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  • Talk of Kim Jong Il's reported stroke is taboo in North Korea

    09/22/2008 10:46:16 PM PDT · by rdl6989 · 25 replies · 40+ views
    LA Times ^ | 9-23-08 | Barbara Demick
    PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA -- A simple question about Kim Jong Il's health provokes a torrent of angry, broken English. "It's a pack of lies," declared Oh Keum Suk. The 26-year-old North Korean tour guide jumped from his seat at a coffee shop and in an exaggerated motion stormed away. Then he turned on his heels to chew out the foreigner who had dared ask about reports that the North Korean leader had suffered a stroke. "Kim Jong Il is my father, my grandfather, my family. How do you talk about my family that way?" The topic is so taboo that...
  • "Salvaging Our North Korea Policy" (Critiques Failed BUSH Admin. Approach) - JOHN BOLTON

    03/17/2008 5:43:27 PM PDT · by AmericanInTokyo · 39 replies · 446+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 17 March 2008 | John R. Bolton
    Salvaging Our North Korea Policy.... By JOHN R. BOLTON There are signs, albeit small ones, that the Bush administration may be reaching the end of its patience with the Six-Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. These signs could prove illusory. But as it nears its end, the administration has a serious responsibility: It must not leave its successor with an ongoing, failed policy. At a minimum, President Bush should not bequeath to the next president only the burned-out hulk of the Six-Party Talks, and countless failed and violated North Korean commitments. Since they were conceived in spring 2003,...
  • CONTROVERSIAL! THE U.S. AND NORTH KOREAN NATIONAL ANTHEMS IN COMMUNIST PYONGYANG (Streaming)

    02/26/2008 4:57:17 AM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 62 replies · 202+ views
    MBC TV, KOREA FROM NORTH KOREAN TV (STREAMING) ^ | 26 February 2008 | AmericanInTokyo (S. Korean MBC TV)
    Just happened a few hours ago in brutal communist North Korea's capital, Pyongyang.The New York Philharmonic. CLICK HERE, THEN UNDER THE SINGER'S PHOTO, HIT PLAYBe patient as it loads. May not be viewable on all PCs.
  • N. Korea Says (It) May Slow Nuclear Disablement (See What Happens When You APPEASE!!??)

    12/26/2007 8:11:43 PM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 20 replies · 19+ views
    Kyodo News via Reuters ^ | 27 December 2007 | Kyodo News via Reuters
    TOKYO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - North Korea may slow the pace of disablement of its nuclear facilities, blaming a delay in the delivery of energy aid promised under a disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency reported, quoting a Pyongyang official. "There is a delay in the implementation of economic compensation obligations to be undertaken by the other countries in the six-party talks," Hyun Hak Bong, deputy director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, was quoted as saying late on Wednesday. "We have no choice but to take measures to adjust" he added, referring to the pace of disablement...
  • "US Diplomat Residing in N. Korean Capital (S Korean Conservative Daily) Chosun Says"(APPEASEMENT)

    11/25/2007 4:59:27 PM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 32 replies · 15+ views
    U.S. Diplomat Is Residing in North Korean Capital, Chosun Says By Heejin Koo Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. diplomat has been residing in North Korea since mid-November, acting as a liaison between the governments of Washington and Pyongyang, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper said, citing an unidentified official in Washington.The presence of the unidentified U.S. envoy, who is staying at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, is an indication of improved relations between the two nations since North Korea pledged to disable its Yongbyon nuclear plant by the end of this year, the Seoul-based daily said. The U.S. plans...
  • Kim Jong Il: I'm an Internet Expert

    10/05/2007 10:35:50 AM PDT · by monkapotamus · 40 replies · 1,024+ views
    Associated Press ^ | October 5, 2007
    AP Kim Jong Il: I'm an Internet Expert Friday October 5, 8:35 am ET Report: NKorean Leader Kim Jong Il Calls Himself 'Internet Expert SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il called himself an "Internet expert" during summit talks with South Korea's president this week, a news report said Friday.The reclusive leader made the remark after South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun asked that South Korean companies operating at an industrial park in the North Korean city of Kaesong be allowed to use the Internet, Yonhap news agency reported, without citing any source. "I'm an Internet expert...
  • N. Korea: NKorea's Kim gets "personal" message from China's Hu(visited Chinese embassy)

