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wow forever in c/games@hexbear.net
[–] 2 points 1 hour ago* (3 children)

Xbox was added to BDS in April 2025. In April 2025, Blizzard was part of "Microsoft Gaming". Microsoft Gaming was renamed to "Xbox Division" in April 2026. The BDS list says last modified on September 2025. When Xbox was added to the BDS list, Blizzard was not considered to be part of Xbox.

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/microsoft-gaming-changes-name-to-xbox-1236729080/

I was not aware of the rename. I'm not sure whether BDS Movement would consider Blizzard to be part of Xbox after the rename happened. I don't see any posts about World of Warcraft on the BDS Movement social media pages. To correct my previous comment, BDS did name Blizzard in the original Microsoft announcement, though Blizzard is not listed on the list image.

When I posted about Microsoft being added to the BDS list, it bothered me that people responded negatively and some said they wouldn't follow it. It makes me suspicious that people call for the boycott of WoW Forever for being BDS but I never saw anyone say boycott Call of Duty MW4 for being BDS and it had a much larger audience.

I think people should read the whole list and follow the BDS boycott list whenever possible.

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    [–] 13 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (12 children)

    Blizzard is not on the BDS list. Microsoft is on the BDS list. Blizzard is owned by Microsoft. BDS never said that people should boycott Blizzard. BDS said that people should boycott all Xbox games.

    https://bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott

    On the list, you can see that there are different categories of targets. If you read the BDS description of targeted campaigns, it says "We must strategically focus on a relatively smaller number of carefully selected companies and products for maximum impact." This means that BDS strongly discourages people from making their own BDS rules so that there is maximum pressure on certain targets. If you make up your own BDS rules and don't follow the list, you are hurting the BDS movement.

    Microsoft is under the category of "pressure targets". If you read the BDS description of pressure targets, it says "This includes boycotts when reasonable alternatives exist". Microsoft Windows is a product of Microsoft and yet most people use it still. Most hexbear users are probably using Google Chrome despite Google being on the pressure targets category. This is why the category says "when reasonable alternatives exists", because BDS knows that people won't stop using Windows or Chrome.

    If you read the rules of BDS and you follow the list that they post, playing Xbox games is a more severe violation of BDS than playing Blizzard games. Blizzard Games falls into the "pressure targets" category, but Xbox Games falls into the "targeted campaigns" category.

    For Xbox games BDS rule is "The BDS movement calls for a complete boycott of these brands carefully selected due to each company's proven record of complicity in Israeli apartheid."

    For Blizzard Games, BDS rule is "The BDS movement actively calls for pressure campaigns against these targets. This includes boycotts when reasonable alternatives exist, lobbying, peaceful disruptions, social media pressure, strategic litigation, etc."

    edit // I want to add that I posted the Microsoft BDS announcement on hexbear when it happened. https://hexbear.net/post/4511021

    When I made the post, many hexbears commented that the boycott call was too broad. Some of those users have deleted their accounts or have been banned.

    The reason that I am writing this comment now is that I want people to read the BDS list and stop following twitter trends. The BDS movement previously was upset about twitter claiming that Starbucks is BDS when it was not on the list. People should know that all Microsoft products are some form BDS and not just Blizzard.

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    • UFC CEO Dana White doing a press conference with Trump after Trump incorrectly announced that Dana White would be the next White House Press Secretary in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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    UFC CEO Dana White doing a press conference with Trump after Trump incorrectly announced that Dana White would be the next White House Press Secretary (thelemmy.club)
    submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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    https://nitter.click/Acyn/status/2119912348748300566#m (1 minute video clip)

    Reporter: Did you tell the president 'no' to the press secretary job?

    Dana White: I don't tell the president 'no' to anything. No. I didn't say 'no'. I literally -- everybody -- every media outlet was calling me and I didn't want to be disrespectful and say anything until he -- uh -- he said something first. so.

    Trump: We were having a very bad press day and I don't know why I thought of his name. He's been my friend for a long time. I said "I think I'm going to get Dana White to be my new White House Press Secretary". I said it to a group of the press. That was it. I was sort of kidding. Then they wrote stories as if I wasn't kidding. You were inundated and I was inundated and you were here anyway so I thought we would have a little fun. He would be fantastic.

