World War Two
North Korea Is Set to Establish its Own Time Zone in Snub to 'Imperialism'
North Korea is to launch its own time zone next week by taking back by 30 minutes — returning the country to the time standard it used prior to Japanese colonization.
Seventy Years Later, Mitsubishi Apologizes for Using US POWs as Slaves During WWII
Japan's government has twice apologized to US POWs used as forced laborers during World War II, though this is believed to be the first apology from a major Japanese company.
New Laws Could See Japanese Forces Fighting Abroad for the First Time Since WWII
Mass protests occurred in Tokyo as opponents, including lawmakers, legal experts, and academics, counter that the new interpretation is unconstitutional and say that it could undermine 70 years of pacifism.
The 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' Has Just Been Convicted of 300,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder
Oskar Groening was in charge of sorting the bank notes taken from the trainloads of Jews who arrived at the concentration camp — the majority of whom were sent straight to the gas chambers.
Dance Video Is Latest Instance of Young People in Mexico Glorifying Nazis
It's only a coincidence — one expert said hopefully — that the Nazi-themed youth performance occurred in Guadalajara, a city with an uncomfortable history of displays of Nazism and fascism among young people.
Troops and Tanks in Moscow: Russia’s Victory Day
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky was in Moscow’s Red Square for the 70th anniversary Victory Day parade.
VICE News Capsule - Monday, May 4
Italian authorities rescue thousands of migrants over the weekend, hundreds of women and girls freed from Boko Haram, dialysis patients in Yemen concerned over power shortages, and Germany is still a graveyard of unexploded World War II explosives.
Russian Grave Robbers
A group of "black diggers" have come together to illegally unearth the remains of World War II soldiers and sell the military artifacts.
The Bone Hunter
VICE Japan traveled to Malica, where 4,600 Japanese soldiers and 3,200 American soldiers were killed on the battlefield, and where local "bone hunters" are still searching for the soldiers' remains.
If at First You Don’t Secede: The Push for Westralia
As Scotland votes on independence, an unlikely coalition of billionaire miners and xenophobic libertarians want Western Australia to follow suit.
Defeating the Islamic State is Going To Be Kind of a Pain
After admitting he didn't have a strategy to defeat the Islamic State, President Obama may announce one this week. Thing is, there's no good one available.
Hemp Against Hitler: How Cannabis Helped America Win World War II
Seventy-seven years ago today, nearly 95 percent of registered German voters turned out at the polls to give 38 million votes (or, 90 percent of the vote) to Adolf Hitler. From Reich Chancellor to Führer, Hitler now brandished absolute power by the...