Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
SHIN YOUNG-KUN ASSOCIATED PRESS Won Jeong Hwa appears at her trial in Suwon, South Korea. The North Korean native was arrested during the summer and accused of seven years of espionage after allegedly defecting to the South. North Korea denies that she was a spy, and she has pleaded for mercy.S UWON, SOUTH KOREA — She's accused of being the Mata Hari of North...
ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
That is the question that Andrei Lankov, one of the North Korean scholars I respect the most, ponders in this editorial in the International Herald Tribune: The recent rumors about the poor health of Kim Jong Il might be unfounded, but the world got a reminder that the North Korean dictator is mortal - and that [...]
France 24 (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
North Korean officials have announced they will resume work to disable the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon after the US took the reclusive country off the terrorism blacklist.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The new agency report, though it was filed early Saturday, was listed as the last dispatch for Friday, the 63rd anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. International observers were watching for some sign that the government would use the occasion to try to dispel speculation about Kim's health. After he missed a parade on Sept. 9 for the 60th anniversary of the founding of North Korea,...
Observing Japan (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The thinkable is finally the actual. After more than a year since it became plausible for the US to remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as a reward for cooperation in negotiations over the North Korean nuclear program, the US State Department has announced that it will remove North Korea from the list. With the global financial system melting down,...
PoliGazette (Free subscription) | yesterday
In order to counter rumors that leader Kim Jong-Il would suffer from serious health issues, North Korea’s leader decided to go on television on Saturday. That is, a North Korean television channel showed photos of Kim supposedly visiting a military facility. ©2008 PoliGazette. All Rights Reserved..
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and North Korean officials reached a tentative deal that may leave undeclared nuclear sites closed to international inspectors, an official said Friday. South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan indicated that the deal reached between the two countries comes after U.S. officials called for verification by North Korea that it had followed the guidelines...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman today welcomed a US decision to remove Pyongyang from a terrorism blacklist and said the state would resume work to take apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant.
France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Recent images of North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il inspecting a women's military unit on state television contradicts last month's reports that Kim, 66, had taken severely ill in August.
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
U.S. and North Korean officials reached a tentative deal that may leave undeclared nuclear sites closed to international inspectors, an official said Friday.South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan indicated that the deal reached between the two countries comes after U.S. officials called for verification by North Korea that it had followed the guidelines of a June nuclear declaration,...
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
North Korea has deployed more than ten missiles for what appears to be an imminent launch, it was reported in South Korea yesterday.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
SEOUL, South Korea — More than a month after his absence from an important anniversary parade fueled theories that he had suffered a stroke, ’s leader, , was reported by state media on Saturday to have inspected a military unit.KCNA, via ReutersKim Jong-il, North Korea’s leader, visited a military unit in a photo released Saturday by the state news agency. Later Saturday, state television carried...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
North Korean state TV broadcast pictures of Kim Jong-il on Saturday as the reclusive country stepped up its campaign to show its leader was healthy after reports surfaced last month he may have suffered a stroke.
Kimchi Mamas (Free subscription) | yesterday
The talk that gripped my attention was the first one. Its purpose was to set the context of this summit from a historical perspective. The speaker was Bruce Cumings, a history professor at University of Chicago who has authored many books on North Korea. He shared with us that most scholars say that about 2 million North Korean civilians were killed by the US during...
LA Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hollywood need not apply."It is practically the only occasion where North Koreans can see foreign films," said Uwe Schmelter, who heads the Japan office of the Goethe Institute, the German cultural organization that supplied Germany's films to the festival.The film festival is thought to have been the brainchild of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who spent much of his youth...