    03/04/2007 8:47:30 PM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 43 replies · 973+ views
    AFP ^ | 03/05/07
    NKorea's Kim gets "personal" message from China's Hu 2 hours, 35 minutes ago North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il was given a "personal message" from Chinese President Hu Jintao during a visit to Beijing's embassy in Pyongyang, the North's state media said Monday. No details were given of Sunday's visit, which coincides with a trip to the United States by North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye-Gwan. Kim Jong-Il was accompanied by several senior aides including Kim Ki-Nam, secretary of the ruling Workers' Party, and Kang Sok-Ju, first vice minister of foreign affairs, said the Korean Central News Agency. It said...
  • Succession rumours mark Kim's big day

    02/18/2007 4:27:54 AM PST · by flitton · 11 replies · 473+ views
    The Times ^ | 18th February 2007 | Richard Lloyd Parry
    North Koreans marched and sang as the country’s Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, celebrated his 65th birthday yesterday, days after agreeing to shut down his country’s nuclear programme. But rumours and speculation abounded over the security of his regime. Hard information about the workings of the North Korean leadership is almost impossible to establish, but recently there have been unusually intense rumours about possible plots against the Dear Leader. The latest story doing the rounds of intelligence agencies is that his brother-in-law, Jang Song Thaek, a close aide who returned to public life last year after being purged, is emerging...
  • Song and dance for Kim Jong Il

    10/17/2006 6:27:26 PM PDT · by Aussie Dasher · 22 replies · 548+ views
    Herald Sun ^ | 18 October 2006
    NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-il made his first public appearance since last week's nuclear test, taking in a song and dance performance, the North's official KCNA news agency reported today. Kim has mostly been absent from the public eye since North Korea test fired seven missiles in July, leading some to speculate the North's defiant acts over the past few months have put his leadership to the test. Kim was accompanied by several top North Korean officials as they watched performers sing the praises of the communist state and Kim's leadership with songs such as Love of Comrades and Always...
  • 'Malignant Narcissism, Paranoia, defensive Aggression...And Now, We Think, Kim's Got The Bomb'

    10/14/2006 7:15:14 PM PDT · by blam · 12 replies · 462+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-15-2006 | Philip Sherwell
    'Malignant narcissism, paranoia, defensive aggression… and now, we think, Kim's got the Bomb' By Philip Sherwell (Filed: 15/10/2006) Jerrold Post has never met his patient – a reclusive yet attention-seeking figure who pursues his penchant for wayward behaviour nearly 7,000 miles away from the doctor's office in suburban Washington. But he still knows what makes him tick. For Dr Post is one of the world's foremost political psychologists, who has been putting the likes of Saddam Hussein and Fidel Castro on his virtual couch for the CIA for 21 years. Diminutive dictator: Kim Jong-il is 5ft 2 without his platform...
  • 10/12/2006 North Korea/Asian Daily Thread

    10/11/2006 9:42:35 PM PDT · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 19 replies · 374+ views
    VARIOUS SOURCES | 12 OCTOBER 2006 | NEWS
    With the events unfolding in North Korea, just thought it was time for FR to have a live Asian thread also.
  • Breaking News >>South Korea: China to Drop Opposition to U.N. Sanctions on North Korea

    10/09/2006 10:46:18 PM PDT · by GarryOwen2006 · 69 replies · 2,333+ views
    FOX ^ | 12:45 AM | FOX
    just breaking on fox website now.. in the banner.
  • Japan 'could develop' nuclear weapons

    10/09/2006 6:41:32 PM PDT · by familyop · 56 replies · 1,246+ views
    Mr Keating said . . . "My great concern is that Japan may use the impasse of North Korea and this testing of its nuclear weapons to move into nuclear weapons itself, eschewing the nuclear protection provided to it by the United States under its umbrella," he told a business breakfast.
  • North Korea Warned Against Conducting Nuclear Test

    10/05/2006 10:14:29 AM PDT · by eastforker · 17 replies · 604+ views
    foxnews.com ^ | 10/05/06 | AP
    SEOUL, South Korea — A U.S. military plane capable of detecting radiation has taken off from southern Japan amid concerns over a threatened nuclear test by North Korea, a news report said Thursday. The plane, which can collect and analyze radioactive substances in the air, took off from the U.S. air base at Kadena on the southern island of Okinawa, Kyodo News agency reported
  • DUmmie FUnnies 09-26-06 (DUmmies Underwhelmed By Joe Biden's Presidential Candidacy Announcement)

