AFP: The South Korean and US military will soon sign a new plan to counter any North Korean attacks and hold regular exercises, Seoul said Wednesday, amid wariness over the North’s power transition. “We believe there remains a possibility of provocations by the North during the power succession to Kim Jong-Un,” deputy defence minister Lim [...]
Reuters: North Korea called on its people to rally behind new leader Kim Jong-un and protect him as “human shields” while working to solve the “burning issue” of food shortages by upholding the policies of his late father, Kim Jong-il. The North’s three main state newspapers said in a policy-setting editorial traditionally published on New [...]
Bloomberg: North Korea warned the world not to expect change from the regime under new leader Kim Jong Un and threatened a “roar of revenge” against South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, ahead of New Year messages by both sides that analysts say will focus on inter-Korean relations. Lee had provoked North Korea by raising [...]
Reuters: U.N. offices around the world lowered their flags to half-staff to mark the funeral of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday in a move the world body said was routine but which prompted objections from some human rights activists. In New York, where the flag outside U.N. headquarters was lowered, spokesman Eduardo del [...]
Brawl breaks out in Seoul after group of Kim Jong Il supporters attempt to erect a memorial incense altar in memory of the late North Korean President.
The Guardian: The Pakistani army has rejected a US investigation that concluded mistakes on both sides led to US air strikes last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and severely damaged the already strained relationship between the two countries. The response indicates the report will do little to ease tensions, a worrying development for the [...]
(Reuters) – North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week’s death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said. The source added that the military, which is trying to develop [...]
North Korea Party Rock Anthem ft. Kim Jong Il by misterfoldinguo_gmail_com
NYTimes: Kim Jong-il, the reclusive North Korean leader who has been battling ill health following a reported stroke in 2008, has died, the North’s official news media reported on Monday.
Washington Times: New intelligence indicates that North Korea is moving ahead with building its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, an easily hidden weapon capable of hitting the United States, according to Obama administration officials. The intelligence was revealed in a classified Capitol Hill briefing last month. Its existence was made public in a letter to [...]
Voice of America: News media in Northeast Asia are reporting details of alleged cooperation between Iran and North Korea in trying to build atomic bombs. Such joint activities have been suspected for years. South Korea’s foreign ministry and the national intelligence service say they cannot comment on fresh reports linking Pyongyang’s atomic efforts to Iran. [...]
Yonhap News Agency: SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) — North Korea warned on Saturday it could take physical action against South Korea in response to the South’s “ceaseless provocative war moves.” The (North) Korean Central News Agency, Pyongyang’s state-run media, said the Korean Peninsula was at “the crossroads of dialogue or confrontation and peace or war.” [...]
Apparently, North Korea’s World Cup loss to the United States was attributed to a lightning strike that injured most of their team…and the traditional medicine made from Musk Deer glands used to treat the lightning strike injuries is responsible for the positive steroid tests incurred by 5 of their players. Now, they just need to [...]
The Hill: North Korea’s official news agency blasted the incoming chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — while mistaking her for a chairman. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), a Cuban immigrant, has been a regular target of dictator Fidel Castro and his Latin American allies Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales. But [...]
POCHEON, South Korea (AP) – North and South Korea beat the drums of war Thursday, with each threatening the other with immediate retaliation if attacked. Seoul has staged days of military drills in a show of force meant to deter North Korea, including live-fire exercises earlier this week on a front-line island shelled by the [...]
