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MBC
| May 31, 2013
North Korea announced intentions to allow South Korean managers back to the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a joint factory run in cooperation with South Korea that has been shut down since April. Seoul was cautious to respond to the news. South Korea...
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| May 24, 2013
After months of war rhetoric, North Korea is hoping to mend severely-weakened ties to their closest ally China. With China's denuclearization stance threatening to undo Kim Jong-un's saber-rattling, North Korea dispatched one of their highest offi...
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MBC
| May 3, 2013
Following weeks of war rhetoric, moves made by China in the border city of Dandong are quietly increasing economic pressure on North Korea. South Korean broadcaster MBC examines how these actions may impact the elevated tension across the Korean p...
Al Jazeera English
| May 1, 2013
A North Korean court has given a Korean-American tour guide 15 years in prison for allegedly trying to overthrow the regime. Analysts suspect the sentencing of Kenneth Bae, who was arrested last November, is a sign Pyongyang is preparing for talks...
LinkAsia
| Apr 20, 2013
North Korea has demanded an apology from the South after anti-North Korean protesters took to the streets of Seoul to deface the DPRK flag and burn effigies of the country's leaders. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports that the North has kept up ...
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| Apr 12, 2013
North Korea appears to be preparing to launch at least one medium-range rocket to celebrate the anniversary of founding father Kim Il-sung's birth. South Korea and the US have anti-missile batteries ready to shoot down the rocket if it poses a thr...
Associated Press
| Apr 12, 2013
As John Kerry landed in Seoul for talks amid fears of an impending North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang kicked off days of celebrations for Kim Il-sung's birthday with a flower show that featured models of the country's missiles and rockets amid...
Voice of America
| Apr 11, 2013
The dire threats being issued from Pyongyang are the result of Kim Jong-un's inexperience and insecurity, according to a former North Korean spy. Kim Hyun-hee says Kim -- at 30 or so, the world's youngest serving leader -- appears to be struggling...
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 11, 2013
South Korea offered an olive branch to the North today, even as its military was on high alert over a possible missile launch. A top minister said dialogue was needed to defuse tensions and reopen the Kaesong industrial complex, marking a signific...
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| Apr 10, 2013
North Korea raised tensions further this week by announcing that it is going to close the Kaesong industrial park. This joint venture between North and South employs 50,000 North Korean workers. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports that the indust...
— Dec 14, 2011 at 02:31 am
...prefix of ‘Dear’. According to defectors and experts on North Korea, the prefix ‘respected’ was given to Kim Jong Il in 1973. Still a year befor...
— Mar 3 at 08:55 pm
...and US players in an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang, North Korea. Source: AP FLAMBOYANT retired NBA star Dennis Rodman defended his tri...
— Mar 3 at 02:11 pm
...Reading Pressed by Stephanopoulos on the 200,000 people in North Korean camps, Rodman said: “We do the same things here.” ( PHOTOS: Dennis Rodma...
— Mar 1 at 07:22 am
...Rodman hug in Pyongyang in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. Photograph: KCNA/Reuters. Dennis Rodman, the basketball Hall...
Kim Jong-un —also romanised as Kim Jong-eun, Kim Jong Un or Kim Jung-eun—is the supreme leader of North Korea, the son of Kim Jong-il and the grandson of Kim Il-sung. He has held the titles of the First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, First Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, and also a presidium member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. He was officially declared the supreme leader following the state funeral for his father on 28 December 2011. He is the third and youngest son of Kim Jong-il and his consort Ko Young-hee. From late 2010, Kim Jong-un was viewed as heir apparent to the leadership of the nation, and following his father's death, he was announced as the "Great Successor" by North Korean state television. At Kim Jong-il's memorial service, North Korean Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam declared that "Respected Comrade Kim Jong-un is our party, military and country's supreme leader who inherits great comrade Kim Jong-il's ideology, leadership, character, virtues, grit and courage". On 30 December 2011, the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea formally appointed Kim as the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army. On 11 April 2012, the 4th Party Conference elected him to the newly created post of First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.
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