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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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North Korea Says It Has Restarted Nuclear Facilities

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said that it has begun harvesting plutonium from spent fuel rods at its main nuclear plant to build up its atom...

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North Korea Expels Nuclear Inspectors, Vows To Restart Reactors

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Tuesday it was restarting its rogue nuclear program, booting U.N. inspectors and pulling out of disarmamen...

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Kim Jong-Il Promotes Family Member As New Right-Hand Man

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il is officially back on center stage following a reported stroke, but has promoted a trust...

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Kim Jong-Il Makes First Appearance Since Suspected Stroke

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM and JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — A visibly grayer and thinner Kim Jong Il proved Thursday he remains in charge of communist North Korea, presiding over parl...

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Kim Jong Il Wept Over Poverty At North Korea Missile Launch: State Press

AFP | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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SEOUL (AFP) -- A triumphant North Korea on Tuesday broadcast footage of its controversial rocket launch as state press reported Kim Jong-Il wept tears...

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Obama Needs to be Nuanced in North Korea Response

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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In engineering one of the first global crises designed to test the new administration, North Korea seems to be demanding that it not fall too far down the Obama priority list.

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North Korea: UN Security Council Divided On Response

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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Despite the initial hullabaloo that followed North Korea's Sunday test launch of a Taepodong-2 missile, the UN security council has so far failed to i...

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New From Lil' Kim Jong Il!

John Marshall | Posted 05.07.2009 | Comedy

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Obama's Statement On North Korean Rocket Launch

Huffington Post | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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Below is the statement released by President Obama from Prague, Czech Republic on the rocket launched by North Korea: North Korea's development and...

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The Mind of Kim Jong Il

Richard C. Bush III | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

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I have done it again. I have provoked the international community to take North Korea. The American imperialists are worried about our preparations for a satellite launch, despite its other crises.

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Spring-Time Joy in North Korea

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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North Korea's annual springtime kabuki ritual of threats, counter-threats, sabre-rattling and troops movements seems fated to continue.

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North Korea Places Missile On Launch Pad

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

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North Korea has positioned what is believed to be a Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missile on its launch pad at a facility in Musudanri, Japan's Kyo...

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North Korea Warns That Sanctions Will End Stalled Talks For Good

New York Times | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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North Korea said Tuesday that if the United States pushed for United Nations sanctions against it after its planned rocket launching, that would spell...

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6 Reasons North Korea Is The Funniest Evil Dictatorship Ever

Cracked.com | Lola C. | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy

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Some country has to be worst one on Earth, and based on the conversation they heard you having in your hotel room last night, North Korea is really wo...

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North Korean Human Rights Situation "Dire", "Grim", And "Desperate": UN

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

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UN special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, Vitit Muntarbhorn, reported to the 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council today with what is ...

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