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NEWS ABOUT: Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong Il stories: 90 news summaries

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North Korea's Dancing Agitprop

Western visitors tell tales of propaganda-drenched state

Nov 3, 07 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2,000 Western tourists who managed to visit North Korea this year—four times as many as were allowed in 2002—offer a weirdly illuminating glimpse into the propaganda-saturated country closed to journalists, notes the Economist. Kim Jong-Il’s “Mass Games” performances—packed with synchronized dancing eggs and... More »

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North Korea • propaganda • Kim Jong Il • Kim Il Sung • Mass Games • resorts • tourists

Korean Chiefs Sign Peace Pledge

Statement promises to work on peace accord, economic projects

Oct 4, 07 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the culmination of the second summit ever in the history of their two nations, the leaders of South and North Korea signed a statement early today pledging to work toward a formal peace accord and join forces on economic projects. The South pledged to help develop a new highway... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Roh Moo Hyun • Korean War • Kim Jong Il

Deal Struck, Kim Will Dismantle Nuke Plants

Pyongyang to detail activities; expected to get off US terror list

Oct 3, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kim Jong-Il has reportedly agreed in six-party talks to begin disabling his nuclear facilities and revealing program details. In return—though not part of the agreement—the US will fast-track North Korea's removal from its terrorism list. The terms show new flexibility from a waning Bush administration, as well as... More »

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Bush administration • North Korea • Japan • US • nuclear inspections • Kim Jong Il • nuclear facilities • six party talks

Korea Summit Runs Into 'Wall of Mistrust'

South rejects North's offer to
extend chilly talks

Oct 3, 07 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saying that he felt a "wall of mistrust" in talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, the South Korean president, Roh Moo-hyu, has rejected Kim's invitation to extend the two leaders' summit, Reuters reports. News of the impasse comes as the US and North Korea, in separate talks, near... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Roh Moo Hyun • Kim Jong Il

South Korean Prez Meets
Grim Kim in Historic Summit

Chilly Kim greets Roh in second summit ever

Oct 2, 07 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun crossed the border to be met by cheering crowds and grim-faced North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang today for the second summit ever between the two countries. Roh hopes to make progress toward a permanent truce between the nations but won't broach the touchy... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Seoul • Pyongyang • nuclear program • Roh Moo Hyun • Korean War • Kim Jong Il • summit

End Iraq War? Korean War
Isn't Over Yet

Bush and Roh spar about closure on 50-year-old conflict

Sep 7, 07 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush got into an unusually undiplomatic tiff with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Sidney today when the latter urged the US to declare a formal end to the Korean War that concluded with a truce—but no treaty—50 years ago. Bush said the US position is to... More »

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South Korea • Roh Moo Hyun • Asia Pacific summit • Korean War • Kim Jong Il • Iraq war • George W. Bush

North Korea
Off Terror List

Rogue state claims US removed from blacklist after bilateral talks,
nuke agreements

Sep 3, 07 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has agreed to remove North Korea from an official list of state sponsors of terror, according to the authoritarian country's foreign ministry. The BBC reports that the move followed bilateral talks last week, and was one of many provisions traded for a dismantling of Kim Jong-Il's nuclear program. More »

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North Korea • terrorism • list • nuclear program • Axis of Evil • Kim Jong Il

N. Korea Agrees to Ban Nukes

Move could lead to friendlier relations with US

Sep 2, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has promised to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of this year, the BBC reports, possibly paving the way for warmer relations between the US and a country it now lists as a supporter of terror. After meeting with representatives from the North, US negotiator... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • South Korea • Japan • nuclear weapons • United States • Christopher Hill • Pyongyang • Yongbyon • nuclear reactor • Kim Jong Il

IAEA Prepares for Return to Pyongyang

Previously banished watchdogs will monitor reactor shutdown

Jul 9, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The International Atomic Energy Association has approved its mission to North Korea, and could be inside the pariah nation this week, the BBC reports. Officials will oversee the closure of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a major concession the north made in February in exchange for economic and energy aid which... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • IAEA • Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong-Il
Ate My Giant Bunnies!

And German rabbit farmer is hopping mad...

Apr 5, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Szmolinsky sent giant rabbits to North Korea to alleviate hunger, and Kim Jong-Il ate them. The German rabbit farmer suspects that the twelve "German Grey Giants" he sent to the country were eaten at a birthday banquet for the dictator instead of being used in a breeding program... More »

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philanthropy • North Korea • weird • Germany • rabbits • giant rabbits • international development • hunger • hunger alleviation • Kim Jong Il • Karl Szmolinsky

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