- 09:31 15/04/2012
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reaffirmed the supremacy of North Korea’s military in his first public speech since he assumed power in December of last year.
- 22:30 13/04/2012
The largest North Korean monument of the country’s late leader Kim Jong-il was unveiled in the capital of Pyongyang on Friday. A 25-meter monument that was installed near the statue to the North Korean founding leader Kim Il-sung, is a part of the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of his birth.
The ceremony that has drawn about 150,000 people to the main square in Pyongyang turned into mass festivities with a military orchestra, fireworks and thousands of balloons released into the sky.
- 20:28 13/04/2012
The largest North Korean monument of the country’s late leader Kim Jong-il was unveiled near the Museum of the Korean Revolution in the capital of Pyongyang on April 13. The ceremony was part of the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the North Korean founding leader Kim Il-sung.
- 18:27 13/04/2012
The largest North Korean monument of the country’s late leader Kim Jong-il was unveiled in the capital of Pyongyang on Friday.
- 15:01 11/04/2012
North Korea named on Wednesday Kim Jong-un as first secretary of the Workers' Party, a newly-created position that would seem to give him the authority to rule the isolated East Asian country.
- 22:17 29/02/2012
North Korea has agreed to suspend nuclear activities and allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor compliance, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement on Wednesday.
- 05:33 27/02/2012
The United States and South Korea began the annual military exercises on Monday despite ongoing threats from North Korea
- 21:53 26/01/2012
Moscow does not see any signs of instability in North Korea a month after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 14:34 12/01/2012
The body of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is to be embalmed and put on display at a palace in the capital, Pyongyang, state media have said.
- 13:56 11/01/2012
The North Korean authorities are to sentence anyone who has not participated in mourning sessions for leader Kim Jong-il to terms in labor camps, South Korea’s Daily NK website reported on Wednesday.
- 20:25 08/01/2012
North Korea’s state television aired on Sunday a documentary about the new leader, Kim Jong-un, in which he inspects troops and maneuvers a tank.
- 19:17 08/01/2012
North Korea’s new leader, Kim Jong-un, maneuvers a tank and watches jet fighter exercises, in a documentary aired on Sunday.
The film, aired on state television on what is reported to be Kim Jong-un’s birthday, also shows him visiting factories, inspecting troops and posing for snapshots with soldiers.
Kim Jong-un was named “supreme leader of the party, state and army” following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, late last year.
- 06:29 31/12/2011
Kim Jong-un, the younger son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, was officially declared the supreme commander of the armed forces, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Saturday.
- 08:57 30/12/2011
North Korea has said the international community should not "expect any change" in its policies after the death of leader Kim Jong-il.
- 08:43 29/12/2011
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 18:04 28/12/2011
China on Wednesday dismissed media reports saying that Chinese troops had entered North Korea, Xinhua said.
- 13:35 28/12/2011
The funeral of Kim Jong-il, the deceased leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) who passed away at the age of 69 on December 17, began Wednesday morning.
- 13:19 28/12/2011
North Korea put on a meticulously choreographed funeral for late leader Kim Jong Il on Wednesday, and affirmed that the country was now in the "warm care" of his young son, extending the Kim family's hold on power to a third generation.1
- 10:03 28/12/2011
Hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their last respects to former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il as the reclusive country begins a two-day funeral service for its deceased "dear leader."
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