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Mother Jones
| 10 months ago
It was a British diplomat frolicking with North Korea's dictator in a photo that went viral last week, MoJo has confirmed...Korean Central News Agency If life is full of surprises, being strapped into a vertiginous fun-park ride with the new leader...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
North Korea (AP) — An updated version of North Korea's elaborate "Arirang" performance has opened in Pyongyang.
Wednesday's performance featured up to 100,000 North Koreans and debuted routines set to odes to new leader Kim Jong Un. It'...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
But it's hard to tell if reform is afoot in a country that remains deeply impoverished and isolated.
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GruntDoc
| 10 months ago
Milblog Webring Member Perspective Confidentiality Disclosure Reliability Courtesy Posted by GruntDoc on August 1st, 2012 London, July 30(ANI): North Korean Olympian Om Yun Chol joined an elite list of weightlifters to have lifted three times their...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Beijing may soon receive its first official visit from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, if recent high-level visits are any indication. Last week, the North Korean public security minister went to China to meet with a Politburo official, according to...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
The U.S. women's soccer team beat North Korea on Tuesday against a backdrop of hostility between the global superpower and the isolated Asian dictatorship but U.S. fans and players said the Olympic spirit transcended politics. One American player...
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China Post
| 10 months ago
Japan on Tuesday flagged the Chinese army's growing role in shaping the country's foreign policy as a security risk, saying a sense of caution exists across East Asia about Beijing's apparent military expansion in the region. In its annual defense...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Suggested Topics The Midas touch may be eluding Team GB, but for North Korea London 2012 is turning into a goldmine. The performance of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with three golds and a bronze, rocketing them to fourth in the medal...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Young North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is reportedly planning his first visit to China to build support for his regime. According to South Korean news website Chosun.com, a senior Chinese diplomat arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for talks with his...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The team will visit the worst-hit South Pyongan and Kangwon provinces, while Pyongyang's state media said more rivers and dams were expected to overflow if rains persisted. "We have agreed to send an inter-agency rapid assessment team to the two most...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
A United Nations team will visit flood-hit areas of North Korea to consider possible aid, a UN official said Tuesday after Pyongyang reported scores dead and tens of thousands homeless. The country's official news agency published photographs which...
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The Age
| 10 months ago
The gold for Kim was North Korea's second in as many days after Om Yun-Chol produced a stunning upset in the men's -56kg class on Sunday. Like Om, Kim thanked the communist country's late "Great Leader" Kim Jong-Il and his son and successor, "Great...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
North Korea is rejecting speculation any economic reform is getting underway in the reclusive and impoverished country. Pyongyang is making it clear it considers unacceptable any assertions from officials in Seoul and foreign media that policy change,...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Om won the gold medal in the process, and according to him, it was all thanks due to their late great leader'. The 20-year-old Om, who stands just a shade under 5 feet, also set an Olympic record when he cleared 168 kilograms (about 370 pounds) in...
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Al Jazeera English
| 10 months ago
41 In a break from prior practices, it was recently announced that new leader Kim Jong-Un is indeed married [Al Jazeera] North Korea has denied reports from South Korea that major reforms are coming to Pyongyang, describing any potential policy...
