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North Korea frees U.S. pair: 'Peace-loving'
The Swampby Mark Silva Bill Clinton didn't go to Pyongyang for nothing. For all the appearances of high-level negotiations over two jailed American journalists created by the surprise visit of the former president to North Korea and Clinton's meeting with leader.....Tags: National Security, Arts and Culture, Kim Dae Jung, Nobel Prize Awards, California
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Bill Clinton, North Korea: Engaging
The Swampby John M. Glionna and Paul Richter and updated from Washington SEOUL -- Former President Bill Clinton arrived in North Korea today in a dramatic bid to negotiate the release of two American TV journalists sentenced to 12 years in......Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, United Nations, Government, White House, Jimmy Carter
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Our fruitless quest for missile defense
Foreign policy is often a form of theater, with elaborate rituals and pretenses that no one takes too literally. But rarely have the gimmicks of stagecraft been as obvious as in the latest standoff between North Korea and the United States. Lately, even...
Tags: Science and Technology, Iran, Jay Carney, White House, Central Intelligence Agency
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Basketball diplomacy, Pyongyang-style
It is really not so odd that we would find Dennis Rodman partying heartily with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. After all, they have so much in common. Think of Kim as Rodman with less height, fewer piercings, more nuclear menace — and more blood on...
Tags: Harlem Globetrotters, Human Rights, Central Intelligence Agency, Dennis Rodman, White House
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Making sense of North Korea
The old definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. The new definition, which applies only in the case of North Korea, is: doing something different and expecting a different result. The North Koreans...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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... -
It's still 'My Way' or the highway under North Korea's Kim
World NowGlobal Focus: In the 45 years since songwriter Paul Anka wrote it and Frank Sinatra made it famous, "My Way" has celebrated the rugged individualism that Americans like to think defines their spirit of independence, determination and pride. But those... -
North Korea vows to revisit 'nuclear issue' after alleged plot
World NowNorth Korea said Friday it will review the “nuclear issue” after arresting a North Korean defector for allegedly trying to destroy statues of Kim Il-Sung at the behest of the United States and South Korea. The announcement comes as outsiders... -
Kim Jong Un praises children in second public speech [Video]
World NowTens of thousands of North Korean schoolchildren gathered in Pyongyang to hear new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praise them in the second public speech of his short tenure, calling them “more precious than a hundred million tons of gold and... -
U.S., Asian envoys warn North Korea on nuke test miscalculation
World NowAmid signs of renewed nuclear development activity in North Korea, U.S. and Asian diplomats warned the regime on Monday that it will face a united international community and harsh sanctions if it carries out a nuclear test its neighbors suspect is... -
North Korea releases captured Chinese fishermen, boats
World NowNorth Korea released 29 captured Chinese fishermen and three fishing vessels, putting an end to a 13-day ordeal that raised questions about the stability of the Pyongyang regime.... -
Satellite photos show intense activity at N. Korea nuclear site
World NowSatellite imagery of North Korea's nuclear test site shows "lots of activity" in preparation for another underground bomb test, analysts who have studied the aerial surveillance of the prohibited weapons site said Friday....
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