormy cheers of "Hurrah!" resounded far and wide.

All the participants paid the highest tribute to Kim Jong Un, the great master of creation and construction and the dear father, who is ushering in a new era of prosperity and development full of laughter and happiness of the people with the ardent desire to provide the beloved people with a brighter and richer life and new civilization and with his brilliant wisdom and energetic leadership practice.

Present at the ceremony were the members of central leadership body of the Party including leading cadres of the Party and government, officials of ministries and national agencies, military and civilian builders, officials and employees of the units in charge of construction and operation and officials, working people and youth and students in Kangwon Province and Wonsan City.

The Russian ambassador to the DPRK and his embassy members were invited as special guests.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

Pak Thae Song, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, made an inaugural address.

The inauguration of the coastal tourist area, which has emerged on the beautiful Kalma peninsula as a masterpiece of Korean-style tourism, demonstrating the tremendous strength and rapid development of our state, is a clear proof of the inexhaustible creativity and vigorous practical ability of socialist Korea which makes a new history of great change and civilization, the premier said, expressing warm militant tribute in the name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the government of the DPRK to all the builders who have powerfully demonstrated the spirit of the DPRK which splendidly paves the way for the eye-opening development toward future with such precious wealth.

He went on:

The Kalma peninsula, which can be called the coastal scenic spot with the best ecological environment, has assumed a new elegant and modern appearance - this is an epoch-making change that can be made only by our Party.

It is a symbol of the great dignity and wellbeing of the people upheld by the people-first politics of our Party and the socialist system of our own style. Herein lies the true meaning of the coastal tourist area and beauty peculiar to it and the noble state no tourist attractions can reach.

He said that Kim Jong Un energetically led the work to make sure that the worthwhile grand construction for providing the DPRK people with the most civilized recreation ground in the world is dynamically accelerated as the Party and state work.

The speaker stressed that the valuable teachings of Kim Jong Un, who developed judgment of officials while giving meticulous guidance to thousands of architectural layouts, saw to it that all the structures in the tourist area are completed at the highest level and gave detailed solution to all the issues including the one of establishing unique service methods and capabilities, are a great encyclopedia that comprehensively deals with the orientation and ways for building a tourist industry in the new era.

Noting that Kim Jong Un visited the construction site despite the wild sea wind several times a year to call upon the builders to present the coastal tourist area to the people by building it into a cultural recreation ground without an equal in the world, the speaker said that his ardent appeal redoubled the loyalty and patriotic faith of all the builders and powerfully encouraged them to the heroic labour struggle. The speaker referred to the fact that the builders successfully erected grand miraculous edifices, creating amazing construction speed, advanced methods and model experience one after another, cherishing the sacred mission of implementing the intention of the great Party Central Committee on the road of breaking a new ground of tourist culture.

The erection of the world-level coastal tourist city, the best marine park, by our own efforts is the valuable honour and worth of our generation which holds in high esteem the great leader who is making a new history of rejuvenation and prosperity in which men, mountains and streams and times are undergoing change beyond recognition through the dynamic construction revolution, the speaker said, adding that the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area will shine as a monument to the people-first idea and leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea.

The premier said that the eye-opening change made on the Kalma peninsula through the indomitable pioneering and fortitude indicates a new watershed for comprehensive prosperity to be certainly approached by the state and people of the DPRK despite all difficulties, calling upon all the people to make a dynamic advance with higher ideals and dreams for the future of our state which will be turned into a paradise for the people along the road set by the Party Central Committee.

Kim Jong Un cut the inaugural tape.

Enthusiastic cheers were raised and fireworks of celebrations displayed and balloons flown up, beautifully decorating the clear and blue sky over Myongsasimni.

Kim Jong Un went round various places of the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area including the Myongsasimni Outdoor Wading Pool, the Kalma Moranbong Hotel and the Myongsasimni Hotel together with leading officials of the Party and the government.

Enjoying a bird's-eye view of the coastal tourist city which presents a grand sight, he said with great satisfaction that what he wanted to do most for the people and the Party's cherished desire into which it has thrown energy for a long time were translated into a brilliant reality and our inexhaustible spirit of pioneering was fully demonstrated once again through the gigantic construction.

Noting that all the structures in the Wonsan Kalma area are the monumental edifices that comprehensively represent the mature phase of our architecture which has rapidly made a leap forward with each passing year, he expressed his deep emotion over the building of an eye-opening entity to be recorded as one of the greatest successes this year concluding the implementation of the decisions made at the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Saying that the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area should play a leading role in establishing the tourist culture of the DPRK, he stressed the need for all the units in charge of operation to provide all tourists to the scenic spot on the eastern coast with the best convenience and leisure space in order to help them spend pleasant and satisfactory days.

Noting that in our country with diverse and rich tourist resources and the political safety and institutional stability peculiar to it, tourist industry is of great prospective significance as a motive power promoting the efflorescence and the development of the cultural field and the rejuvenation of the relevant region and contributing to the overall economic growth of the state, he indicated an important orientation for expanding and developing our style tourism on a large scale.

