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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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US Envoy Says Ensuring Homecoming Of American Soldier In North Korea
United States Special Envoy for North Korea Sung Kim said on Thursday the U.S. was actively engaged in ensuring the return of an American soldier who had crossed into North Korea.
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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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US Envoy Offers To Meet North Korea "Anywhere Anytime"
The US special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang "anywhere, anytime, without preconditions", with no public contact so far between the Biden administration and the nuclear-armed nation.
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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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South Korea Faces Dilemma Over Anti-North Leaflets As Ties Thaw
Days after a historic inter-Korean summit Lee Min-bok, a defector who has been flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the North for 15 years, received a call from an official at Seoul's Unification Ministry urging him to halt his balloon campaign.
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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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Philippines Summons US Envoy Over President Rodrigo Duterte 'Threat' Report
The Philippine government summoned the US ambassador over an American intelligence report that listed President Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly war on drugs as a "regional threat", Manila said Friday.
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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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New North Korean Video Shows Missiles Destroying US City In A Giant Fireball
Case in point: a new video, unveiled at a recent musical performance in honor of Kim II Sung, shows missiles leaving a U.S. city in flames.
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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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US Envoy Says Ensuring Homecoming Of American Soldier In North Korea
United States Special Envoy for North Korea Sung Kim said on Thursday the U.S. was actively engaged in ensuring the return of an American soldier who had crossed into North Korea.
-
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.
-
US Envoy Offers To Meet North Korea "Anywhere Anytime"
The US special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang "anywhere, anytime, without preconditions", with no public contact so far between the Biden administration and the nuclear-armed nation.
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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.
-
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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South Korea Faces Dilemma Over Anti-North Leaflets As Ties Thaw
Days after a historic inter-Korean summit Lee Min-bok, a defector who has been flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the North for 15 years, received a call from an official at Seoul's Unification Ministry urging him to halt his balloon campaign.
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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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Philippines Summons US Envoy Over President Rodrigo Duterte 'Threat' Report
The Philippine government summoned the US ambassador over an American intelligence report that listed President Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly war on drugs as a "regional threat", Manila said Friday.
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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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New North Korean Video Shows Missiles Destroying US City In A Giant Fireball
Case in point: a new video, unveiled at a recent musical performance in honor of Kim II Sung, shows missiles leaving a U.S. city in flames.
