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For years, North Koreans prepared for three major milestones in 2012: Kim Jong Il's 70th birthday, the centenary of Kim Il Sung's birth and the 80th anniversary of the Korean People's Army, the backbone of Kim Jong Il's "military first" rule. Kim Jong...
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During Kim’s reign, the country suffered from famine and nuclear tension. But now postage stamps, new songs and commemorative coins for Kim Jong Il have been rushed into production; slogans have been carved on the sides of mountains in honor of his...
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A photograph of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is surrounded by "Kimjongilia" flowers at an exhibition of the flowers in Pyongyang Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. As North Koreans prepare for what would have been the 70th birthday of late leader Kim... View Photo »
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Raw materials must be adequately supplied to normalize the production of factories.
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Two months after his death, Kim Jong Il is being portrayed as "eternal leader" in a deification that resembles the veneration that followed the death of his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, in 1994. PYONGYANG, North Korea The first bronze...
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Jong Il's son was identified Monday as head of a top decision-making body of the ruling Workers' Party, a post that now gives him authority over political as well as military matters in North Korea. The United States said on Monday it would send a...
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Pyongyang. Two months after his death, Kim Jong Il is being portrayed as "eternal leader" in a deification that resembles the veneration that followed the death of his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, in 1994. PYONGYANG, North Korea — The first...
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North Korea's President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Yong Nam, fourth from left, tours an exhibition of "Kimjongilia" flowers, named after the late leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. As North Koreans... View Photo »
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He knows what the exact intention of the great Gen. Kim Jong Il was
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North Korea (AP) — The first bronze statue of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been unveiled in Pyongyang as part of celebrations marking what would have been his 70th birthday this week. Top political and military leaders attended the unveiling...
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Washington The U.S. said Monday it would send a senior envoy next week to Beijing for talks with North Korea on its nuclear program, in the first substantive contact since leader Kim Jong-Il died. Resuming a dialogue that was called off after Mr. Kim's...
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