    This was the truth social post. He posted this announcement and there was no plans for Dana White to be White House Press Secretary at the time.

    I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States. I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harris. We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job! President DONALD J. TRUMP

    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117576618491350292

    Sunday is Gaming Day: What Are You Playing Weekly Thread in c/games@hexbear.net
    [–] 7 points 1 day ago*

    I've been practicing Path of Exile for the Path of Exile 3.30 expansion release next Friday, November 13.

    Path of Exile convention was on Friday and Saturday in New Zealand, November 6 & 7. At the convention, there was a presentation for the new POE 1 expansion and a less than 30 minute gameplay demo. On the second day, there was a 1 hour Q&A with the POE 1 lead devs. The rest of the convention was POE 2 stuff.

    GGG (game developers) delayed the patch notes release until Tuesday. Instead of publishing the expansion patch notes with the game trailer like they usually do, the game developers printed out the patch notes, cut each line into slips of paper, and passed out the slips of paper to random people at the convention.

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    Sugar stocks booming in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
    Israel's president picks Eisenkot over Netanyahu to try to form new government in c/news@hexbear.net
    [–] [S] 56 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Gadi Eisenkot is known for creating the 'Dahiya Doctrine', which is an Israeli military policy of destroying all civilian infrastructure, with the intent to harm civilians. Gadi Eisenkot has opposed using the 'Hannibal Directive'.

    Basically, Eisenkot is as genocidal as Netanyahu, but he campaigned on protecting Israelis. During the election, Israelis said that Netanyahu caused more Israelis to die on October 7 2023 because he was warned and let it happen. Also Hannibal Directive was used on October 7, a policy which Eisenkot had canceled in 2016.

    Netanyahu supports genocide, even at the expense of killing Israelis. Eisenkot supports genocide but not at the expense of killing Israelis. This distinction matters to Zionists.

    Also this will give the US media an opportunity to pretend like Israel is reforming or something.

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    Bulletins and International News Discussion from November 2nd to November 8th, 2026 - War Expected After US Midterm, Iran Prepares Retaliation / Polish Constitutional Crisis, Europe Protests Austerity in c/news@hexbear.net
    [–] 60 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    Gadi Eisenkot is known for creating the 'Dahiya Doctrine', which is an Israeli military policy of destroying all civilian infrastructure, with the intent to harm civilians. Gadi Eisenkot has opposed using the 'Hannibal Directive'.

    Basically, Eisenkot is as genocidal as Netanyahu, but he campaigned on protecting Israelis. During the election, Israelis said that Netanyahu caused more Israelis to die on October 7 2023 because he was warned and let it happen. Also Hannibal Directive was used on October 7, a policy which Eisenkot had canceled in 2016.

    Netanyahu supports genocide, even at the expense of killing Israelis. Eisenkot supports genocide but not at the expense of killing Israelis. This distinction matters to Zionists.

    Also this will give the US media an opportunity to pretend like Israel is reforming or something.

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    [–] 59 points 2 days ago (6 children)

    Israel President Isaac Herzog has announced that the Gadi Eisenkot regime will replace Benjamin Netanyahu regime.

    (translated from hebrew)

    President Isaac Herzog has decided to task Gadi Eizenkot, leader of the "Yashar" party, with the formation of a government.

    The President’s decision follows a round of consultations with the Knesset factions, as well as in-depth discussions and further inquiries he conducted over the past few days with various political figures. As part of this process, the President met with—among others—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "Yashar" party leader Gadi Eizenkot, informing them of his intention.

    At the conclusion of the consultations, factions representing 67 Knesset members recommended that Gadi Eizenkot, leader of the "Yashar" party, be tasked with forming a government. Factions representing 46 Knesset members recommended Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, while one faction, comprising seven Knesset members, chose not to make a recommendation.

    The President has invited Gadi Eizenkot to the President’s Residence for the formal granting of the mandate, which will take place tomorrow, Sunday, the 28th of Cheshvan—November 8th—at 5:00 PM.

    https://nitter.netbub.com/IsraelPresident/status/2119157031324020997#m

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    why do some video posts on here have thumbnails and others dont? in c/videos@hexbear.net
    [–] 7 points 2 days ago

    Youtube blocks the hexbear server because it detects hexbear as a bot. Some users don't set the thumbnail manually.

