The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Sounds an absolute laugh riot : "When Koreans want to sing, they like to sing songs of the Workers' Party of Korea and socialism in the DPRK". Wot, no ' My Way ' or ' Hi Ho Silver Lining '? Maybe ' Pyongyang, Pyongyang ' would go down a storm if someone were to pen it.
virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Kim II Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday holding up banners with slogans including "Long live the Great Leader Kim Jong Il". Shanghaiist was amused to hear we're observing only a "Year of Friendship"...
euronews24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
The White House yesterday raised anew the possibility that North Korea has an active program to enrich uranium, an issue the administration had played down in recent years as it sought to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programs.With just ...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The White House yesterday raised anew the possibility that North Korea has an active program to enrich uranium, an issue the administration had played down in recent years as it sought to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programs.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- More energy production will help North Korea meet its economic goals for 2009 and beyond, the country's leader, Kim Jong Il , said during a power plant visit. It is one of the most important issues of achieving rapid progress of the national economy to give definite priority to the electricity production, Kim was quoted by the Korean Central News Agency as telling...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Time for a new approach; Dealing with Pyongyang
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
People participate in a rally in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released by the official news agency KCNA.
As in the days of Noah (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Jan. 5: Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Monday at Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung plaza in a display of might and loyalty.AP/Korean Central News Agency SEOUL, South Korea- Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang in a display of might and loyalty underscoring their government's guiding "military first" principal amid tensions with rival South Korea.The government mobilized 100,000...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Evidently, not until the 10th paragraph of this puff piece about a pro-government rally (is there any other kind in Pyongyang?) that attracted conscripted 100,000 hapless souls. Here's how it starts: "Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang in a display of might and loyalty underscoring their government's guiding "military first" principal amid tensions with rival South Korea. The...
Tory Troll (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Boris Johnson on Political Propaganda (2008) “As soon as I get in I will introduce proper accountability. I will get rid of the ludicrous Londoner free sheet, the Pyongyang-style newspaper that brings us news of the mayor’s achievements in buying more bendy buses.” Boris Johnson in the Evening Standard (2009) "That is why it is time for a new bus for London which, apart from anything else, will lead...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Monday in Pyongyang's main square to show their support for new year's policies laid out by leader Kim Jong Il calling for bolstering the country's military.
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Showbiz Data host John Schaefer, who says the biggest story from the classical music world was the New York Philharmonic's performance in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 26. Conductor Lorin Maazel led the concert … Read the full article here
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- North Korea said Thursday it will denuclearize in the coming year and rebuild its ailing economy. The statement was seen as a possible bid for a fresh start with the United States. Pyongyang continued criticism of Seoul in a joint newspaper editorial that summed up policy goals for 2009. But officials made no hostile mention of Washington, which inaugurates a new administration...
Tory Troll (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
As Londoners get ready to celebrate the New Year, their Dear Leader will project a towering video message onto the side of the Shell Building on London's Southbank. Here it is: "There are those who say we should look ahead to 2009 with foreboding. I want to quote Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now when he says 'Someday captain, this war is going to end', and someday, this recession is going to end....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Seoul - North Korea will use parliamentary in 2009 to prepare the country for the time after Kim Jong Il, South Korean analysts of the Stalinist state said Wednesday. Pyongyang was likely to hold parliamentary elections to the Supreme People's Assemb...