    09/26/2006 6:22:11 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 65 replies · 1,106+ views
    DUmmie FUnnies ^ | DUmmies and PJ-Comix
    The first of the contenders for the Democrat nomination for president in '08 announced his candidacy this past weekend and hardly anyone noticed. The few people who did notice were notably underwhelmed, whether they be of the Left or Right. Perhaps this is because the newly announced candidate is the blowhard serial plagiarizer with the tranplanted Chia-Pet hair that few (except himself) take seriously---Senator Joe Biden. Personally, I am happy that Joe Biden is going to run because his histrionic antics will provide a WEALTH of comedic material for the DUmmie FUnnies. In fact, I am currently looking for...
  • **Japanese TV Video re: N. Korean Preparations for Nuke Test (Streaming)**

    08/19/2006 8:47:05 AM PDT · by AmericanInTokyo · 50 replies · 1,423+ views
    NNN TV Network (Japanese) Streaming Video ^ | 19 August 2006 | NNN TV NETWORK (Tokyo)
    http://meta.cdn.yahoo-streaming.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20060819-00000016-nnn-int-movie-000&media=wm300kNOTE: THIS LINK TO THE NNN SITE WILL BE GOOD FOR NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS
  • N. Korean Authorities Urge Civilians to Evacuate Near Site of Possible Nuke Test (Breaking)

    08/18/2006 7:46:33 PM PDT · by AmericanInTokyo · 593 replies · 14,653+ views
    Headline News Yahooo Japan (in Japanese) JIJI PRESS ^ | 19 August 2006 | JIJI Press, quoting Joongang Ilbo Daily
    Reports from Seoul Korea, (daily newspaper Joongang Ilbo in Seoul) via the Japanese Jiji press agency, that South Korean intelligence has intercepted radio messages/communications in North Korea, which were aired last month, to civilians in the Kilju County, Northern Hamgyeong Province area of northeastern D.P.R.K., to evacuate.The source in the South Korean government said "our interpretation is that following North Korea's underground nuclear blast test, they wish to head off any escape of radiation that would be a threat to the nearby civilian population and are evacuating as such."
  • Report: N. Korea luanches 7th missile

    07/05/2006 2:34:06 AM PDT · by WestVirginiaRebel · 19 replies · 868+ views
    seattlepi.com ^ | 07-05-06 | WestVirginiaRebel
    TOKYO--North Korea has launched a seventh missile, a news report said Wednesday, citing Japanese government sources.North Korea fired the latest missile at 5:22 p.m. (4 a.m. EDT), Kyodo News Agency reported. The missile landed 6 minutes later, the report said.
  • N. Korea warns of nuclear war if attacked

    07/03/2006 6:27:55 AM PDT · by Momaw Nadon · 80 replies · 3,561+ views
    AP via Yahoo! ^ | Monday, July 3, 2006
    SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea will respond to a pre-emptive U.S. military attack with an "annihilating strike and a nuclear war," the state-run media said Monday, heightening its antagonistic rhetoric. The Korean Central News Agency, citing an unidentified Rodong Sinmun newspaper "analyst," accused the United States of increasing military pressure on the isolated communist state. The North Korean threat of retaliation, which is often voiced by its state-controlled media, comes amid U.S. official reports that Pyongyang has shown signs of preparing for a test of a long-range missile. "The army and people of the DPRK are now in full...
  • Caption Cynthia McKinney (not photoshopped)

    03/31/2006 5:30:12 PM PST · by maggief · 282 replies · 10,406+ views
    Yahoo! News Photo ^ | Fri Mar 31, 2006
    Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) speaks at a news conference after an altercation with a Capitol Hill police officer earlier in the week in Washington March 31, 2006. McKinney is waiting to learn if she will be charged for apparently striking an officer after she entered a House office building earlier this week unrecognized and did not stop when asked. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
  • North Korea, Iran Pose Missile Threat to U.S., General Says

    03/10/2006 4:48:17 PM PST · by SandRat · 1 replies · 209+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Steven Donald Smith
    WASHINGTON, March 10, 2006 – The proliferation of ballistic missile technology threatens the security of the United States, the director of the Missile Defense Agency said here yesterday. Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering III said there were about 80 foreign ballistic missile launches in 2005 and that North Korea and Iran are steadily advancing in their missile capabilities. "North Korea and Iran have not relented in their pursuit of longer-range ballistic missiles," Obering said. "Our current and near-term missile defense fielding activities are a direct response to these dangers." In addition,...
  • The IRA Bagman and Kim Jong Il's hot dollars (USA seeks extradition of alleged counterfeit schemer)

