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International Crisis Group: No sign of North Korea seeking reforms
North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un faces no threat to his rule despite the sacking of his military chief, but also shows no sign of seeking reforms or easing confrontation, a leading think-tank said Wednesday. “He could well be around for decades — and with a growing nuclear arsenal,” the International Crisis…
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un married ‘mystery woman’
North Korea’s youthful leader Kim Jong-un has married, state broadcasters announced late on Wednesday. The statement followed extensive speculation about the identity of a young woman repeatedly pictured with Kim in recent weeks – who had been variously identified as his wife, sister or possibly a married singer he was…
Mystery lady ‘likely North Korea leader’s wife’
A mystery woman who has accompanied North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-Un to recent public events appears to be his wife, South Korea’s top official on cross-border affairs said Wednesday. Unification Minister Yu Woo-Ik said that “in my judgement she appears to be his wife”, in response to a question…
Massive police state controls North Korea: study
North Korea’s notoriously harsh secret police consists of vast and sometimes competing agencies that will pose a major challenge to any potential attempts at reform, a study said Thursday. In a lengthy study of the workings of the ultra-authoritarian state, a rights group said that North Korea has maintained control…
North Korea’s Kim again seen with mystery lady
SEOUL — A smartly dressed woman seen with Kim Jong-Un at recent public events was Sunday again shown on state television accompanying the North Korean leader, increasing speculation that she could be his wife. The short-haired brunette was first shown with Kim earlier this month, but official media has not…
Mystery woman with North Korea’s Kim stirs speculation
A mystery woman pictured accompanying North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-Un to recent events has prompted speculation in Seoul about whether she is his partner or his younger sister. The North’s state television Sunday aired footage of the woman joining Jong-Un as he paid tribute to his late grandfather Kim…
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un gets new official theme song
Over the past decade or so, the bubblegum pop and kitsch dance routines of South Korean K-pop bands have taken the charts by storm across Asia and Latin America. Across the Korean border to the north, meanwhile, broadcasters are prompting a track somewhat less likely to find international success: a…
Report: Kim Jong-Un almost flunked out of school
North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-Un, who was schooled inSwitzerland, obtained poor grades in school and was often absent, according to a Swiss newspaper report. Kim, who is 29, was absent for 75 days in his first year at the International School of Bern, according to Le Matin Dimanche, while in his second year,…
North Korea holds mass rally in support of new leader
SEOUL — More than 100,000 North Koreans rallied in support of new leader Kim Jong-Un on Tuesday, state media reported, days after he was proclaimed the “great successor” to his father. The mass rally at Kim Il-Sung Square in the capital Pyongyang was attended by citizens and a number of…
North Koreans told to go gloveless at funeral: report
SEOUL — North Korean civilians were ordered not to wear hats or gloves for the snowy funeral of leader Kim Jong-Il because his son and successor chose to escort the hearse bare-headed, a report said Tuesday. Daily NK, a Seoul-based online newspaper run by defectors, said it had received information…
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