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German-N.Korean Couple Reunite After 50 Years

chosun.com     Aug 6, 2008          

A German woman who spent the last 47 years apart from her North Korean husband has been reunited with him in Pyongyang after authorities in the North allowed her to visit. It was the first time North Korea has given such a...                    

Bush: N. Korea has work to do

detnews.com     Aug 6, 2008   48 related          

SEOUL, South Korea -- President Bush said today that North Korea has much to do before the U.S. can remove it from the terror blacklist, but expressed hope that its pariah status as a member of the "axis of evil" could some day...                    

Japan, NKorea to discuss abductions at China talks

tmcnet.com     Aug 6, 2008   3 related          

TOKYO_Japan and North Korea will discuss the North's past abductions of Japanese citizens at bilateral talks in China next week, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The two sides will hold working-level talks Monday and...                    

Pyongyang hosts performance for DPRK's 60th anniversary

xinhuanet.com     Aug 6, 2008   1 related          

DPRK performers form the shape of the Korean peninsula and a slogan, which reads "(We are the) One", during the opening of the country's 2008 Arirang Mass Games at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang August 4, 2008 in this picture...                    

Couple reunite after 47yrs

news24.com     Aug 5, 2008   14 related          

Seoul - A 71-year-old woman from Germany travelled to Pyongyang to meet her North Korean husband, 47 years after they were separated, South Korean news reports said on Tuesday. Renate Hong arrived with her two sons, aged 47 and...                    

N Korea holds 60th anniversary celebrations

channel4.com     Aug 5, 2008          

Last Modified: 05 Aug 2008 Source: ITN North Korea has begun a series of lavish spectacles to celebrate 60 years since the nation was founded. A series of mass performances was held in the capital Pyongyang on Monday night,...                    

Top DPRK leader urges army to develop sideline economy

xinhuanet.com     Aug 5, 2008          

PYONGYANG, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), called on the army to develop sideline economy, the official Rodong Sinmun daily newspaper reported Tuesday. The Korean...                    

North Korea's image-building acrobats

radionetherlands.nl     Aug 5, 2008          

Amsterdam became the first European capital to play host to the Great Flying Circus of North Korea this month. If there's one thing that the Stalinist People's Republic of North Korea is good at, then it's acrobatics. The acts...                    

Human Rights Advocates say North Korea Remains Terrorist Threat

voanews.com     Aug 4, 2008   46 related          

Last month the White House announced its intention to lift economic sanctions on North Korea, following a breakthrough in denuclearization talks. That is because in 1969, when he was three-years-old, a North Korean operative...                    

Graham Preaches Rebirth in Christ at North Korean Church

christianpost.com     Aug 4, 2008   2 related          

The Rev. Franklin Graham concluded his trip to North Korea on Sunday with a message about rebirth through Jesus Christ at a Protestant church in the capital city of Pyongyang. He shared from the book of John about the...