He said that the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area is the proud first step in the course of implementing the policy of the Party and the government on the development of cultural tourism and the Ninth Congress of the WPK would confirm an important plan for building promising large tourist cultural areas of various types in different regions in the shortest time possible on the basis of the successes and experience gained in the development of the Kalma peninsula.

A performance was given to mark the inauguration of the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area.

The night of celebration was jubilant with famous songs full of the stir of the prosperous times in which every dream and ideal have been translated into the brilliant reality along with the blooming socialist civilization, hope for future and burning patriotic enthusiasm and with gorgeous fireworks.

Kim Jong Un expressed belief that the wave of the happiness to be raised in the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area would enhance its attractive name as a world-level tourist cultural resort, heralding the future of paradise to be built in different parts of the country.

The landscape of civilization on the beautiful beach of the eastern coast whose looks have undergone a dramatic change thanks to the most popular view of the WPK on the development of the state will shine long as a cultural treasure which brings the people's laughter into full bloom year after year, demonstrating the inexhaustible development potential and valiant pioneering spirit peculiar to the DPRK which is confidently ushering in a promising new era of prosperity.

The Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area starts service for tourists at home from July 1. -0- www.kcna.kp (2025.06.26.)

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/39fe6d16626f743979dbf8421474aca9.kcmsf (59 photos)

https://archive.is/bMF1C (kcna)

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/north-korea-opens-landmark-coastal-wonsan-tourist-zone-2025-06-25/

I'll post a rehost of the photos in a comment.

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https://archive.is/qGWV2

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/23/live-iran-vows-to-respond-to-us-attacks-trump-hints-at-regime-change?update=3795960

UPDATE It has been 2 hours. There is still mixed reporting. According to Reuters, Qatar said Iran had agreed to the ceasefire. The ceasefire has not been confirmed or denied by Iran or Israel. Iran and Israel are still both attacking. Trump's post said that the ceasefire must begin within 6 hours, that would be midnight eastern time.

~~In my own personal judgement, I can not definitively say whether the ceasefire is real or fake.~~

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-announces-israel-iran-ceasefire-2025-06-23/

UPDATE 2 It has been 3 hours since Trump's posts.

Fars News reports that "The ceasefire proposal put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump is completely false and was floated to distract public attention from the recent humiliation suffered by the United States following attacks on its bases in the region." Fars News Agency is managed by the IRGC, therefore I consider it to be reliable on reporting decisions of the Iranian government.

https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1937308597467132090#m

Iran Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says that there is no ceasefire agreement. "As of now, there is NO 'agreement' on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations. However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 am Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards."

https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1937313778451763487#m

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Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry Issues Press Statement

Pyongyang, June 19 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following press statement titled "The aggressive forces who brought a new war to the Middle East will never evade the responsibility for destroying global peace" on June 19:

The illegal act of state-sponsored terrorism by Israel which launched a reckless large-scale military attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran at dawn of June 13 is sparking off strong denunciation and concern of the international community, raising the danger of a new all-out war in the Middle East region.

The daily-escalating Israel's reckless military attack on civilians in wanton violation of international law and the basic principle of the UN Charter is a hideous act of aggression wantonly violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a sovereign state and an unpardonable crime against humanity.

The DPRK expresses serious concern over the Israel's military attack and resolutely denounces it.

The present grave situation witnessed by the world clearly proves that Israel, supported and patronized by the U.S. and the West, is a cancer-like entity for the peace in the Middle East and a chief culprit of destroying global peace and security.

Israel has steadily expanded its territory through four Middle East wars and tens of military invasions in the past. In recent years alone, it has escalated military attacks on the Gaza Strip of Palestine, the West Bank of the Jordan River, Lebanon, Syria and other regional countries step by step, thus massacring tens of thousands of civilians and creating a serious humanitarian crisis.

The international community is strictly watching the U.S. and Western forces fanning up the flames of war, taking issue with the legitimate sovereign right and exercise of the right to self-defence of Iran, the victim, far from condemning Israel for getting frantic with the territorial expansion, pushing the situation in the Middle East to an uncontrollable catastrophic phase.

The Zionists who brought a new war to the Middle East and the behind-the-scene forces who zealously patronize and support them will be held totally responsible for destroying international peace and security. -0-
www.kcna.kp (2025.06.19.)

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/549d04d718ee7835a8e2dd3d786df357.kcmsf

https://archive.is/ls1UB

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Liam O’Hanna, who performs under the name Mo Chara, entered Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday morning, a month after he was charged for allegedly waving a flag of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah at a concert in the United Kingdom’s capital last November.

Under British law, it is illegal to display articles promoting banned groups like Hezbollah.

https://xcancel.com/KNEECAPCEOL/status/1935351344350523892#m

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2070474/kneecap-mo-chara-court-appearance

https://xcancel.com/KNEECAPCEOL/status/1935337705950282149#m (music video filmed outside court house)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4k4xnlj8qo (protest photos outside the court house)

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