    You can hypothetically make the thumbnail any image you want, though it's best to have a thumbnail that is related to the post link.

    You click "upload image" button on hexbear. Pick an image from your computer. Try to use an image with a small file size. (Less than 1 MB, preferably around 256 KB). Once you upload the image to hexbear, copy/paste the URL into the thumbnail field.

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    Pete has news for you candyass leftists. in c/slop@hexbear.net
    Exilecon 2026 stream starts soon - convention for Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2 in c/games@hexbear.net
    [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago

    https://nitter.click/Fubgun/status/2118872387655741462#m

    Exilecon reveal Summary:

    Path of Exile 2:

    1. New Class: Shadow, high mobility class with stealth/traps/dagger skills. Looks extremely fun
    2. act 5 and 6 coming with 1.0 - 24 new areas and 18 new unique bosses.
    3. 1.0 League: Conquerors of Wraeclast. Base building with gameplay similar of total war or other games like it (massive battle vs battle). You can also join 1 of 3 factions (every player makes this choice). The better your faction does the more item rarity you'll get in the sieges. You start recruiting your army during the campaign and in the endgame as well.
    4. Atlas passive tree revamped, less nodes overall but more meaningful choices (70 total nodes but most of them are multi-option). And overall less time to fully complete your atlas.
    5. Can directly teleport to the league mechanic areas to start their quest instead of having to slowly travel from map to map.
    6. Big buffs to almost all support gems, lowering penalties or just increasing the effectiveness.
    7. New crafting as well, you directly select the mods on your item to replace and get new random ones in return, these mods are also fractured. Can select 2 modifiers.
    8. Uniques are vastly improved, reworking every unique that is low power/not interesting, most of them are getting new abilities tied to them.
    9. Passive skill tree reworked, jewel meta should be gone.

    Path of Exile 1:

    1. Massive endgame overhaul, scarabs are removed from the game. Atlas tree revamped and now contains a lot of effects that scarabs used to provide.
    2. Most League mechanics now work together, creating more randomness from map to map. For example if you do blight and rogue exiles together, it can make exiles spawn from your blight portals.
    3. You can chose 3 league mechanics to put on your map at a time, juicing from 1 to 8 difficulty
    4. Drops now directly scale with the map difficulty, so higher difficulty is now always more rewards (can also juice pinnacle bosses for better loot).
    5. Mirage is core and presumable shrine belt with it. Can roll mirage and wildwood on your maps.
    6. 3.30 league: Covens of umbra. You slay bosses and take parts of their body to give yourself bonuses (for example killing oak and using his power gives you 1% life regen). You can only use 4 different powers at a time. Also allows you to enhance/juice pinnacle and uber bosses for even greater rewards, these bosses also give insane powers in return.
    7. Tiered rares added into the game and you can drop simplex (no longer comes from heist). The best base types are now just extremely rare drops.

    A lot of endgame changes in general for poe1, but these were the biggest.

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    Exilecon 2026 stream starts soon - convention for Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2 in c/games@hexbear.net
    [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago

    The preshow has started. This is the 3rd ever Exilecon. The first one was in 2019 and the second was in 2023. The first presentation starts in 10 minutes.

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    DPRK test-fired a newly designed air-defence missile system on November 4 (thelemmy.club)
    submitted 5 days ago by [M] to c/pyongyang@hexbear.net
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    Missile Administration Test-fires Newly-developed Air-defence Missile

    Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- The Missile Administration of the DPRK test-fired a newly-designed advanced air-defence missile system to confirm its technical specifications on Nov. 4.

    Full General Kim Jong Sik, member of the Central Military Commission and first vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, guided the test-fire together with leading officials of the administration and national defence science research field.

    The test-fire proved the technical specifications and reliability of the new material and intelligent multiple guided mode of the projectile, target identification and tracking capability of the air-defence missile system and its detection information processing device.

    On the same day, a firepower sub-unit under the long-range strategic cruise missile unit in the eastern area gave a fire strike drill demonstration.

    The sub-unit involved in the drill perfectly performed its mission to strike a virtual airport target with a long-range strategic cruise missile.

