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It's a single image released by an enormous propaganda apparatus, showing a note handwritten by a dictator. And it contains a telling clue to the mindset behind North Korea's surprise and disputed claim to have tested its first hydrogen bomb.

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A teenager who went missing in Turkey last month is probably the first known South Korean to join the Islamic State group, officials said yesterday.

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A North Korean student with family ties to the regime in his country escaped a kidnapping bid in Paris, where he was studying, and is now in hiding, a French source with knowledge of the case said yesterday.

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South Korea's spy agency believes it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 6-week public absence that set off a frenzy of global speculation, a lawmaker who attended the agency's closed-door briefing said Wednesday.

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South Korea on Friday dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's calls for improved ties and urged his government to take nuclear disarmament steps first.

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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is flying to North Korea to help train the national team and renew his friendship with the North's young leader Kim Jong Un, a visit unaffected by the recent execution of Kim's uncle in a dramatic political purge.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-19 16:15:32 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1268746 [Title] => Kim's aunt appears OK after husband's execution [Summary] =>

The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was named to an ad-hoc state committee, the country's official media reported over the weekend, an indication that the execution of her husband and the country's No. 2 has not immediately diminished her influence.

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It's intriguing news: the claim by South Korea's spy agency that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un probably sacked the country's second-most-powerful official — his uncle. But the first question is, is it true?

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It's a single image released by an enormous propaganda apparatus, showing a note handwritten by a dictator. And it contains a telling clue to the mindset behind North Korea's surprise and disputed claim to have tested its first hydrogen bomb.

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A teenager who went missing in Turkey last month is probably the first known South Korean to join the Islamic State group, officials said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-25 05:33:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1395022 [Title] => Source: NKorean escapes kidnap attempt in Paris [Summary] =>

A North Korean student with family ties to the regime in his country escaped a kidnapping bid in Paris, where he was studying, and is now in hiding, a French source with knowledge of the case said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-23 05:33:04 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302321 [AuthorName] => Elaine Ganley [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1385764 [Title] => Seoul: N. Korea's Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery [Summary] =>

South Korea's spy agency believes it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 6-week public absence that set off a frenzy of global speculation, a lawmaker who attended the agency's closed-door briefing said Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-29 10:16:59 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440702 [AuthorName] => Kim Tong-Hyung [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1274768 [Title] => SKorea dismisses NKorea's calls for improved ties [Summary] =>

South Korea on Friday dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's calls for improved ties and urged his government to take nuclear disarmament steps first.

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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is flying to North Korea to help train the national team and renew his friendship with the North's young leader Kim Jong Un, a visit unaffected by the recent execution of Kim's uncle in a dramatic political purge.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-19 16:15:32 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1268746 [Title] => Kim's aunt appears OK after husband's execution [Summary] =>

The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was named to an ad-hoc state committee, the country's official media reported over the weekend, an indication that the execution of her husband and the country's No. 2 has not immediately diminished her influence.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-16 02:12:59 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1357123 [AuthorName] => Hyung-Jin Kim [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1264867 [Title] => Some question SKorea spy claim about Kim's uncle [Summary] =>

It's intriguing news: the claim by South Korea's spy agency that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un probably sacked the country's second-most-powerful official — his uncle. But the first question is, is it true?

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-06 04:03:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1322864 [AuthorName] => Foster Klug And Hyung-Jin Kim [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/9664/5rmk.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 431921 [Title] => Report: North Korea's Kim taps 3rd son as successor [Summary] => SEOUL (AP) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to have named his youngest son to succeed him as head of the Stalinist nation, a South Korean news report said. [DatePublished] => 2009-01-16 12:20:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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