    12/08/2005 2:22:24 PM PST · by Stoat · 9 replies · 832+ views
    The Belfast Telegraph ^ | December 8, 2005 | David McKittrick
    The IRA Bagman and Kim Jong Il's hot dollars Sean Garland is legendary in Ireland for his violent republican past. But was he also a frontman for a counterfeiting scheme run by the communist regime of North Korea? America wants to extradite the Workers Party chief claiming he smuggled millions of dollars in fake $100 bills  David McKittrick reports 08 December 2005 It is a tale of codenames and counterfeiting, of the United States secret service, Russia and North Korea, of international political and criminal conspiracy and intrigue, of millions of dollars in illicit currency. Kim Jong Il, the...
  • A bomb to bust the deepest bunkers(supercavitating bunker buster penetrates 300m of earth)

    07/14/2005 6:19:16 PM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 57 replies · 1,830+ views
    Eureka.org ^ | 07/13/05
    A bomb to bust the deepest bunkersDESPITE the intelligence failure that led the Bush administration to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, the Pentagon is pressing ahead with the development of technologies designed to destroy WMDs. Its latest idea is a bomb that can destroy deeply buried WMD storage bunkers by cutting through earth and concrete inside a bubble of air. Traditional "bunker busters" are streamlined bombs that rely on sheer weight to force their way through soil, rock or concrete. But the new design has a blunt nose that forces the earth ahead of it out to the...
  • ***KIM JONG-IL LIVE SIGHTING. APPEARS 3/8/05 @ RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN N. KOREA (COLOR FOTO)***

    03/11/2005 1:16:59 PM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 45 replies · 1,853+ views
    English DongaNewspaper(online) in English, Seoul, Korea ^ | 11 March 2005 | English DongaMagazine (online)
    March 8, 2005, Pyongyang, North Korea Kim Jong il, the Chia Pet (center) Alive and kickin' folks. Live sighting. Second or third live sighting in North Korea in the last several weeks, another one at a Russian ballet presentation in Pyongyang.For the Free Republic KIM JONG-IL file (the "when was he last seen alive?" file)....
  • N. Korea: Kim Jong-il Was Shot At (and knocked unconscious at his family compound)

    02/21/2005 5:04:52 AM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 140 replies · 10,234+ views
    Future Korea ^ | 02/17/05 | Kim Bumsoo
    /begin my translation N. Korea: Kim Jong-il Was Shot At By Jang's Son It is alleged that, last November, during a shooting incident by a son of Jang Sung-taek, who is Kim Jong-il's brother-in-law, Kim knocked unconscious. A source who used to be in N. Korean intelligence said on Feb. 14 that this story is making a round among high-level N. Korean security officials. According to this intelligence, between the night of Nov. 28 and the early morning of Nov. 29, there was a family gathering including Kim Jong-il, his second son Kim Jong-chol, Jang Sung-taek's son(Jang is Kim's brother-in-law),...
  • Caption Biden

    01/26/2005 4:51:25 PM PST · by End_Clintonism_Now · 80 replies · 2,612+ views
    Yahoo! News / AP Photo ^ | 1/26/05 | AP Photo/Dennis Cook
  • Chia Pets a 'growing' holiday hit

    12/23/2004 7:42:52 AM PST · by Rakkasan1 · 19 replies · 897+ views
    Pioneer Press ^ | 12-23-04 | Dan Nephin
    PITTSBURGH -- After checking three stores, Beth Cohnen finally found a must-have Christmas gift for her 10-year-old daughter to give to her uncle: a Chia Scooby-Doo. It's bound to be $15 well spent - he'd asked for it for about five years in a row. And while the uncle recognizes the humor in the quirky pottery, Cohnen said, Chia Pets aren't for her. ``I think they're kind of odd,'' she said. Over the past two decades, the Chia Pet has grown beyond its marketer's expectations to become a classic kitsch gift. The company began marketing Chia Pets - the Chia...
  • Fans sprout up in search-ch-ch of Chias for gift-giving

    12/24/2004 12:23:52 PM PST · by Willie Green · 8 replies · 273+ views
    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Friday, December 24, 2004 | The Associated Press
    After checking three stores, Beth Cohnen finally found a must-have Christmas gift for her 10-year-old daughter to give to her uncle: a Chia Scooby-Doo. It's bound to be $15 well spent -- he'd asked for it for about five years in a row. And while the uncle recognizes the humor in the quirky pottery, Cohnen said, Chia Pets aren't for her. "I think they're kind of odd," she said. Over the past two decades, the Chia Pet has grown beyond its marketer's expectations to become a classic kitsch gift.
  • **KIM JONG-IL SHOWN ON N. KOREAN TV (11/17); BUT HONORIFIC TITLE EXCLUDED (Stream Here)**

