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• in Politics
  A Little Over 100 Days In - How Is Kim Jong-un Doing?
  eh... Not great.
  by mrssmeej / on Mar 27, 2012
• in Politics
  The North Korean Delusion
  Can North Korea wake up?
  by edrodriguez / on Dec 19, 2011
• in Politics
  North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il Passes
  Kim Jong-il's youngest son expected to succeed in power
  by eklemens / on Dec 19, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “north korea”

 

• Gas-rich Turkmenistan claims largest Ferris wheel record in addition to idiosyncratic capital

  
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  The Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has earned another spot in the record books with the worlds largest Ferris wheel in an enclosed space. State newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan reported Saturday that Amanda Mochan of the Guinness Book of World Records was on hand for the unveiling of the Ferris ...
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• Iran Opinion: Turning the Islamic Republic into North Korea --- Does It Help the Situation?

  
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  The only way to save the world from conflict is to starve the people of Iran.  At least thats what a new op-ed by several prominent Israeli and American political figures proposes. " Total Sanctions Might Stop Iran ", published in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, lays out a grand proposal for further ...
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• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: skeptical Iran will commit to end nuclear program

  
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  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday he is skeptical that Iran will agree to halt its nuclear program, accusing Tehran of playing a "chess game" with the international community. Just days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran, Netanyahu said "nothing would be better ...
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• Burma Ends Arms Purchases From North Korea

  
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  Here is some good news, the North Korean regime has just lost another international revenue stream with their arms sales: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, shakes hands with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi prior to a meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, May, 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim ...
  1 week ago

• Lets Check Out North Koreas Brand New Website! [Internet]

  
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  Hey, internet people! Did you know that the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (aka North Korea) has a brand new website. Its pretty slick, and it replaces North Koreas previous site, which can be best summed up in one word: medieval. But I guess the same thing can be said about North Korea. More »
  1 week ago

• The completely liberated masters of their destiny

  
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  I just came across this revamped version of North Korea’s official website , a credit to what is described on the homepage as a genuine workers’ state in which “all the people are completely liberated from exploitation and oppression”. I’ve never been to North Korea (visa still pending) but, from what I ...
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• Chinese fishing boats held by North Korea

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Chinese fishing boats held by North Korea Owners of three vessels with 29 sailors on board say North Korea is demanding a ransom payment for their releaseThree Chinese fishing boats with 29 sailors on board have been seized by a North Korean gunboat which is demanding a ransom ...
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• Chinese fishing boats held by North Korea

  
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  Owners of three vessels with 29 sailors on board say North Korea is demanding a ransom payment for their release Three Chinese fishing boats with 29 sailors on board have been seized by a North Korean gunboat which is demanding a ransom for their release, Chinese media has reported. The Chinese owners of the boats ...
  1 week ago

• North Korea Resumes Work on Nuclear Reactor, Group Says

  
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  http://www.nytimes.com/ North Korea Resumes Work on Nuclear Reactor, Group Says North Korea has resumed construction of a nuclear reactor that can be used to expand the country’s nuclear weapons program, an American-based institute said Thursday. published date:Thu, 17 May 2012 06:26:49 GMT
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• China Arrests Four South Koreans For Aiding North Korean Refugees

  
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  It looks like the Chinese are continuing with their crackdown on groups assisting North Korean refugees within China: South Korea’s foreign ministry says China has been holding four of its citizens in Dandong, activists linked to North Korean refugees, since their arrest March 29 in Dalian. Spokesman Cho Byung-je ...
  1 week ago

• President under fire over N. Korea meet

  
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  President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has come under fire from activists for not having raised human rights violations during a meeting with a visiting top North Korean official. The president met with Kim Yong-nam, chairman of North Korea’s Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly – the impoverished country’s ...
  1 week ago

• Korean traders under wraps for illegal export of Mercedes-Benz

  
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  As if being arrested for supporting North Korea’s bid for world domination thru the exportation of harmless ceramic tiles enroute to Kim-JOng iL’s beloved country wasn’t crazy enough, a group of Korean traders in Tokyo, Japan were served a fresh plate of arrest warrants for another mischievous act – shipping ...
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• North Korea Continues To Jam Civilian GPS Signals To Incheon International Airport

  
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  If Al Qaeda was doing this it would be considered terrorism but since it is North Korea no one cares and the ROK government is left to deal with it: North Korea has continued to jam satellite signals to try to disrupt air and maritime traffic navigation systems in South Korea, a government official said Sunday, in ...
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• Seoul: Burma halts arms buys from Pyongyang

  
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  YANGON, Burma (AP) — Burma’s president has assured his South Korean counterpart that his country will no longer buy weapons from North Korea, while conceding it had done so to some extent over the past 20 years. Burma President Thein Sein, left, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak pictured in Naypyitaw ...
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• Seeking a soul, and some logic, amid the eeriness of North Koreas mass spectacles

  
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  For years, the world has seen the people of North Korea as robotic automatons in meticulously staged mass spectacles that glorify one-family rule. Certainly, theres truth in that. North Koreans participate in mass political rallies, mass military parades and mass outdoor dances. But the spectacles also ...
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• The Real “War On Women” Is Happening In North Korea & China

  
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  Long time Korea correspondent Donald Kirk has a good article published in the Christian Science Monitor that continues to highlight the often ignored human rights abuses going on in North Korea: The price for a North Korean woman named Kim Eun-sun, her mother, and sister, to escape to China was 2,000 Chinese ...
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• North Korea allowed into #london2012 Paralympic Games despite its opporession of the disabled

  
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  One Free Korea reports: The Chosun Ilbo reports: North Korea will participate in the Paralympic Games for the first time ever in London this summer. A Yonhap News report cites Tokyo-based pro-North Korean media as saying that its athletes have been gearing up for the 2012 London Paralympics, which will run ...
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• China, South Korea and Japan Seek Regional Trading Pact

  
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  The leaders of China, South Korea and Japan also agreed that their countries would work to try to calm tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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• China, SKorea, Japan try to ease NKorea tensions

  
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  BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China, South Korea and Japan said Sunday that they will work together to try to calm tensions on the Korean peninsula. The three largest East Asian economies also took steps toward deepening their economic ties by laying the groundwork for a regional free trade area. South Koreas ...
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• China, Japan, South Korea warn North Korea over n-tests (Lead)

  
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  Beijing, May 13 (IANS) China, Japan and South Korea have warned they will not accept new nuclear tests by North Korea, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Sunday.“Our three countries have agreed that we will not accept further nuclear tests or further provocations from North Korea,” Lee said after a ...
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