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https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/05/DNKF00009193_List.jpg140111North Korea has begun forming troupes to take part in this year’s Arirang mass games performance, leading to a game of wait-and-see between parents determined to ensure that their children are not required to perform. Training for Arirang, as well as the performance itself, places four or five months of severe physical and emotional stress […]