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Kim Jong Un calls to end strife between Koreas
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.In an unusual televised address for the new year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called to defuse tensions with South Korea and boost the economy of his impoverished nation. “An important issue in putting an end to the division of the country...Tags: North Korea, Pakistan, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Un, South Korea
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North Korea rocket launch plans: Little to gain, nothing to lose
Since North Korea announced plans to launch a rocket this month, the threats of retaliation have been swift and global. South Korea has called the mission, ostensibly to put a satellite into orbit, “a full-frontal challenge” to regional...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, North Korea, NATO, Politics, National Government
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10 things you might not know about North Korea
North Korea is an international pariah, a bandit state, the "Hermit Kingdom." It's also a net exporter of news: North Korea announced Friday that it had detained an American citizen for "hostile acts against the republic." And a rocket launch this month...Tags: North Korea, Travel, Dominican Republic, Orson Welles, Korean War (1950-1953)
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North Korea's satellite may be dead in orbit, astronomers say
Is North Korea’s satellite dead in orbit? Launched last week, the spacecraft seems to be tumbling overhead, according to astronomers keeping track of the device. “At this stage I’m getting a bit skeptical,” Jonathan McDowell,...
Tags: North Korea, Science, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, Astronomy
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Kim Jong Un 'sexiest man,' Onion says; China's People's Daily buys it
BEIJING — Who says the Chinese Communist Party doesn’t have a sense of humor? People’s Daily, the party’s official mouthpiece, ran a large feature on its website Tuesday on North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong Un being named...
Tags: Ehud Barak, Beijing (China), North Korea, Literature, Washington, DC
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Margaret Cho on her '30 Rock' Emmy nomination and why playing Kim Jong-il is 'karmic payback'
From Inside the BoxZap2It talks to Margaret Cho about her Emmy nod for playing Kim Jong-il -- yes, you read that correctly -- on "30 Rock".... -
Coca-Cola? In North Korea? The fizzy drink trickles in [Video]
World NowCould it be? Coca-Cola in North Korea? Though the YouTube video was first shared last year by Western travelers, it inspired a recent flurry of interest as it picked up more viewers, curious how a quintessentially American product had turned up in the... -
North Korea farmers to test regime appetite for reform
World NowNorth Korea's communist leadership is now reported by recent visitors to be experimenting with smaller-sized farming cooperatives and incentives for expanding food production by letting farmers keep and sell more of what they grow. The dilemma faced by... -
Thanks, voters, for caring enough to argue
To every American who argued and fought and squabbled, day after day during this long and often bitter presidential election, I'd just like to say one thing: Thank you. While I'm waiting to see who will win this election between Republican Mitt Romney...
Tags: Libertarian Party, John Adams, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Tea Party Movement
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Emmys 2012: 'Mad Men,' Breaking Bad,' 'Modern Family' Earn Noms
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Stop us if you've heard this one before: HBO dominated the Emmy nominations announced Thursday morning, picking up 81 nods for viewer favorites such as "Boardwalk Empire" and "Game of Thrones" as well as comedy newcomers "Girls" and "Veep."...Tags: Peter Brown, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (tv program), ABC (tv network), Frances Conroy, iCarly (tv program)
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Irony-free zone
What started as a casual interest in North Korea quickly became an almost decade-long obsession for writer and Stanford professor Adam Johnson. The fruit of his fixation, his novel “The Orphan Master's Son,” was just released in paperback....
Tags: North Korea, Arts and Culture, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Chicago Tribune
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Women in North Korea now allowed to ride bikes
KIAHDictator Kim Jong Un has decided women will once again be allowed to ride bicycles. This overturns a ruling by his repressed, late father Kim Jong Il that decreed... a women in a skirt riding a bicycle was contrary to socialist customs. As silly as it...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Lil' Kim , Kim Jong Un
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