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N.Korean leader inspects security forces (AFP)

AFP/KCNA/File – This undated picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting a cooperative farm in North Pyongan … SEOUL (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has inspected the nation's security force headquarters,...

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Top DPRK leader inspects Ministry of People's Security

PYONGYANG, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has inspected the headquarters of the Ministry of People's Security, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...

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US experts to visit Pyongyang before envoy: Yonhap (AFP)

AFP/File – A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding … SEOUL (AFP) – A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy...

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The Lineup

I am of the opinion that this photograph, released by the North Korean news agency and passed on without comment by the uncritical lunkheads at Reuters, is a complete fabrication. Look at the difference in perspective between...

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Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month....

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Japan cautious on US-North Korea talks next month

Source ::: AFP tokyo: Japan yesterday expressed caution that the United States and North Korea will make progress in nuclear disarmament talks when an American envoy visits Pyongyang next month. Japan “would like to hope that...

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Give North Korea a break | John Delury

Denuclearisation will only come when bridges have been built with Pyongyang and it feels firmly set on a new economic course Negotiations over the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula look set to resume . Sadly, they are...

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North Koreans told to keep hair short and tidy

North Korea leader Kim Jong-il. State media in communist North Korea, which is grappling with severe food shortages and a crumbling economy, has taken time out to urge its people to keep their hair tidy. Rodong Sinmun, the...

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US takes the lead in diplomatic dance

President Barack Obama is sending an envoy to North Korea next month in a bid to entice the reclusive state to rejoin the stalled six-party nuclear talks. But there are already concerns it's simply another round of diplomatic...

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Obama Imitates Team America: World Police

Chairman Zero in South Korea yesterday : "Iran has taken weeks now and has not shown its willingness to say yes to this proposal . . . and so as a consequence we have begun discussions with our international partners about the...

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