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June 16, 2020

Seoul: North Korea blew up liaison office as tensions rise

Source: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says that North Korea has exploded an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the tense Korean border.

Seoul’s Unification Ministry says the destruction of the building at the North Korean border town of Kaesong happened at 2:49 p.m. Tuesday.

North Korea had earlier threatened to demolish the building as it stepped up its fiery rhetoric over Seoul’s failure to stop activists from flying propaganda leaflets across the border.

Some experts say North Korea is expressing its frustration because Seoul is unable to resume joint economic projects due to U.S.-led sanctions.

Read more: https://apnews.com/56f2aa6105f3b3c57b3ce9f788298dab?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

June 12, 2020

8:46 - Dave Chappelle

From Dave: Normally I wouldn't show you something so unrefined, I hope you understand

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June 12, 2020

8:46 - Dave Chappelle

From Dave: Normally I wouldn't show you something so unrefined, I hope you understand

To find out more about how you can support the Equal Justice Initiative go here: https://eji.org/


June 7, 2020

Protesters pull down Confederate statue in Richmond's Monroe Park

By SABRINA MORENO Richmond Times-Dispatch 1 hr ago

Update 10:45 p.m.: Protesters toppled a Confederate statue from its pedestal in Monroe Park on Saturday night.

After a day and evening of peaceful protests and marches in Richmond and its suburbs, protesters using ropes pulled down a statue honoring Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham, which has stood in the park since 1891.

Most of the protesters who had marched through the city Saturday night had already dispersed when the statue was taken down. After it fell, one person urinated on the statue and then ran away.

About an hour after the incident in Monroe Park, nearly 40 cars were seen surrounding the Lee statue, blocking traffic along Monument Avenue.

https://www.richmond.com/news/local/update-protesters-pull-down-confederate-statue-in-richmonds-monroe-park/article_8e071910-e47f-5114-bb05-325e39fc20fd.html


https://twitter.com/sabrinaamorenoo/status/1269463455033102336

https://twitter.com/theCT/status/1269464828890025984

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