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Shredding the DMZ: North Korea's First Skatepark as Cultural Barometer

The Ryugyong Health Complex, People’s Open-air Ice Rink and the Pyongyang Skate Park facilities are encouraging signs that a new, younger leadership m

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GOOD Guide: to Daily Life in North Korea

North Korea's four traffic lights and other factoids about one of the world's most secretive countries.

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What Would It Look Like If the Whole World Made a Film?

One Day on Earth is a public archive of geo-tagged video clips, a social network, and a feature film.

Infographic: Welcome to North Korea!

Here's a graphic exploration of the strange world of tourism in suddenly inviting—but still frightening—North Korea.

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Parody Tourism Videos Tell Serious Truths About Cities

A meme of videos that poke fun at cities actually serve as a great way for citizens to point out the shortcomings of their communities.

Transparency: GOOD's Most Popular Infographics of 2010

A look back at the infographics that drew the most attention, on topics from happiness to Burning Man

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Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things

Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things makes for a truly fascinating Tumblr experience.

Transparency: Which Korea Has the Bigger Army?

Should diplomacy be unable to lower the temperature in the region, how do the two fighting forces compare?

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Sanctions & Segways: The End to North Korea's Nuclear Saga?

October, 2006: The U.N. sanctioned a long list of delectable goods that could no longer pass over North Korea's borders. This was no typical...