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N. Korean Army Gives Kim's Son Tentative Nod

Succession plans progress with his election as delegate

(Newser) - The North Korean military has given Kim Jong-Un its tacit blessing to take over for his father as the country’s dictator. The military elected the younger Kim to serve as a delegate at today’s ruling party meeting, essentially giving him their backing, sources tell the Daily Telegraph . The...

North Korea Is Talking: Let's Listen
 North Korea 
 Is Talking: 
 Let's Listen 



jimmy carter
Sep 16, 2010 8:40 AM CDT

North Korea Is Talking: Let's Listen

Pyongyang sending 'strong signals' it wants to deal

(Newser) - Now that he's back from North Korea, Jimmy Carter says Kim Jong Il is showing "clear, strong signals" that he's ready to deal (again) on his nuclear arsenal. Kim delivered the same message to Beijing, writes Carter, which is why China is pushing for the resumption of six-party talks....

Kim Jong Il's Transfer of Power May Be Near

Big party gathering in the works; youngest son in line

(Newser) - North Korea is planning a huge political summit amid rumors that Kim Jong Il will designate his youngest son as successor, Bloomberg reports. Soldiers and tanks have been dispatched to the capital for military parades, and Kim's Workers' Party of Korea has prepared pledges of loyalty for the summit, expected...

Behind Secret Global Arms Trade, a North Korean Duo

Ship weapons to Iran, Syria, Myanmar

(Newser) - North Korea operates a vast global arms and nuclear materials trading network, and two men related by marriage largely control this expanding operation. In announcing economic sanctions yesterday, the Obama administration named Chun Byung-ho and Yun Ho-jin—likely Chun's son-in-law—who have shipped components for nuclear reactors, long-range missiles, and...

China, North Korea Pump Up Ties During Kim's Visit

North Korean leader says he's rejoin nuclear talks

(Newser) - Kim Jong-Il and Hu Jintao cozied up during their secretive five-day meeting in China, with Hu using economic development aid for the impoverished North to prod Pyongyang into a return to six-party talks on nuclear disarmament. As the LA Times reports, Kim's trip clearly snubbed Jimmy Carter, seeming to indicate...

Jimmy Carter Flying Home With Freed American
 Jimmy Carter Frees American 
Aug 27, 2010 7:58 AM CDT

Jimmy Carter Frees American

Pyongyang mission a success

(Newser) - Jimmy Carter's mission to Pyongyang has been a success. The former president flew out of North Korea today with Aijalon Mahil Gomes after securing the American citizen's release yesterday, the AP reports. Kim Jong Il released Gomes at the request of Carter, who was traveling as a private citizen, said...

Report: Kim Jong-Il Goes to China
 Report: 
 Kim Jong-Il 
 Goes to China 
JIMMY CARTER DISS?
Aug 26, 2010 9:27 AM CDT

Report: Kim Jong-Il Goes to China

Leaving Jimmy Carter in the lurch

(Newser) - On Day 2 of the Jimmy Carter rescue mission to North Korea, there is still no sign that jailed American Aijalon Gomes will be freed ... and no sign of Kim Jong-Il, for that matter. The Dear Leader reportedly took a jaunt to China with his son. Teachers in a northeastern...

N. Korea Fighter Pilot Killed in an Apparent Defection

Plane went down in Chinese corn field

(Newser) - This much seems clear: A North Korean fighter jet crashed into a corn field in China. (See the Wall Street Journal for photos.) Beyond that lies a ton of speculation, but the wires generally agree on this storyline: It was a lone pilot who tried to defect from Kim...

S. Korea to North: Time for Reunification?

Seoul broaches the idea of reunification tax

(Newser) - Given North Korea's penchant of late for threatening nuclear destruction and seizing fishing boats, the South had a strange message today: Let's get together. In a speech marking the Koreas' liberation from Japan, President Lee Myung-bak today called for a special tax that would pave the way for Seoul to...

N. Korea to US, South Korea: We'll Nuke You

Backs up yesterday's threats over war games

(Newser) - North Korea is following up on yesterday's threat of a "physical response" to US-South Korean military drills, today promising "powerful nuclear deterrence" and a "retaliatory sacred war" in the face of what it calls an "unpardonable" provocation. North Korea routinely threatens war when South Korea and...

