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Seoul: South and North Korea to Hold ‘High-Level’ Meeting Wednesday
News comes a week after the two sides agreed to hold family reunions at a resort in the North
U.S. Diplomat Urges North Korea to Release Kenneth Bae
New call for release comes as his family meets with Kerry
Kim Jong Un’s Purge of His Uncle May Test Ties With China
The dramatic purge of Jang Song Taek, uncle to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, highlights the ongoing power struggle in the Hermit Kingdom and Pyongyang’s awkward relationship with China, its longtime ally
With a Curl of Steam, North Korean Nuclear Reactor Back Online: Report
A satellite image shows what appears to be a curl of steam rising out of the long defunct reactor
While the Rest of North Korea Struggles, Pyongyang’s Fortunate Few Go Shopping
The city of Pyongyang may conjure up images of Mass Games and goose-stepping sentries, but the North Korean capital looks very different from the place it was 10 years ago. It’s not just the new high-rises, even the people …
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North Korea’s nuclear weapons might be able to reach the U.S., Egypt has no family planning policy despite its surging birthrate and Japan is set to build its first overseas nuclear plant since the Fukushima meltdown of 2011
NoKo Propaganda: How to Smash the Puppet Traitors
No nation does propaganda like the Hermit Kingdom. On a daily basis, North Korea’s leadership and official news agency trade in jargon and slogans that few elsewhere in the world would ever echo. Photographs in Pyongyang document …
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North Korea raises the stakes, glacial ice that took 1,600 years to form has melted in just 25 years in Peru’s Andes and a flagship Indian jobs program has been defrauded of around $10 billion by local officials
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Ex-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev criticizes Russia’s new laws, North Korean prison camps expand their perimeters, and a candidate in Kenya’s general election has accused Britain of trying to manipulate the result
Muhammad Ali in Pyongyang: A Little Less Love than Rodman
Dennis Rodman seemed to enjoy his short jaunt to North Korea. When Ali visited almost two decades ago, he was less impressed
Must-Reads from Around the World: April 17, 2012
Thinly Veiled – Following Monday’s U.N. Security Council censure of North Korea for its recent failed rocket launch, China’s Global Times issued a stern editorial — “Pyongyang must remember to heed China’s advice.” The semi-official mouthpiece continued: “Pyongyang should treat China as a friend as China does it. It will pay the price …
Must-Reads From Around the World: April 12, 2012
Pyongyang’s Plan – Despite mounting international pressure, a defiant North Korea appears poised to launch its Unha-3 rocket, viewed by the U.S. and others as a ballistic missile test that violates U.N. resolutions aimed at …