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Clash between ships from the rival navies of North and South Korea

There has been a clash between ships from the rival navies of North and South Korea,... more

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Two Koreas Held Secret Talks for Summit: Report

The two Koreas met last week in secret in Singapore to discuss a summit, a broadcaster... more

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S.Korean Scholar: North Experiencing Discord Among Kim Family Members

"A leading North Korea researcher and adviser to South Korea's president says the... more

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China: N. Korea Wants Improved Relations With U.S.

China's premier said Saturday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was showing signs... more

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Report: North Korea has nearly restored nuclear plant

North Korea is in the final stages of restoring facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear... more

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Iran Has Plans To Build Its Own Atomic Bomb

Members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded that Iran has acquired... more

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N.Korean Parliament Boosts Kim Jong-il's Powers

North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly in April deleted the word "communism" from the... more

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North Koreans love their spotty cellphone service

It's been nary a year since the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka "the... more

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US willing to hold direct talks with North Korea

So now we know a bit more of the concessions made for the two freed journalists. Wow.

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Why Dictators Love Kitsch . . . starting with photo of Bill Clinton and Kim Jong Il

This week the world’s eyes were on the extraordinary photograph of former President... more

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Kim Jong-il: Supreme Attention Whore

Is this guy a threat? Perhaps. Or is he just a childish dictator acting out for... more

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Isolation and Darkness: North Korea

Overjoyed by Euna's and Laura's return home, I wanted to share this frighteningly... more

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Bill Clinton has quite a story to tell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After his talks with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il,... more

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Damn Right he did!

WELCOME HOME LAURA LING AND EUNA LEE! You know you've done right in your life when... more

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Welcome Home Laura and Euna!

Welcome Home Laura and Euna! Very happy you two are back!

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Activists: N. Korea publicly executes Christian

North Korea publicly executed a Christian woman last month for distributing the Bible, which is banned in the communist nation, South Korean activists said Friday.

Ri Hyon Ok, 33, was also accused of spying for South Korea and the United States and organizing dissidents. She was executed in the northwestern city of Ryongchon near the border with China on June 16, according to a report from an alliance of several dozen anti-North Korea groups.

Ri's parents, husband and three children were sent to a political prison camp in the northeastern city of Hoeryong the following day, the report said, citing unidentified documents it says were obtained from North Korea. It showed a copy of Ri's North Korean government-issued photo ID.

It is virtually impossible to verify such reports about secretive North Korea, where the government tightly controls the lives of its citizens and does not allow dissent.

On Thursday, an annual report from a state-run South Korean think tank on human rights in the North said that public executions, though dropping in number in recent years, were still carried out for crimes ranging from murder to circulating foreign movies.

North Korea claims to guarantee freedom of religion for its 24 million people but in reality severely restricts religious observances. The cult of personality surrounding national founder Kim Il Sung and his son, current leader Kim Jong Il, is a virtual state religion.

The Investigative Commission On Crime Against Humanity also alleged in its report that in March, North Korean security agents arrested Seo Kum Ok, 30, another Christian, in a city near Ryongchon and tortured her. The agents alleged she was attempting to spy on a nuclear site and hand over the evidence to South Korea and the U.S.

The report said it remains unclear whether she survived. Her husband was also arrested and their two children disappeared, it said.

The commission said it was seeking to try to take North Korean leader Kim to the International Criminal Court over alleged crimes against humanity.

Activists claim that such atrocities — including murder, kidnap, rape, extermination of individuals in prison camps — cannot take place in North Korea without Kim's knowledge or direction as he wields absolute power.

"Let's file a suit against Kim Jong Il to the International Criminal Court," the activists chanted.North Korea publicly executed a Christian woman last month for distributing the Bible,... more