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| Oct 5, 2012
Korean Central Television is the latest target in North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's crusade to project a more modern and dynamic image. South Korea's MBC reports on the changes to North Korea's only news broadcast.
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| Apr 20, 2012
New North Korean leader Kim Jong-un used the occasion of his grandfather Kim Il-sung's 100 birthday to address his people and the world publicly for the first time. South Korean broadcaster MBC's report give perspective from the Korean Peninsula.
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| Apr 20, 2012
A Japanese newspaper has obtained the text of statements made by the young North Korean leader that open up the possibility of reform. Host Yul Kwon speaks with Peter Beck, Korea country representative at the Asia Foundation, about the probability...
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| Feb 23, 2012
Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il would have turned 70 on February 16, a day that has now become a national holiday. The DPRK is commemorating the leader's birthday with a massive celebration, reports South Korean broadcaster MBC.
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| Jan 17, 2012
Albert Einstein. Leonardo da Vinci. Kim Jong-un? According to North Korean TV, the 20-something Jong-un is "a genius among geniuses." And state media has been busy pumping up the image of Kim Jong-un as a worthy successor to his father and grandfa...
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| Jan 9, 2012
In the first New Year's message since the death of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's ruling Workers' Party acknowledged the country's economic woes and food shortages, admitting that increased openness might be necessary for strengthening the domestic ec...
— Apr 2, 2012 at 07:10 pm
...among its neighbours and global leaders. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said in a dispatch that the Workers' Party will meet ...
— last Thursday at 03:13 pm
...an armistice in 1953. Meanwhile, Rodong Sinmun, an official paper of the ruling Workers’ Party of North Korea, lashed at the recent naval exerci...
The Workers' Party of Korea is the ruling political party of North Korea. It is also called the Korean Workers' Party. The WPK has been the ruling party in the DPRK since its foundation and has had as its leaders, Kim Il-sung, his son, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-il′s youngest son Kim Jong-un who was elected First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the 4th party conference held on April 11, 2012.
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