North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang November 21, 2014.

N. Korea bans people use the same name as their leader

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SEOUL --  North Korea has ordered people who share the name of leader Kim Jong Un to change their names, South Korea's state-run KBS television reported on Wednesday. North Korea imposed similar bans on the use of the names of its two former leaders, Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, and grandfather, Kim Il Sung, as part of propaganda...

Zack Danger Brown goes on the Internet funding site Kickstarter in July to raise 10 USD for his first attempt to make potato salad for the hungry and homeless. (illustration)

When joke on 'potato salad' goes serious

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CLEVELAND - An Ohio man's modest request this summer for a little help making potato salad culminates this Saturday in PotatoStock 2014 - a charity event to help end hunger and homelessness. As a joke among his friends, Zack Danger Brown went on the Internet funding site Kickstarter in July to raise 10 USD for his first attempt to...