Kim Jong Il

North Korea And South Korea Navy Boats Exchange Fire

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


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...

Kim Jong-il Has 19 Private Train Stations

Telegraph | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


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

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

ABC News | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics


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....

Kim Jong Il, The Man With The Golden Nukes

Foreign Policy Roundtable | Posted 10.14.2009 | World


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.

North Korea Fires 5 Short-Range Missiles: Report

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 10.12.2009 | World


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

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

Jackson Williams | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics


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.

North Korea May Return To Nuclear Talks

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | World


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

Hundreds Of Korean Families Separated For More Than 50 Years Reunite

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 09.27.2009 | World


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...

South Korea Seeks North Korean Explanation About Flash Flood

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


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

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


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

North Korea Reopens Border With South

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


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

Seven Steps to Take in Dealing with North Korea

Doug Bandow | Posted 09.21.2009 | World


Doug Bandow

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

What Comes after Kim Dae Jung?

John Feffer | Posted 09.21.2009 | World


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.

Kingjongilia: North Korea's Undeniable Hell

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.19.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Clinton in Pyongyang: The Real Deal

John Feffer | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


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.

Thoughts on Kitsch and Culture after Mao

Julian Baird Gewirtz | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


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.

Wake up and Smell the Tea

Alex Henry | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living


Alex Henry

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

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

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


Rick Horowitz

How do you solve a problem like Korea?

Hubba Bubba! Just One More Reason to Love Bill Clinton

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


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.

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

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


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

Leadership in the Age of Improvisation

Mike Bonifer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


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.

The Clintons Are Back?

Michael Brenner | Posted 09.05.2009 | World


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.

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

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


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.