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North Korea 'Kim Jong Il' Birthday Tours To Open: Tour Agency
A tour operator said it had opened bookings for trips to a North Korean border city to celebrate former leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, offering foreign tourists the first chance to visit since the pandemic.
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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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Music Video Praising Kim Jong-Un As "Friendly Father", "Great Leader" Banned In South Korea
The commission added that 29 different versions of the 'Friendly Father' music video will be restricted, although it did not specify other details.
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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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Kim Jong Un, Trim And Tan After 20 Kg Weight Loss, Seen At Parade
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held center stage at a military parade, showing off to a national television audience a thinner frame, a trace of a tan and a haircut reminiscent of his grandfather -- state founder Kim Il Sung.
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Kim Jong Un's Sidelined Uncle Suddenly Relevant After 4 Decades Abroad
For about as long as North Korea has existed, Kim Pyong Il has been considered a possible successor to the throne. And now, with his nephew Kim Jong Un's health status unclear, his name is being bandied about again.
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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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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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Meet Black Venus - The South Korean Spy Who Met Kim Jong Il
Before meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Southern spy "Black Venus" was told to stay up late, shower, and dress neatly. He also hid a micro recorder in his penis.
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US To Give North Korea New Timeline For Denuclearization: Official
The United States will soon present a timeline to North Korea with "specific asks" of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a senior U.S. defense official said.
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"Speed Dating": Critics Worry Trump's Handing Propaganda Wins To N. Korea
When former president Bill Clinton traveled to North Korea in 2009 on a humanitarian mission to free two American journalists, he delivered strict instructions to his team ahead of their meeting with dictator Kim Jong Il: "We're not smiling."
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Sea Change In Korean Relations? Not At This Beachside Villa
On a cliff topped with pine trees and battered by icy waves, a stone villa stands at a cross-roads of Korean history, one that local officials hope can become a place of reconciliation.
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The Fabulous Story Of North Korea's Fabric Made Of Stone
For much of the world, it's a niche product. In North Korea, where winter temperatures are frigid and which cannot produce enough cotton or wool for clothing, the synthetic fibre developed after nylon was glorified as a revolutionary invention. Known outside North Korea as vinylon, it was christened "vinalon" by founder Kim Il Sung. He ordered it b...
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North Korea 'Kim Jong Il' Birthday Tours To Open: Tour Agency
A tour operator said it had opened bookings for trips to a North Korean border city to celebrate former leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, offering foreign tourists the first chance to visit since the pandemic.
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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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Music Video Praising Kim Jong-Un As "Friendly Father", "Great Leader" Banned In South Korea
The commission added that 29 different versions of the 'Friendly Father' music video will be restricted, although it did not specify other details.
-
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.
-
Kim Jong Un, Trim And Tan After 20 Kg Weight Loss, Seen At Parade
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held center stage at a military parade, showing off to a national television audience a thinner frame, a trace of a tan and a haircut reminiscent of his grandfather -- state founder Kim Il Sung.
-
Kim Jong Un's Sidelined Uncle Suddenly Relevant After 4 Decades Abroad
For about as long as North Korea has existed, Kim Pyong Il has been considered a possible successor to the throne. And now, with his nephew Kim Jong Un's health status unclear, his name is being bandied about again.
-
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.
-
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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Meet Black Venus - The South Korean Spy Who Met Kim Jong Il
Before meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Southern spy "Black Venus" was told to stay up late, shower, and dress neatly. He also hid a micro recorder in his penis.
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US To Give North Korea New Timeline For Denuclearization: Official
The United States will soon present a timeline to North Korea with "specific asks" of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a senior U.S. defense official said.
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"Speed Dating": Critics Worry Trump's Handing Propaganda Wins To N. Korea
When former president Bill Clinton traveled to North Korea in 2009 on a humanitarian mission to free two American journalists, he delivered strict instructions to his team ahead of their meeting with dictator Kim Jong Il: "We're not smiling."
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Sea Change In Korean Relations? Not At This Beachside Villa
On a cliff topped with pine trees and battered by icy waves, a stone villa stands at a cross-roads of Korean history, one that local officials hope can become a place of reconciliation.
-
The Fabulous Story Of North Korea's Fabric Made Of Stone
For much of the world, it's a niche product. In North Korea, where winter temperatures are frigid and which cannot produce enough cotton or wool for clothing, the synthetic fibre developed after nylon was glorified as a revolutionary invention. Known outside North Korea as vinylon, it was christened "vinalon" by founder Kim Il Sung. He ordered it b...
