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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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Steve Clemons

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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Richard C. Bush III

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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Eric Margolis

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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Kim Jong Il Unanimously Re-elected To Parliament With 99.98 Percent Turnout: State Media

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong Il was unanimously re-elected to North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, state media said Monday, in elections clos...

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Caption This Photo, Vote For Yesterday's Best, See Friday's Winner

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.26.2009 | Comedy

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Original caption: Kim Jong-il Giving Field Guidance at a Chewing Gum Factory in North Korea. YESTERDAY'S FAVORITES FRIDAY'S WINNER: "And La...

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North Korea May Be Ready To Test-Fire Missile: Report

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 03.24.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea could be ready to test-fire a missile within days as satellite imagery has shown increased activity at a missil...

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Kim Jong Un To Be Kim Jong Il's Successor

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

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North Korea's infamous dictator, Kim Jong Il, will be succeeded by his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, Times Online reports. The 25-year-old is being groom...

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Kim Jong Il 'Nominated' For Re-Election

United Press International | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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State media in North Korea published a statement from Kim Wednesday that appeared to be aimed at emphasizing his fitness and eagerness to continue rul...

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Kim Jong Il Plans To Bring Moon To North Korea

Huffington Post | Posted 03.01.2009 | Comedy

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According to The Onion, Kim Jong Il plans to have the Moon in North Korea by 2015. He devised the plan after the ghost of Kim Il Sung invited him to t...

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North Korean Prison Camp Escapee Recalls The Torture -- And Escape

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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Elisabeth Braw wrote this article for ...

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Kim Jong Il Attends Lunar New Year Concert

Press Association | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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North Koreans have welcomed leader Kim Jong Il at a concert to usher in the Lunar New Year days after he hosted a foreign dignitary despite rumours ab...

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North Korea's Kim Jong Il Meets With Chinese official

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG and JEAN H. LEE | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's reclusive leader has turned up for talks with a senior Chinese envoy, making his first such appearance in nea...

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North Korea's Kim Taps 3rd Son, Kim Jong Un, As Successor

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to have named his youngest son to succeed him as head of the Stalinist nation, ...

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