    The relevant test and drill are an extension of obligatory activities of the national defence and military sectors at all levels to put the combat systems on a technically high level and improve the combat reliability of the strategic weapon. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/64d61c9ad217ceb07f4257b2aea2dc39

    https://archive.is/KwUXP

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    DPRK says that Binance hack accusation is part of a trend of hostility by United States (hexbear.net)
     

    Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK

    Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement on November 4:

    As already mentioned, the continued hostile signal of the U.S. to our state compels the DPRK to reconsider the U.S. entity in various aspects.

    The so-called "cryptocurrency hacking case by the DPRK" is no more than a tip of iceberg that shows the essence of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK.

    Recently, the U.S. again called for someone's "denuclearization" at a tripartite diplomatic gathering with Japan and the ROK and has set new records of anti-DPRK hostility day by day in all aspects of denuclearization, human rights, cyber, sanctions and military affairs, evidenced by the staging of joint military drills under various missions, the imposition of unilateral and multilateral sanctions and the publication of "Trafficking in Persons Report".

    We do not regard the "Binance" hacking incident as any accidental and sudden case or isolated private scheme, but as an extension of Washington's invariable hostile policy toward the DPRK.

    Clearly, the U.S. malicious attempt to get a political and strategic profit by abusing the case is producing a political side effect.

    We have already and repeatedly clarified that the U.S. abandonment of its hostile policy toward the DPRK is a major premise and key to solving all problems, and in this context it is needless to say that the U.S. recent act is a clearly retrogressive one.

    It is our clear stand that we have no need to sit face to face with such unreliable and hostile persons who refuse to abandon their policy of confrontation while talking about dialogue, prefer war drills and strengthening of military alliance to peace and evade respect for the sovereignty, rights and interests of the other party while preaching about improved relations.

    To the hostile signals that the United States continuously sends, we do not know how to respond otherwise.

    In the present reality when new records are being set in the implementation of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK, it is natural that new records should be created in our reflective counteraction.

    The choice for peace includes dialogue of course, but this is not surely equated with national interests for us. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/547d4372853b197db4d1c73810d70768

    https://archive.is/20qzY

    related post from yesterday https://hexbear.net/post/9944750

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    DPRK denies involvement in $6 billion Binance hack and says US blames DPRK for every cybercrime (hexbear.net)
     

    Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK

    Pyongyang, November 3 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement on November 2:

    Recently, the cryptocurrency worth billions of U.S. dollars was stolen at the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange "Binance". As regards this extra-large incident, the U.S. has made a trite provocation of linking it with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea again.

    The FBI is trying to brand the DPRK as a "cyber criminal state", claiming that it obtained information that a hacking organization "supported" by the DPRK was involved in the incident.

    But the U.S. assertion is an absurd rhetoric and nothing new.

    This is not the first time that the U.S. has attempted to spread misunderstanding of the DPRK in the international community, blindly linking the DPRK with the "cyber crime" incidents whenever they occur on an international scale.

    Last year, the U.S. also tried to blame the DPRK for the hacking incident at the cryptocurrency exchange called "Bybit".

    It is a grave political provocation against the DPRK that the U.S. misleads the international public opinion as if all the cyber crimes in different parts of the world are our deeds.

    This is a sinister attempt to damage the international image of the DPRK and undermine its dignity and national prestige and another grave violation of the sovereignty of the DPRK in the new sphere.

    It is the consistent policy stand of the DPRK government to resolutely oppose all sorts of malicious acts in cyberspace, the wealth common to the mankind, and resolutely reject any attempt to politicize the cyber issue and use it as a means of interfering in the internal affairs with other countries.

    The international community needs to recall once again the fact that as soon as the present U.S. administration took office last year, it announced that it would confiscate illegally stolen cryptocurrency assets and use them as a state's strategic reserve.

    If it carefully examines who will get the large amount of the so-called stolen cryptocurrency when the latter is retrieved, it may get a clue about who is behind the hacking incident.

    On this occasion, we confirmed Washington's hostile attitude toward the DPRK once again and are closely monitoring a variety of persistent provocations of the U.S. against our state.

