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asia & pacific

American Detainee Sentenced to 6 Years Hard Labor in North Korea
Matthew Miller was convicted of espionage and the country's Supreme Court ruled out any chance of hearing an appeal in his case.
Liz Fields
9.14.14
News

Burma's Heroin Addicts Are Plagued by Cheap Drugs and Conspiracy Theories
It's hard to get clean when a hit of high-grade heroin costs less than $2.
Tyler Stiem
9.14.14
riot fest

Riot Fest Day Two: Killah Bees on the Swarm
Even the punk rockers entered the 36 Chambers and threw up their dubyas.
Dan Ozzi
9.14.14
Ukraine

A Military Reenactment Group is Fixing the Ukrainian Army’s Decrepit Soviet Equipment
A group that once staged reenactments of historic battles now plays a strangely important role in Ukraine’s very real war zone.
Alexander Nieuwenhuis
9.14.14
recipes

Eat It: Braised Pork Belly from Le Bal Café
It'll take a while in the oven, but it's worth it. Wake up early and get to work on this kimchi-topped braised pork belly from Anna Trattles and Alice Quillet, the chefs behind Le Bal Café in Paris.
Munchies Staff
9.14.14
Stuff

The Future Is Female: Five Women Artists Are Designing a Revolution
Do you want to fuck capitalism, dismantle the patriarchy, and draw upon your own humanity to create a world that’s sustainable, ethical, and peaceful to live in? If you answered, “Yes,” you might be a Future Feminist, and the Hole might be the place...
Katherine Tarpinian
9.14.14
Comics!

Xarman
In this weekend's Sunday Comic, a superhero accidentally crashes an open-mic night.
Sando Val
9.14.14
riot fest

For 45 Minutes, I Understood Die Antwoord
And I loved all 2,700 seconds of it.
Dan Ozzi
9.14.14
Europe

Would an Independent Scotland Decriminalize Drugs?
The UK has been cracking down on drugs. Scotland, though, might not be part of the UK for much longer.
Liam Turbett
9.14.14
Munchies Specials

9:16
Munchies Presents: Cooking with a Frat House Chef
Host and Chef Lee Tiernan and Chris Buccheri take some bros on the culinary journey of a lifetime, or at least their college careers.
Health

A 16-Year-Old From India Built a Device to Convert Breath Into Speech
A portable and affordable way to aid people suffering from ALS, locked-in syndrome, and anyone else speech-impaired.
Whitney Mallett
9.14.14
VICE vs Video games

Games Can Tell Great Stories – Even Ones About Dating Pigeons
Hatoful Boyfriend is a new frontier of weird in the world of dating simulator games.
Cara Ellison
9.14.14
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