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The cast of the sitcom "Friends," which is one of the Western shows being smuggled to North Koreans by human rights activists and defectors.

Seeking to overthrow North Korea, one American sitcom at a time

March 27, 2015
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It turns out you don't need your own propaganda department to counter North Korea's indoctrination of its citizens and maybe start a revolution — just sitcoms like "Friends" and the will to make the dangerous attempt to smuggle it into the North, where citizens lap up Western media.

Seeking to overthrow North Korea, one American sitcom at a time
Meet the Huang family. The new TV series Fresh Off The Boat #FreshOffTheBoat features 12-year old Eddie Huang.

Meet the Asian American family that's 'Fresh Off The Boat'

February 4, 2015
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Meet the Asian American family that's 'Fresh Off The Boat'

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