    We have issues to reconsider in diverse aspects as regards the very unpleasant U.S. hostile attitude. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/873496f71f6ab3e667a4271b5a4cf4c6

    https://archive.is/uuxaB

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    Path of Exile 1 patch 3.30 'Covens of Umbra' teaser released; Full trailer on November 6; expansion release on November 13 (thelemmy.club)
     

    The everdark of Umbra… comes for you!

    🎥 Live Reveal - ExileCon 2026 - November 6 12:30 PM PST
    🩸 Play on PC and consoles - November 13 11:00 AM PST

    Watch live at twitch.tv/pathofexile | piped.video/@playpathofexile

    https://nitter.click/pathofexile/status/2117006675354009627#m

    teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrqHag06Qds

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    Zionist Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers after losing primary to anti-Israel Democrat candidate Abdul El Sayed (www.nbcnews.com)
     

    Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, a major shakeup in the final stages of a top battleground race that could determine which party controls the Senate.

    “Hey, Michigan, as you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens said in a video.

    “And he’s right, and that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today,” she said. “I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign.”

    The congresswoman’s announcement marks a whirlwind turnabout from just days ago, when she said she would support her party’s ticket and planned to attend a campaign event on Sunday to support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

    But leading up to the rally, Stevens and El-Sayed released dueling critical public statements, prompting concerns from Democrats that the spat was a distraction from what is widely seen as one of the most competitive Senate races.

    Stevens had said that she expected El-Sayed to condemn an ad from an outside group that she said was antisemitic. El-Sayed responded, accusing Stevens of being “intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago.”

    NBC News reported Saturday that El-Sayed’s campaign had asked Stevens to no longer attend campaign events following the dueling statements.

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    DPRK test-fired a cluster bomb warhead on October 31 (thelemmy.club)
     

    Defence Science Research Institutes of DPRK Test Major Weapon System

    Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted a test on October 31 to assess adaptation to combat and power of a cluster-bomb warhead to be tipped on tactical ballistic missiles.

    Full General Kim Jong Sik, member of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, oversaw the test.

    The Ballistic Missile System Institute and the Warhead Institute of the Missile Administration announced that they confirmed that the Standard Type 2 cluster-bomb warhead is capable of turning into ashes a target area of 12 to 13 hectares with its highest-density power.

    The general director of the DPRK Missile Administration said: "We classify the cluster-bomb warheads into four categories according to special and standard purposes. Within this year we will enable units to select and use all those types according to operational aims and specific features of targets."

    The Missile Administration said that the test is a part of regular scientific research activities aimed at boosting the power of combat systems. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/4934d6d26c57abc3d1aba40b7ace6c8f

    https://archive.is/S3Dy3

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    DPRK held talks with Switzerland Foreign Minister in Pyongyang (thelemmy.club)
    submitted 1 week ago* by [M] to c/pyongyang@hexbear.net
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    Talks Held between DPRK and Swiss Foreign Ministers

    Pyongyang, October 31 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, held talks with Ignazio Cassis, foreign minister of the Swiss Confederation, at Pyongyang Assembly Hall on October 30.

    Present there from the DPRK side were Jong Tong Hak, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Jo Chol Su, DPRK ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and officials of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, and from the Swiss side were the Swiss foreign minister' party and Astier Sylvain, head of the Swiss diplomatic office in the DPRK.

    The talks discussed the issue of promoting dialogue and cooperation between the diplomatic fields of the two countries and exchanged the appraisal and views of the international situation of common concern.

    The talks proceeded in a friendly atmosphere. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/5cf516330f8f9fdcb8c62622a7741aa9

    https://archive.is/1KJPZ

    Secretary of WPK Central Committee Meets Swiss FM

    Pyongyang, October 31 (KCNA) -- Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, met and had a talk in a friendly atmosphere with Ignazio Cassis, foreign minister of the Swiss Confederation, who paid a courtesy call on him, at Pyongyang Assembly Hall on October 30.

    Present there were Jong Tong Hak, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, Jo Chol Su, DPRK ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, the Swiss foreign minister's party and Astier Sylvain, head of the Swiss diplomatic office in the DPRK. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/9d935ccaaf5140f312cf19abda63afae

    https://archive.is/YbxVV

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