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North Korean leader's female companion stirs speculation
World NowNorth Korean media have disclosed so little about leader Kim Jong Il's personal life that no one outside of his innermost circle knows his age or marital status. Now Koreans on both sides of the divided peninsula have a new mystery to ponder: Who is... -
Disney characters take center stage during North Korea concert
So you’ve just inherited a struggling communist nation from a dad who took synchronized gymnastics shows to a whole new level and you want to set a new party tone. For North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong Un, this is achieved with some help from...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Kim Jong Un, Walt Disney, Google Inc., Snow White (fictional character)
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Maryland Art Place showcases Mina Cheon's provocative 'polipop' art
Mina Cheon is used to seeing things from multiple perspectives. As a child in South Korea, the artist was exposed to two religious philosophies — Buddhist on her father's side, Christian on her mother's — and embraced a third as an adult,...
Tags: South Korea, Artists, Philosophy, Arts and Culture, Arts
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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... -
Now is the time for Obama to engage North Korea
Right now the only certainty about the future of North Korea seems to be uncertainty. The world knows little about Kim Jong Un, the late Kim Jong Il's son and chosen successor, aside from the fact that he studied in Switzerland and likes to wear Nike...Tags: Asia, Kim Jong Un, South Korea, China, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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The U.S. shouldn't prop up tyrants, even if they're on 'our' side
I awoke Monday to news that North Korea's tyrant, Kim Jong Il, is dead ("Kim Jong Il, 1942-2011: Enigmatic leader," Dec. 19). The article in The Sun was part of a confluence of events that include the military hearing at Fort Meade for accused Pentagon...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Politics, Bradley Manning, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Fort Meade (military base)
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The hermit kingdom's changing of the guard
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il leaves a cloud of uncertainty over North Asia and complicates efforts by the U.S. and its allies to halt the nuclear weapons program that is the principal legacy of his 17-year rule. Kim was a canny and...Tags: Japan, International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, China, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Sklar brothers have fun with numbers in 'United Stats of America'
RedEyeRandy and Jason Sklar do the impossible with their new History series, "United Stats of America:" They make statistics fun. In the series, debuting at 9 p.m. Tuesday, the identical twins and stand-up comedians explore their fascination with numbers by... -
The Dictator
Fox 5 San Diego staffYou know you’re in for an offensive and funny film when it starts off stating “in loving memory of Kim Jong-il.” I think Socha Baron Cohen does funny work. I enjoyed Borat and Bruno, although this movie isn’t as funny as those,...Tags: Africa, Edward Norton, Rob Schneider, Kevin Corrigan, Helena Bonham Carter
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Kim Jong Il's unlikely life and death
![<span style="font-size: small;">The most surprising element of Kim Jong Il's death is that it apparently was due to natural causes and that it came 17 years after he took office. Back then, no one expected "the Dear Leader" and his regime to survive. </span>](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66876068-19153658-187105.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">The most surprising element of Kim Jong Il's death is that it apparently was due to natural causes and that it came 17 years after he took office. Back then, no one expected \"the Dear Leader\" and his regime to survive. </span>")
The most surprising element of Kim Jong Il's death is that it apparently was due to natural causes and that it came 17 years after he took office. Back then, no one expected "the Dear Leader" and his regime to survive.
The death of his father, Kim Il...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, China, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Steve Chapman, North Korea
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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....
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