North Korea Severs Ties With South

Irate over 'smear campaign' in battleship's sinking

(Newser) - North Korea says it will sever all ties and communication with Seoul as punishment for what it calls a "smear campaign" over the sinking of a South Korean warship. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency quoted the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea as saying late today...

Kim Jong-Il Ordered Attack on S. Korean Ship: Intel Sources

North Korean leader plays tough to assert authority, boost succession of his son

(Newser) - Kim Jong-Il not only knew about the North Korean torpedo assault that sank a South Korean warship in March, US intelligence sources tell the New York Times , but the ailing strongman actually ordered it to boost the succession prospects of his youngest son, Kim Jong-un. Both the US and South...

US Journo Ling: Koreans 'Hit Me'
 US Journo Ling: 
 Koreans 'Hit Me' 
Interview
May 20, 2010 12:11 PM CDT

US Journo Ling: Koreans 'Hit Me'

And Clinton freed them with pure charm

(Newser) - Laura Ling and Euna Lee didn't go quietly when the North Koreans arrested them. In an interview with Larry King on CNN , Ling reveals that the men who arrested them beat them into submission. Though she admits they had crossed, briefly, into North Korean territory, she says they were actually...

North Korea Claims to Have Created 'Artificial Sun'

Scientists highly skeptical

(Newser) - North Korea says it has discovered the secrets of nuclear fusion, allowing it to create an “artificial sun” able to produce untold amounts of energy—which would be quite a feat for a country that currently lacks the power to keep the lights on at night. Nuclear fusion, the...

Pyongyang: Kim Jong Il Style 'Sweeps World'
 Pyongyang: 
 Kim Jong Il Style 
 'Sweeps World' 
DEAR FASHION PLATES
Apr 7, 2010 12:28 PM CDT

Pyongyang: Kim Jong Il Style 'Sweeps World'

Style spreads 'expeditiously' in 'unprecedented' manner: 'expert'

(Newser) - The rest of the world might think he needs a straight jacket, but to hear the North Korean state news apparatus tell it, “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-Il’s matching Ike jackets and slacks has inspired a global vogue for the style. “The reason is that the august image...

N. Korea Demands US, S. Korea Get Out of Buffer Zone

Warning comes days after suspected attack on S. Korean ship

(Newser) - If the US and South Korea don't stop allowing tourists and journalists into the buffer zone on the heavily armed border between North and South Korea, the North will retaliate with “unpredictable incidents including the loss of human lives in this area for which the US side will be...

Kim Jong Il Hints at Successor with Flower

Birthday begonia likely means son Kim Jong-Un has been chosen

(Newser) - North Korea will use tens of thousands of flowers to celebrate Kim Jong Il’s birthday today, including one that’s got everyone talking: a new breed of begonia that could symbolize a coming passing of power. It was delivered on the Jan. 8 birthday of his youngest son, Kim...

N. Korea Confirms American Detained

Missionary Robert Park held for entering country illegally

(Newser) - North Korean officials have confirmed that a Korean-American activist has been detained for entering the country illegally. Missionary Robert Park, 28, traveled to the communist nation to call attention to the regime's human rights abuses, according to supporters. The Arizona resident slipped across a frozen river into the country from...

N. Korean Edict Meets Rare Resistance
 N. Korean 
 Edict Meets 
 Rare Resistance 
analysis
Dec 26, 2009 4:05 PM CST

N. Korean Edict Meets Rare Resistance

Unrest over private markets could signal trouble for Kim

(Newser) - When Kim Jong Il imposed new rules this month to crack down on private markets, he encountered a rare thing from his obedient citizenry—resistance. One eastern city had a riot, and public anger forced the government to beat a rare retreat on some of the new currency restrictions, reports...

N. Korea Bans Fancy Hairdos
 N. Korea Bans Fancy Hairdos 
Dec 16, 2009 2:07 PM CST

N. Korea Bans Fancy Hairdos

Pyongyang decrees that hair is to be kept 'tidy and simple'

(Newser) - North Korea's dear leader, who favors the bouffant, is laying down the law on haircuts. Men must keep their hair short, while women should keep their locks unstyled and pulled back. Above all, Koreans are to avoid "foreign" hairstyles. "To keep your hair tidy and simple is a...

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