Pyongyang

North Korea has staged the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time in six years, welcoming some 200 foreign runners to pound the streets of the reclusive country's capital.

Entwined on these YouTube channels are narratives of the opposition Democratic Party being obsequious to Beijing and trying to curry favour with Pyongyang.

It was an echo of the anti-communist rhetoric that past military dictators and subsequent conservative leaders have frequently invoked against South Korean liberals, who have long been defined by their support for reconciliation with Pyongyang.

Mr Patton Rogers said it "should be of concern to South Korea and the international community" that Pyongyang was now developing such capabilities.

Kaepernick couldn’t have kneeled in Pyongyang or Havana or any number of countries that the right-wing free speech brigade wanted to deport him to – and that’s the point of the flag.