North Korea’s reclusive leader appeared in public Wednesday for the first time in months to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his father’s death. Kim Jong Il, 67, seemed frail and gaunt as he walked into the service flanked by senior party and military officials.
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The Two Koreas Plan to Meet Again
Relations between North Korea and the rest of the world — including its neighbor to the South — are beginning to look like a feedback loop.
Why Burma May Be North Korea’s Best Friend
North Korea is great at scaring its neighbors. The isolated dictatorship carries a real nuclear threat, and tested its latest device this May in an underground bunker
U.S. dismisses latest missile provocation by North Korea
U.S. officials are downplaying any imminent threat to the United States of a North Korean missile strike or confrontation between the two countries at sea. The U.S
N. Korea warns ships of impending drill
North Korea is warning the world to stay out of part of its eastern waters for 16 days, starting Thursday, saying it will hold a military drill, Japanese officials said.
North Korea Tries to Ramp Up Its Lagging Tech Infrastructure
Returning home one spring five years ago from a secret visit to Beijing in his armored, fully wired train car, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il got an unnerving, firsthand demonstration of the potential downside of technology. A huge explosion ripped through the Ryongchon border station, and some officials initially thought it was an assassination attempt triggered by a cell phone. As it turned out, the fireball was more likely the result of two trains’ colliding nearby, possibly as a result of miscommunication about changed schedules stemming from Kim’s clandestine travels
U.S. tracking N. Korea ship with possible weapons, official says
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Journalists’ families appeal to N. Korea
Family members of two U.S. journalists imprisoned in North Korea said they are worried about the women’s well-being and are pleading for their release
Obama’s November 7, 2007, speech on the ‘American Dream’
It’s wonderful to be here today. I feel right at home in Bettendorf, which is just a stone’s throw from my home state of Illinois.
Defiant North Korea ‘to weaponize plutonium’
North Korea said Saturday it would strengthen its nuclear capabilities, a defiant protest against the U.N. Security Council’s move to tighten sanctions against it. North Korea officials said they were enriching uranium and would weaponize all plutonium, according to KCNA, the state-run North Korean news agency.