Hwang Jang-yop, the architecture of Juche Ideology, whodefected from North Korea in February, 1997, and came to Korea to seek political asylum, confessed that Juche Ideology isthe weapon of dictatorship and that it has been used as a propaganda machine to deceive some leftist groups in the Republic of Korea.
Joplin Regional Airport. Joplin Regional Airport (IATA: JLN, ICAO: KJLN, FAA LID: JLN) is a city-owned airport four miles north of Joplin, in Jasper County, Missouri. It has airline service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Airline flights and general aviation are in separate terminals.
2011 Joplin tornado. The 2011 Joplin tornado was a catastrophic EF5-rated multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, late in the afternoon of Sunday, May 22, 2011. It was part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak and reached a maximum width of nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city.