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Who is ‘Bandar Bush’ ?
Bob Woodward laid it out in State of Denial: George W. pulled Bandar aside. “Bandar, I guess you’re the best asshole who knows about the world. Explain to me one thing.” “Governor, what is it?” “Why should I care about North Korea?” Bandar said he didn’t really know. It was…
North Korea to ‘completely review’ nuclear issue
North Korea said Friday it had no choice but to “completely review” the nuclear issue after accusing the United States and South Korea over a plot to blow up a statue of its founding leader. The foreign ministry did not elaborate on what was meant by a review, but it…
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…
U.S. will judge North Korea ‘by its actions’
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The United States said Monday it would judge North Korea by its actions as it declined to speculate on the implications of the removal of the secretive communist nation’s army chief. White House spokesman Jay Carney, traveling with President Barack Obama to Ohio, was asked…
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…
North Korea says U.S. fired at its flag
North Korea on Sunday denounced US-South Korean military drills near the tense border as a “provocation” and vowed to “further bolster up its nuclear deterrent”, state media reported. Some 2,000 South Korean and US troops along with jet fighters, tanks and attack helicopters took part in the live-fire exercise Friday…
North Korea accuses Clinton of ‘reckless’ criticism
SEOUL — North Korea hit out at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday, addressing her by her first name and accusing her of “reckless” criticism of its human rights record. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted an unnamed foreign ministry spokesman as saying recent comments by…
US commandos parachuted into N. Korea: report
US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground military installations, a US officer has said in comments carried in US media. Army Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of US special forces in South Korea, told a conference held in Florida last…
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