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North Korea And South Korea Navy Boats Exchange Fire

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's troops went on high alert Wednesday for possible retaliation by North Korea after one of its navy ships was n...

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Kim Jong-il Has 19 Private Train Stations

Telegraph | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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The trains are equipped with conference rooms, bedrooms and high-tech communication facilities, intelligence sources have said....

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Kim Jong-Il Double Fooled Bill Clinton, Japanese Analyst Says

ABC News | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

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A number of analysts here are convinced that not all the photos being released of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, are really photos of Kim Jong-il....

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Kim Jong Il, The Man With The Golden Nukes

Foreign Policy Roundtable | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

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Foreign Policy Roundtable

This is no evil genius from a James Bond movie. Kim just may be an evil genius, period. The Kim family's rule has lasted so long because son, like father, is calculating and pragmatic.

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North Korea Fires 5 Short-Range Missiles: Report

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea reportedly test-launched five short-range missiles – and may fire more – in what analysts said is a...

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Alfred Nobel's Last Will And Testament: He'd Be Proud Of Barack Obama

Jackson Williams | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

Some critics have claimed the prize should be the "culmination of a career." Says who? Not Alfred Nobel, and he ought to know.

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North Korea May Return To Nuclear Talks

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's leader is offering to return to multinational disarmament talks in a renewed effort to draw Washington in...

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Hundreds Of Korean Families Separated For More Than 50 Years Reunite

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Dong-un cried and held the hands of his 60-year-old North Korean daughter Saturday during their first meeting in more t...

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South Korea Seeks North Korean Explanation About Flash Flood

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea rejected North Korea's explanation for a sudden, deadly release of dam water, saying Tuesday that Pyongyang sho...

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Journalists Laura Ling And Euna Lee Break Silence On North Korea Capture, Release

AP | LISA LEFF and HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

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SAN FRANCISCO — Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers "violently dragged" them back when...

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North Korea Reopens Border With South

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — A top South Korean official said Wednesday that North Korea's recent conciliatory gestures do not represent any fundamental...

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Seven Steps to Take in Dealing with North Korea

Doug Bandow | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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Doug Bandow

The U.S. needs to reward the North when it acts responsibly and punish or ignore it when it acts badly.

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What Comes after Kim Dae Jung?

John Feffer | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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John Feffer

The recent progress in North-South Korean relations - a released South Korean detainee, an agreement to reenergize several key projects - suggests that the policies of the 'sunshine generation' are still bearing fruit.

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Kingjongilia: North Korea's Undeniable Hell

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.19.2009 | Entertainment

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Tom Gregory

Kimjongilia, the new documentary directed by N.C. Heikin, is enough proof-on-film to convict North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il of mass murder, terrorism, and sadistic insanity.

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Clinton in Pyongyang: The Real Deal

John Feffer | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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John Feffer

In all the commentary on Clinton's trip, journalists and pundits spent so much time cataloging North Korea's sins, they missed several key points.

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Thoughts on Kitsch and Culture after Mao

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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Julian Baird Gewirtz

We are left with a picture of a China that is full of contradictions and conflicting trends, of liberalizing desire to become an open society mixed with a strong strain of conservative attachment, of kitsch and real splendor existing side-by-side.

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Wake up and Smell the Tea

Alex Henry | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

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Alex Henry

What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?

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The (Sing-Along) Sound of Musing: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Korea?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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Rick Horowitz

How do you solve a problem like Korea?

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Hubba Bubba! Just One More Reason to Love Bill Clinton

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

Riding into N. Korea on his white horse to rescue imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, His Royal Bubbaness could not have looked anymore like the uber-rock star that he is.

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Stephen Bing, Wealthy Hollywood Producer, Paid For Clinton N Korea Flight (SLIDESHOW)

AP | PAMELA HESS and SHARON THEIMER | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A wealthy Hollywood producer and a major corporation paid for the flight that carried former President Bill Clinton and two Am...

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Leadership in the Age of Improvisation

Mike Bonifer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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Mike Bonifer

Ms. Clinton demonstrates that the new mode of leadership is just as much about generosity, and gifting a fellow player with a moment in the spotlight, as it is about seizing it for oneself.

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The Clintons Are Back?

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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Michael Brenner

The unsettling discrepancy between Obama's boldly stated goals and unclear strategies for reaching them means less than adequate guidance for the players in the diplomatic orchestra.

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An Exceedingly Good Day for Both Bill Clinton and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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Carol Felsenthal

The North Koreans in charge got what they wanted -- all that video, stills, pumped-up domestic "news," propaganda -- their leader engaging with the former president of the United States.

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