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Ling, Lee In North Korea Expected To Be Used As Diplomatic Bargaining Chips

Washington Post | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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The day after North Korea riled up the world by exploding its second nuclear device, authorities in Pyongyang did something surprisingly thoughtful....

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Kim Jong Un Named Successor In North Korea: Reports

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — One photo shows a chubby-cheeked boy with an impish grin. Former classmates at a Swiss boarding school describe a shy stude...

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North Korea Prepares Missiles; South Beefs Up Defenses

AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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PANMUNJOM, Korea — North Korea is assembling a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska, a news report said Wednesday, as the communist reg...

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Kim Jong-un: North Korea's Kim Anoints Youngest Son As Heir

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — One photo shows a chubby-cheeked boy with an impish grin. Former classmates at a Swiss boarding school describe a shy stude...

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Kim Jong Un: North Korean "Prince" Favored To Succeed Kim Jong Il

TIME | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

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In his memoir recounting the days he spent as Kim Jong Il's personal chef in Pyongyang, Kenji Fujimoto calls Kim Jong Un, the third son of the North K...

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U.S. Intelligence -- or the Lack Thereof -- on North Korea

Keith Thomson | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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How is it -- given a skyful of satellites and legions of human spies -- that we were surprised by North Korea's missile launch? Why is it that we know so little about this country?

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North Korea: Security Council Draft Resolution Leaked

Inner City Press | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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Five days after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test, a draft resolution emerged behind closed doors at the UN Security Council. The thre...

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North Korea Weighs Nuclear Option as Solution to its Economic Crisis

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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We now may be witnessing the emergence of nuclear proliferation as an export-based strategy for capital formation.

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Media Faulted for Lack of "Jon and Kate" Coverage

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.28.2009 | Comedy

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The mainstream media came under fire today for having dropped the ball in their scant coverage of the reality TV series Jon and Kate Plus Eight.

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Kindergarten Cops and North Korea

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.27.2009 | Comedy

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King Jong-Il is the world's most underpaid sociopath.

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I Know What to Do About Kim Jong Il.

Merrill Markoe | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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First you have to understand that it is the grandiosity of Mr. Kim's narcissistic disorder out of which his unyielding nuclear testing stance is born.

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North Korea, Do You Need a Hug?

Disgrasian | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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Dear North Korea, What's up, guy? Listen, we heard through the grapevine that you did more nuke testing today. DUDE, what have we said about missile ...

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It's Not About North Korea

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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As North Korea closes itself off to the outside world even more, China's unique role as an interlocutor will become even more necessary.

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Enough of North Korea

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

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As Thomas Jefferson might have put it, it is time North Koreans refresh the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots and tyrants. I am recommending we starve Kim Chong-il out.

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U.S. to Respond to North Korea with 'Strongest Possible Adjectives'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.26.2009 | Comedy

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Standing at the President's side, Vice President Joseph Biden weighed in with some tough adjectives of his own, branding Kim Jong-Il "totally wack and illin'."

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UN Security Council condemns NKorea nuke test

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council swiftly condemned North Korea's nuclear test on Monday as "a clear violation" of a 2006 resolution an...

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Ahmadinejad Challenges Obama To Debate At U.N.

AP | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

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TEHRAN, Iran — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed on Monday a face-to-face debate with President Barack Obama at the United Nations if he is re-electe...

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Obama: North Korea "Recklessly Challenging" World With Nuclear Test

AP | MERRILL HARTSON | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assailed North Korea Monday for new missile tests, saying the world must "stand up to" Pyongyang and demand ...

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Kim Jong Chol, Kim Jong Il's Middle Son, Being Groomed As Heir: Report

Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is grooming his middle son as successor, not the youngest son as has been widely speculated,...

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