    11/17/2004 3:06:16 PM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 80 replies · 2,840+ views
    North Korean TV (Via South Korean YTN TV) ^ | 18 November 2004 | AmericanInTokyo
    North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il is shown (obviously alive) on North Korean last night, (Korean time), on 17 November 2004, recently inspecting (date unclear) the North Korean Peoples Army "Unit 754".However, as South Korean TV reporters from YTN-TV in the voice-over in this clip note, the traditional Korean-language title of "Great Leader" is absent from the usual script. This is the first time that such an honorific title is missing, when describing Kim Jong-il, in their national press.The video clip starts with the South Korean TV female announcer for 30 seconds who introduces a very short file clip showing...
  • N.Korea Berates Rumsfeld as Worse Than Hitler

    11/22/2003 11:25:49 AM PST · by El Conservador · 7 replies · 86+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | November 22, 2003 | Reuters
    SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea (news - web sites) issued a blistering attack on Donald Rumsfeld on Saturday, saying the U.S. defense secretary was worse than Adolf Hitler. The official KCNA news agency also said Rumsfeld's criticism of North Korea this week -- he called it an evil regime -- made Pyongyang doubt the prospects of talks to resolve the North's nuclear crisis. "It is nothing surprising that Rumsfeld talked such nonsense as he put Hitler into the shade in man-killing and war hysteria. But we can never pardon him for malignantly slandering our dignified and inviolable political system whether...
  • N. Korea Accuses SK of Sending Warships North North Korea Accuses South of Sending Warships North

    05/29/2003 8:45:15 AM PDT · by jerseygirl · 1 replies · 163+ views
    Reuters | 5/29/03 | Samuel Len
    N.Korea Accuses South of Sending Warships North Thu May 29, 2003 09:11 AM ET By Samuel Len SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea accused South Korea of sending warships across a disputed sea border and warned Seoul further moves could lead to "irrevocable serious consequences," ratcheting up tensions on the divided Korea peninsula. The North's warning, carried by the official KCNA news agency, followed what the South Korean Defense Ministry said was three successive days of incursions into southern waters by North Korean fishing boats, most recently Wednesday. Tensions have been high on the Korean peninsula for more than seven months,...
  • N. Korea Missile Techie Defector Reveals His Clandestine Biz Trips to a "Mideast Country"

    05/21/2003 7:38:22 AM PDT · by AmericanInTokyo · 9 replies · 243+ views
    The Herald Sun (Australia) ^ | 22 May 2003 | The Herald Sun (Australia)
    N Korea Defectors Detail Drug Rings (& Missile Export)21May03 The Herald Sun, AustraliaIn a dramatic confession to the US Congress, two men identified as high-ranking North Korean defectors today said they had been intimately involved in test-firing Pyongyang's missiles in Iran and a state-sponsored drugs ring. The men, led into a congressional hearing wearing black hoods, gave evidence behind a screen to conceal their identities. They currently live in South Korea, but were brought to the United States by two refugee advocacy groups. Their appearance came as the Bush administration tries to turn the spotlight on North Korea's alleged...
  • "N. Korea`s Fear of US Military Capability Conducive to Peaceful Resolution" --S. Korean Press

    05/17/2003 9:16:03 AM PDT · by AmericanInTokyo · 7 replies · 225+ views
    Dong-A Ilbo Daily Newspaper, Seoul, Korea (in English) ^ | 16 May 2003 Korean Time | Dong-A Ilbo Daily Newspaper, Seoul, Korea (in English)
    Title: "North Korea`s Fear of US Military Capability Conducive to Peaceful Resolution" Dong-A Ilbo Daily Newspaper(Seoul) MAY 16, 2003 21:38 Korean Time (S. Korean) President Roh Moo-hyun May 16 said that, in the wake of the Iraq war, the North Korean leadership is increasingly concerned over the military capacity of the US, and which he think might be conducive to achieving a peaceful resolution of the US-North Korean nuclear standoff. The President made the remark in an interview with the US PBS broadcasting network when host of the TV program Jim Lehrer asked him the question of whether the increased...