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Foreigners Take Part In North Korea's First Pyongyang Marathon In Six Years
North Korea held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years on Sunday, with hundreds of runners taking to the streets of the capital and citizens cheering them on.
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Red Carpet Welcome And A Hug From Kim Jong Un As Putin Visits N Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a summit meeting on Wednesday after a grand welcome ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Russian media said, as they pledged to develop their nations' ties.
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Tens Of Thousands Isolating In North Korea After Super-Spreader Parade
Thousands of people unmasked and not socially distanced packed into Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung square to watch the massive military parade on April 25 to celebrate the founding anniversary of the army.
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Top Theories On What's Going On With North Korea's Kim Jong Un
The Day of the Sun -- the April 15 holiday celebrating Kim Jong Un's late grandfather, Kim Il Sung -- has long been the most important date on North Korea's political calendar. This year, the supreme leader failed to show.
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Low-Key Celebrations For North Korea's Founder Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
North Korea marked the anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung in subdued fashion Wednesday, with mask-wearing citizens placing flowers before his statue in Pyongyang as the country imposes strict anti-coronavirus measures.
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North Korea Test Fires Multiple Short-Range Anti-Ship Missiles: Seoul
North Korea launched multiple short-range anti-ship cruise missiles into the sea and Sukhoi jets fired air-to-surface missiles on Tuesday as part of its ongoing military exercises, South Korea's military said.
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Democracy, DPRK Style: North Korea Holds Election
North Koreans went to the polls Sunday for an election in which there could be only one winner. With portraits of the leader's father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung looking down on every ballot box, voters lined up to drop their slips inside.
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Trump Warms To Old Fashioned Notes From "Little Rocket Man" Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump used Twitter to threaten "Little Rocket Man," but he and Kim Jong Un have since developed a "beautiful" relationship through a more old-fashioned means of communication: paper letters.
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Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runners In North Korea
A few hundred foreigners lined up in Kim Il Sung stadium Sunday for the Pyongyang marathon, less than half of last year's contingent with Western tourism to North Korea battered by nuclear tensions and a US travel ban.
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As Vladimir Putin Wins Fourth Term As Russian President, A Look At The World's Longest-Serving Leaders
Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election on Sunday, giving him a fourth term that will take him to nearly a quarter-century as the head of state or government.
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Only Foreign Currency Please - The Costs Of Reporting From North Korea
North Korea rarely allows foreign correspondents into the country, but when it does, it makes them pay.
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Amid Tensions With US, North Korea Shows Off New Missiles In Huge Parade
North Korea put on a huge military spectacle Saturday to celebrate its founder's birthday, parading its series of new and technologically advanced missiles in front of Kim Jong Un, and in a defiant show of force in front of the world.
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Armed Guards At Malaysian Hospital As Kim Jong-Nam's Son Arrives: Reports
Malaysian armed guards on Tuesday stood watch at the hospital holding the body of Kim Jong-nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, amid reports his son had come to Kuala Lumpur to claim the remains.
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5 Ways North Korea Has Changed In 5 Years Under Kim Jong Un
Here's a look at five ways the country that has now been ruled by three generations of Kim - starting with grandfather Kim Il Sung - has changed since the ascension of its 30-something "respected marshal."
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US Ambassador Attack Renews Focus on Contentious South Korean Security Law
Efforts by South Korean police to charge a nationalist over a knife attack on the US ambassador have renewed debate about the use of a state security act as a political weapon and an attempt to gloss over security shortcomings.
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Foreigners Take Part In North Korea's First Pyongyang Marathon In Six Years
North Korea held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years on Sunday, with hundreds of runners taking to the streets of the capital and citizens cheering them on.
-
Red Carpet Welcome And A Hug From Kim Jong Un As Putin Visits N Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a summit meeting on Wednesday after a grand welcome ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Russian media said, as they pledged to develop their nations' ties.
-
Tens Of Thousands Isolating In North Korea After Super-Spreader Parade
Thousands of people unmasked and not socially distanced packed into Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung square to watch the massive military parade on April 25 to celebrate the founding anniversary of the army.
-
Top Theories On What's Going On With North Korea's Kim Jong Un
The Day of the Sun -- the April 15 holiday celebrating Kim Jong Un's late grandfather, Kim Il Sung -- has long been the most important date on North Korea's political calendar. This year, the supreme leader failed to show.
-
Low-Key Celebrations For North Korea's Founder Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
North Korea marked the anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung in subdued fashion Wednesday, with mask-wearing citizens placing flowers before his statue in Pyongyang as the country imposes strict anti-coronavirus measures.
-
North Korea Test Fires Multiple Short-Range Anti-Ship Missiles: Seoul
North Korea launched multiple short-range anti-ship cruise missiles into the sea and Sukhoi jets fired air-to-surface missiles on Tuesday as part of its ongoing military exercises, South Korea's military said.
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Democracy, DPRK Style: North Korea Holds Election
North Koreans went to the polls Sunday for an election in which there could be only one winner. With portraits of the leader's father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung looking down on every ballot box, voters lined up to drop their slips inside.
-
Trump Warms To Old Fashioned Notes From "Little Rocket Man" Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump used Twitter to threaten "Little Rocket Man," but he and Kim Jong Un have since developed a "beautiful" relationship through a more old-fashioned means of communication: paper letters.
-
Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runners In North Korea
A few hundred foreigners lined up in Kim Il Sung stadium Sunday for the Pyongyang marathon, less than half of last year's contingent with Western tourism to North Korea battered by nuclear tensions and a US travel ban.
-
As Vladimir Putin Wins Fourth Term As Russian President, A Look At The World's Longest-Serving Leaders
Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election on Sunday, giving him a fourth term that will take him to nearly a quarter-century as the head of state or government.
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Only Foreign Currency Please - The Costs Of Reporting From North Korea
North Korea rarely allows foreign correspondents into the country, but when it does, it makes them pay.
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Amid Tensions With US, North Korea Shows Off New Missiles In Huge Parade
North Korea put on a huge military spectacle Saturday to celebrate its founder's birthday, parading its series of new and technologically advanced missiles in front of Kim Jong Un, and in a defiant show of force in front of the world.
-
Armed Guards At Malaysian Hospital As Kim Jong-Nam's Son Arrives: Reports
Malaysian armed guards on Tuesday stood watch at the hospital holding the body of Kim Jong-nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, amid reports his son had come to Kuala Lumpur to claim the remains.
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5 Ways North Korea Has Changed In 5 Years Under Kim Jong Un
Here's a look at five ways the country that has now been ruled by three generations of Kim - starting with grandfather Kim Il Sung - has changed since the ascension of its 30-something "respected marshal."
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US Ambassador Attack Renews Focus on Contentious South Korean Security Law
Efforts by South Korean police to charge a nationalist over a knife attack on the US ambassador have renewed debate about the use of a state security act as a political weapon and an attempt to gloss over security shortcomings.
