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"All this suggests significant strains in China’s relations with North Korea. China has indicated it wants Kim Jong Un to relax the country’s militarism and open up to investment under Chinese protection. And the fact is he’s not doing that." China...
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We put up an online poll for all of our fans and we had three options and the one that actually won was already taken, so we went with 'The Wreck ” “We wouldn’t call him a tyrant. We call him a fearless leader. That’s the second time I’ve compared you...
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North Koreans leave the grounds of the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang after watching the unveiling of a new bronze statue depicting the late leader Kim Jong Il and his father Kim Il Sung on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. As North Koreans prepare for what... View Photo »
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Raw materials must be adequately supplied to normalize the production of factories.
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Jong-Il doesn’t let death get in the way of a 70th birthday celebration to remember. The country is rolling out presents of propaganda for the people ahead of the Dear Leader’s birthday Feb. 16, dubbed the “Day of the Shining Star.” Some of the...
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Kim Yong Nam, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C. , the WPK and president of the Presidium of the SPA, made an address at the ceremony. It was the unanimous desire and ardent wish of all the Party members, servicepersons and...
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According to North Korean state media, while he was alive Kim Jong Il gave instructions that he did not want to see a statue of himself put up. Sculptors at the Mansudae Art Studio said that after Kim Jong Il's death, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong...
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North Koreans visit a book fair set up in honor of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inside the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. As North Koreans prepare for what would have been the 70th birthday of... View Photo »
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He knows what the exact intention of the great Gen. Kim Jong Il was
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The plight of the detained is even more precarious in the wake of a January announcement by the North Korean authorities condemning border-crossers and threatening them with harsh punishments. The country is undergoing a leadership transition after the...
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In a posthumous compromise, artisans from the Mansudae Art Studio depicted the Kims riding side by side on horseback for Pyongyang's first public sculpture of the late leader. But artisans told The Associated Press that a towering bronze of Kim Jong Il...
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