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North Korea's former poet laureate to publish memoir in English
Rider Publishing, a Random House imprint, acquired world rights to "Crossing the Border," the memoirs of former North Korean State Poet Laureate Jang Jin-sung, the Guardian reports. In 2004, unable to reconcile his privileged position with the suffering...Tags: Poetry, North Korea, Pyongyang (North Korea), BBC
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Trapped in South Korea, veteran spies still believe in the North
ReutersBy Ju-min Park SEOUL, April 30 (Reuters) - Park Hee-sung, a 78-year-old North Korean former agent who has been held in the enemy South for close to half a century, remains staunchly loyal to his homeland, the ruling Kim family and its Juche ideology of...Tags: Philosophy, Kim Jong Il, Seoul (South Korea), Korean War (1950-1953), Arirang (movie)
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The Pyongyang power couple behind dynastic dictator Kim
Reuters* Young leader's aunt is daughter of N.Korea's founder * Leader's uncle Jang was close to Kim Jong-il * Couple believed to control ruling party's finances * Couple seen trying to cement power amid military purges By Jack Kim SEOUL, April 26 (Reuters)...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Korean War (1950-1953), Seoul (South Korea), Medical Procedures and Tests, Kim Jong Un
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The Week in Pictures | April 15 – April 21, 2013
FrameworkThe eyes of the world were on Boston this week with the two bomb blasts during the marathon on Monday and subsequent manhunt for two brothers believed to be the perpetrators.... -
Pictures in the News | April 15, 2013
FrameworkMonday's Pictures in the News begins in North Korea, where people visit giant statues of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile... -
North Korea demands end to U.N. sanctions before talks
North Korea insisted Thursday that the U.S. and South Korea must scrap United Nations sanctions and put an end to joint military drills before any talks on its nuclear arsenal can begin. The U.S. and South Korea have said the burden is on Pyongyang to...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Korean War (1950-1953), Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Un, Pervez Musharraf
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North Korea marks founder's birthday with flowers, not missiles
BEIJING -- North Korea celebrated the 101th anniversary of its founder's birth Monday with flowers and dancing instead of missiles, raising hopes that the regime may be climbing down from the furious rhetoric of recent weeks. Even the fire-breathing...
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Il, Defense, Kim Jong Un, News Media
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North Korea, marking leader's birthday, shows more ire
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered new prickly rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it...
Tags: Arts, Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Barack Obama
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After weeks of North Korean fury, calm on key holiday
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Koreans celebrated the birthday of their first leader Monday by dancing in plazas and snacking on peanuts, with little hint of the fiery language that has kept the international community fearful that a missile...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Seoul (South Korea), Kim Jong Il, International Military Interventions, Kim Jong Un
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Kerry affirms U.S.-Japan bond as North Korean threat looms
TOKYO — Secretary of State John F. Kerry pledged a strong and continuing U.S. commitment to the defense of Japan in the final stop of an Asia tour that was dominated by North Korea's threats of an attack with nuclear weapons. Speaking before a...
Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Kim Jong Il, Culture, Defense, Kim Jong Un
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Kerry visits China to urge action on North Korea
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrived in Beijing on Saturday in hopes of turning the Chinese government's obvious frustration with North Korea's nuclear program into decisive action. Kerry's debut trip to East Asia as secretary...
Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Heads of State, Kim Jong Un, Japan, Park Geun-hye
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Kerry: Beijing to work with U.S. to quell North Korea nuke threat
BEIJING -- After meeting with top Chinese leaders Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Beijing had pledged to work with the United States to urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. "There is no question in my mind that China is...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Kim Jong Il, Nuclear Weapons, Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Policy
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