http://www.mail.com/people/28606-kim-il-sung.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28606-kim-il-sung.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027244-young-nkoreans-train-to-seek-revenge-us.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the grounds of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Students and teachers here say they're studying harder these days to prepare for a fight. Across the country, banners, slogans and ar... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027244-young-nkoreans-train-to-seek-revenge-us.html 2013-04-19T08:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022202-nkorea-lashes-anew-protest-seoul.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said it was open to talks, but not as long as the United States is "brandishing a nuclear stick," while Washington insisted that the burden for renewed negotiations now rests with Pyongyang. North Korea also warned that it will intensify unspecified "military countermeasures" unless the U.S. stops conducting milit... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022202-nkorea-lashes-anew-protest-seoul.html 2013-04-17T03:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022584-pivotal-nkorea-question-what-kim-thinking.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Don't worry, one popular argument goes, we've seen this before. Just ignore Pyongyang's unlikely threats of nuclear holocaust as you would, say, a child throwing a tantrum. Others, equally well credentialed, say the prospect of another Korean War has never been higher, with a massive, proud North Korean army incensed by propagand... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:34:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022584-pivotal-nkorea-question-what-kim-thinking.html 2013-04-16T11:34:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018676-nkorea-marking-leaders-birthday-ire.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered new prickly rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it will conduct a medium-range missile test in defiance of international concerns. State media said the Supreme ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:23:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018676-nkorea-marking-leaders-birthday-ire.html 2013-04-16T05:23:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016756-north-korea-crisis.html As the world waits and watches for an expected North Korean ballistic missile test, the U.S. and its allies are prepared to respond. U.S. officials are conceding that North Korea may be increasing its nuclear capabilities, but they don't expect a nuclear strike. They suggest that other military moves by Pyongyang involving artillery attacks or shelling of nearby South Korean... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:01:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016756-north-korea-crisis.html 2013-04-13T21:01:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016626-us-stresses-limits-nkoreas-nuclear-firepower.html WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of an expected North Korean missile test, U.S. officials focused on the limits of Pyongyang's nuclear firepower Friday, trying to shift attention from the disclosure that the North Koreans might be able to launch a nuclear strike. They insisted that while the unpredictable government might have rudimentary nuclear capabilities, it has not prove... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:54:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016626-us-stresses-limits-nkoreas-nuclear-firepower.html 2013-04-13T06:54:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015020-kerry-tamps-anxiety-nkorea-missile-power.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety caused by a new U.S. intelligence report suggesting significant progress in the communist regime's nuclear weapons program. Kicking off four days of talks in an East Asia beset by ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:59:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015020-kerry-tamps-anxiety-nkorea-missile-power.html 2013-04-12T19:59:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009192-despite-tensions-nkorea-readies-festivities.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — As the world watches to see what North Korea's next move will be in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship with the United States, residents of its capital aren't hunkering down in bunkers and preparing for the worst. Instead, they are out on the streets en masse getting ready for the birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung — the biggest holiday o... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:54:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009192-despite-tensions-nkorea-readies-festivities.html 2013-04-12T13:54:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013272-pentagon-nkorea-launch-nuclear-missile.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, a jarring revelation in the midst of bellicose threats from the unpredictable communist regime. President Barack Obama urged calm, calling on Pyongyang to end its saber-rattling... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:12:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013272-pentagon-nkorea-launch-nuclear-missile.html 2013-04-12T02:12:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012536-nkorea-fury-joint-war-games-decades.html OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AP) — The names of U.S.-South Korean war games staged over the years don't sound all that threatening: Team Spirit, Ulchi Focus Lens, Key Resolve ... Foal Eagle. But whatever they're called, the annual show of force is guaranteed to get a rise out of North Korea. Two decades ago, Kim Il Sung, the late founder of the still-rulin... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:43:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2012536-nkorea-fury-joint-war-games-decades.html 2013-04-11T10:43:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007994-admiral-us-ready-north-korea-strikes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defenses could intercept a ballistic missile launched by North Korea if it decides to strike, the top American military commander in the Pacific said Tuesday, as the relationship between the West and the communist government hit its lowest ebb since the end of the Korean War. Amid increasingly combative rhetoric from Pyongyang, Adm.... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:30:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007994-admiral-us-ready-north-korea-strikes.html 2013-04-09T18:30:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003388-skorea-indication-nkorea-prepping-nuke-test.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's point man on North Korea said Monday there is an "indication" that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another Seoul official said a Pyongyang missile test may be in the works. Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae told a parliamentary committee Monday that "there is such an indication" of nuc... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:19:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003388-skorea-indication-nkorea-prepping-nuke-test.html 2013-04-08T06:19:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003452-us-preparing-nkorea-actions.html BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" that North Korea won't soon engage in some military action. Heightened tensions with North Korea led the United States to postpone congressional testimony by the chief U.S. commander ... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003452-us-preparing-nkorea-actions.html 2013-04-07T16:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2002360-korea-rare-jointly-factories.html There is a North Korean factory with no portraits of the country's late leaders on the walls, no North Korean flags, no hand-painted posters screaming party slogans. Everything from the tissues to the toilets comes from South Korea. Bent over bolts of wool and rayon, North Koreans work quietly to the hum of sewing machines making shirts, suits and overcoa... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:52:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2002360-korea-rare-jointly-factories.html 2013-04-06T12:52:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000480-dempsey-nkorean-provocations-fit-long-pattern.html STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — North Korea's bellicose rhetoric and threats, while worrisome, appear to fit a decadeslong pattern of provocation followed by uneasy peace, the top U.S. military officer said Friday. "I wouldn't say I see anything to lead me to believe that this is a different kind of cycle," Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of S... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:13:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000480-dempsey-nkorean-provocations-fit-long-pattern.html 2013-04-05T19:13:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994718-us-moves-nkorea-aimed-deterring-leader.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The parading of U.S. air and naval power within view of the Korean peninsula — first a few long-range bombers, then stealth fighters, then ships — is as much about psychological war as real war. The U.S. wants to discourage North Korea's young leader from starting a fight that could escalate to renewed war with South Korea. Worries in Wa... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:48:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994718-us-moves-nkorea-aimed-deterring-leader.html 2013-04-03T11:48:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988058-nkorean-propaganda-mill-serves-up-soft-side-kim.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The outside world focuses on the messages of doom and gloom from North Korea: bombastic threats of nuclear war, fantasy videos of U.S. cities in flames, digitally altered photos of leader Kim Jong Un guiding military drills. But back home, North Koreans get a decidedly softer dose of propaganda: Kim portrayed as a young, energetic leader, a people p... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:49:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988058-nkorean-propaganda-mill-serves-up-soft-side-kim.html 2013-03-30T08:49:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986578-analysis-nkorea-threat-bark-than-bite.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Across North Korea, soldiers are gearing up for battle and shrouding their jeeps and vans with camouflage netting. Newly painted signboards and posters call for "death to the U.S. imperialists" and urge the people to fight with "arms, not words." But even as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is issuing midnight battle cries to his ... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:19:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986578-analysis-nkorea-threat-bark-than-bite.html 2013-03-30T01:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1986072-mass-rally-pyongyang-support-kim-jong-un.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Thousands of North Koreans have turned out for a mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their leader's call to arms. Chanting "Death to the U.S. imperialists" and "Sweep away the U.S. aggressors," soldiers and students marched through Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang on Friday during a 90-minute rall... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:32:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1986072-mass-rally-pyongyang-support-kim-jong-un.html 2013-03-29T04:32:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1957694-us-to-beef-up-missile-defense-nkorea.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced Friday it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to an Alaska-based missile defense system, responding to what it called faster-than-anticipated North Korean progress on nuclear weapons and missiles. In announcing the decision, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he is determined to protect the U.S. homeland a... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:00:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1957694-us-to-beef-up-missile-defense-nkorea.html 2013-03-15T22:00:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943372-preservation-venezuelan-leaders-body-easy.html No one lives forever — nor do they last forever. At least not without a lot of tuneups. As much as it may seem like the bodies of famous world leaders such as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Mao Zedong have been preserved for all eternity, their enduring physical presence is simply an illusion aided by science. Only the Venezuelan officials ... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:24:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943372-preservation-venezuelan-leaders-body-easy.html 2013-03-09T22:24:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1943420-world-leaders-whose-bodies-display.html World leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez: VLADIMIR LENIN Body of Soviet Union's founder has been displayed since January 1924 in a mausoleum at Red Square. His tomb is one of Moscow's most famous symbols and Communists consider it almost a shrine.... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:18:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1943420-world-leaders-whose-bodies-display.html 2013-03-09T21:18:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940398-fiery-seas-sacred-war-nkoreas-blustery-history.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will burn like a "sea of fire." Seoul's "rat-like" president will be struck with a "bolt of lightning." The country's media companies will be blown up in missile strikes. North Korea has fired off many memorable threats at Seoul and Washington over the years. This week brought the promise of a pre-emptive nuclear stri... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:06:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940398-fiery-seas-sacred-war-nkoreas-blustery-history.html 2013-03-08T11:06:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939978-hugo-chavezs-body-to-permanent-display.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and now Hugo Chavez. The late leader's supporters have put him on a pedestal long provided for the world's great leftist revolutionaries by saying they will embalm his body for perpetual display. Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's acting head of state, said Thursday that Chavez's b... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:19:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939978-hugo-chavezs-body-to-permanent-display.html 2013-03-08T07:19:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1924316-leaving-nkorea-rodman-calls-kims-great-leaders.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" and said his father and grandfather were "great leaders" — an assessment that got short shrift from the U.S. government. Rodman, the highest-profile American to meet Kim since he i... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:47:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1924316-leaving-nkorea-rodman-calls-kims-great-leaders.html 2013-03-02T03:47:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1881224-fewer-year-fireworks-polluted-beijing.html BEIJING (AP) — The annual Lunar New Year fireworks barrage in Beijing was notably muted following government appeals to reduce the smoky celebrations after air pollution rose to near catastrophic levels over recent weeks. The holiday was also being celebrated in Vietnamese and Korean communities, and in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, streams of residen... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1881224-fewer-year-fireworks-polluted-beijing.html 2013-02-10T23:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1871652-holidays-politics-nkorea-nuke-test-clues.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — So when will it be? North Korea vowed last month to carry out its third nuclear test but has said nothing about timing. As a result, the building suspense in Seoul has prompted many to look at the dates Pyongyang has chosen for past atomic tests, as well as rocket and missile launches. Dates and numbers have g... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1871652-holidays-politics-nkorea-nuke-test-clues.html 2013-02-06T09:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810764-schmidt-joins-elite-to-glimpse-net-nkorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google chairman Eric Schmidt's glimpse of the Web being used at a top university in Pyongyang makes him part of a tiny elite that has seen the Internet in North Korea. His four day visit to the North was a golden propaganda opportunity for North Korean officials striving to give one of the world's most closed societies a modern, ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810764-schmidt-joins-elite-to-glimpse-net-nkorea.html 2013-01-10T09:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1793832-nkoreas-kim-wants-better-living-standards-arms.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for improving the economy and living standards of his impoverished nation with the same urgency that scientists showed in successfully testing a long-range rocket recently. Kim's first New Year's speech, delivered on state TV, was peppered with rhetoric, with calls for boosting th... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1793832-nkoreas-kim-wants-better-living-standards-arms.html 2013-01-01T15:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1790946-north-koreas-caste-system-faces-power-wealth.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For more than a half-century, a mysterious caste system has shadowed the life of every North Korean. It can decide whether they will live in the gated compounds of the minuscule elite, or in mountain villages where farmers hack at rocky soil with handmade tools. It can help determine what hospital will take them if they fall sick, whether they go to... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1790946-north-koreas-caste-system-faces-power-wealth.html 2012-12-29T19:26:00Z