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Kim Jong Un Goes To The Zoo

2012-05-30T10:44:00Z

simple premise: the recently ascended-to-office leader of a mysterious country goes to the zoo. State media is there to broadcast it.

Kim Jong Un,...

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Moisés Naím: The Rise of the Mafia State

2012-05-30T12:17:50Z

The assumptions that there is nothing new regarding crime and corruption and that these plagues are an inevitable part of the human experience are clouding an important change: the ascent of the mafia state, an old player that has gained renewed potency.

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North Korea Faces Grave Drought

2012-05-28T11:36:31Z

NAMPHO, North Korea — North Korea is reporting a serious drought that could worsen already critical food shortages, but help is unlikely to come...

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Illya Szilak: North Korea: The End Game of Post Modernism

2012-05-24T12:32:59Z

Little did I know that I was about to visit a country where the manufacture of national identity is not only overtly artificial, it has become a major industry. Going to North Korea is like seeing the mirror used in a magic trick.

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N. Korea Ramps Up work At Nuke Site

2012-05-22T04:16:41Z

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has ramped up work at its nuclear test site, according to an analysis of satellite images released Tuesday, a day a...

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US Gives North Korea Stern Warning

2012-05-21T05:30:08Z

SEOUL, South Korea -- The top U.S. envoy for North Korea warned Pyongyang on Monday that any nuclear test would be a serious miscalculation that would...

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UN Investigating Potential Arms Trade Between North Korea, Syria

2012-05-17T20:57:00Z

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of experts that monitors compliance with sa...

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N. Korean Boat Hijacks Fishing Boats

2012-05-17T01:35:52Z

BEIJING (AP) — A North Korean boat hijacked three boats with 29 Chinese fishermen on board and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their releas...

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PHOTOS: A Fascinating Look Inside North Korea's Mass Spectacles

2012-05-15T05:49:42Z

-- The world knows North Korea through its gigantic public displays.

There are the immense military parades, with tens of thousands of soldiers poun...

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William Bradley: The Curious Chen Crisis Spotlights Our Big China Conundrum

2012-05-04T19:35:07Z

The whole thing is very odd. It all highlights what a conundrum that leaders from Washington to California face in dealing with the challenges and opportunities presented by a clearly ascending and not very well understood China.

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N.Korea Suspected Of New Move Against South

2012-05-02T03:17:00Z

SEOUL, May 2 (Reuters) - More than 250 flights in and out of South Korea have experienced GPS signal jamming since the weekend, with North Korea hig...

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PHOTOS: Pictures Of The Week: April 23-April 29

2012-05-01T11:42:52Z

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U.S. To Remove 9,000 Marines Stationed On Okinawa

2012-04-27T02:20:43Z

WASHINGTON — About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other location...

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Ben Cohen: Uncovering America's Generous Side

2012-04-26T12:01:16Z

There are certain aspects of America that I find enormously attractive -- the openness and friendliness of the people, their generosity and the lack of a stifling European-style class system. However, there is a side to America that I find extremely unsettling -- the relentless fixation on money.

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LOOK: North Korea Parade From Space

2012-04-26T11:37:19Z

In North Korea, the choreography can be part of the geography.
The country is famous for organizing crowds of thousands of people using...

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Analysts: North Korea's New Missiles Are Fake

2012-04-26T07:26:21Z

By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press

TOKYO -- Analysts who have studied photos of a half-dozen ominous new North Korean missiles showcased recently a...

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Korean DMZ: War Zone Or Toursist Trap?

2012-04-25T10:59:35Z

PANMUNJOM, Korea -- Soldiers from rival North and South Korea eye one another across a thin strip of no man's land that – just barely – ke...

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Mark Pfeifle: Needs Over MEADS

2012-04-24T17:41:43Z

For reasons that defy all logic, the administration wishes to spend yet another $400 million on MEADS, the Medium Extended Air Defense System, while simultaneously acknowledging that the missile system will never get off the ground.

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Jim Luce: "One Day on Earth" Film Premieres at U.N. and Around World

2012-04-24T12:18:07Z

'One Day on Earth' is a living time capsule of who we are. We have much to fix -- but we have more going for us, it seems, than not.

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Reports: N. Korea's Nuclear Test Ready Soon

2012-04-24T02:42:00Z

By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) - North Korea has almost completed preparations for a third nuclear test, a senior so...

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Joshua W. Walker: North Korea's Failure Is Not a Success, Ignore at Your Own Peril

2012-04-23T11:24:44Z

Sitting at the center of what is currently the most economically and geo-strategically important region in the world, North Korea matters for everyone, and its failed rocket launch only increases the chance of danger ahead.

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North Korea Threatens With 'Special Actions'

2012-04-23T07:21:34Z

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea sharply escalated the rhetoric against its southern rival, claiming it will soon conduct "special actions" ...

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N. Korean Missile Carrier May Be Supplied By China

2012-04-20T08:01:31Z

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has asked China whether it is the source of a sophisticated missile carrier displayed by North Korea during a m...

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As Millions Starve in North Korea, the West Make Jokes About Their Missiles

2012-04-19T17:24:18Z

We took the threat of Saddam seriously. Likewise, there has been no comedic perspective over the slaughter of the Syrian people happening at this very moment. Yet for some reason North Korea doesn't come across as such a pressing matter that must be dealt with forthwith.

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Michael Brenner: Pyongyang and Tehran

2012-04-19T13:29:21Z

North Korea's military capabilities and intentions get scant attention in the American media, among politicians, and in Congress, in contrast to the all-consuming obsession with Iran. Why?

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