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/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28606-kim-il-sung.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760798-north-koreas-missile-arsenal.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's missile program is a point of national pride, with state TV regularly broadcasting past liftoffs set to rousing military anthems. But Pyongyang provides precious few details about its program's inner workings, leaving outside analysts to squeeze details from satellite photos and comparisons with other countries' missiles. Here's a look... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760798-north-koreas-missile-arsenal.html 2012-12-12T11:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going hungry, and the bitter cold had only increased the risk of the launch becoming the latest of several embarrassing failures. Some of Pyongyang's reasons are calendar-related: It's been 100 years since the birth of ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html 2012-12-12T09:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757144-nkorea-extends-window-readies-rocket-launch.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is pressing ahead with preparation for a long-range rocket launch after extending its liftoff window by another week until Dec. 29 because of technical problems. It's North Korea's second attempt this year, and the fifth since 1998, to launch a rocket that the United Nations, Washington, Seoul and others call a cover ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757144-nkorea-extends-window-readies-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-10T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755220-nkorea-extending-rocket-launch-period-to-dec-29.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems. An unidentified spokesman for the North's Korean Committee of Space Technology told state media that scientists found a "technical deficiency in the first-stage control engine module of ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755220-nkorea-extending-rocket-launch-period-to-dec-29.html 2012-12-10T12:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736098-north-korea-gears-up-to-launch-long-range-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs. The North's announcement Saturday that it would launch the rocket between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22 came as President Barack Obama prepares for his second term and a... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736098-north-korea-gears-up-to-launch-long-range-rocket.html 2012-12-02T10:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1701892-chinas-leaders-apex-ruling-body.html BEIJING (AP) — China's once-in-a-decade power transition crested Thursday with 59-year-old Xi Jinping taking over as the general secretary of the ruling Communist Party. He will be assisted by six technocrats in the Standing Committee, the apex of power in China. Here are the new leaders in order of how they were presented at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. ... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1701892-chinas-leaders-apex-ruling-body.html 2012-11-15T09:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1651506-reading-gone-with-wind-pyongyang.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The former black marketeer has read it. So has the beautiful young librarian, and the aging philosophy professor who has spent his life teaching the ruling doctrine of this isolated outpost of totalitarian socialism. At times it seems as if everyone in Pyongyang, a city full of monuments to its own mythology, has read the book. ... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1651506-reading-gone-with-wind-pyongyang.html 2012-10-24T03:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1613352-north-koreas-oz-to-forgotten-cities.html KAESONG, North Korea (AP) — From here, Pyongyang can seem like a dream. At what passes for rush hour on a Wednesday morning, there are few sounds in Kaesong's main traffic circle but the gentle squeak of bicycles and a tinny loudspeaker blaring anthems to Kim Jong Un, the baby-faced ruler who took power after his father's December death ("The footsteps of... Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1613352-north-koreas-oz-to-forgotten-cities.html 2012-10-07T10:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1585406-nkorean-parliament-holds-second-session-this-year.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea's parliament convened Tuesday for the second time in six months, passing a law that adds one year of compulsory education for children in the socialist nation, the first publicly announced policy change under leader Kim Jong Un. The Supreme People's Assembly's second meeting of the year was notable mainly as a dep... Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1585406-nkorean-parliament-holds-second-session-this-year.html 2012-09-25T12:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1571824-storms-dampen-hopes-bountiful-nkorea-harvest.html WONSAN, North Korea (AP) — First came an extended dry spell in the spring, followed by a summer of flash floods and typhoons. Now, with North Korean farmers preparing to head out into autumn fields to cut and thresh the nation's most important crop, rice, there are renewed concerns that continued harsh weather will mean another shortfall of food in this c... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1571824-storms-dampen-hopes-bountiful-nkorea-harvest.html 2012-09-19T05:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1564364-thousands-skorea-attend-funeral-rev-moon.html GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — Tens of thousands of mourners sobbed, sang, prayed and vowed to cherish the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's teachings Saturday as they said goodbye to their self-proclaimed messiah and "True Father," whose death earlier this month shed light again on his controversial religious and business empire. Moon, founder of the Unification Churc... Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1564364-thousands-skorea-attend-funeral-rev-moon.html 2012-09-15T06:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1557042-north-korea-experimenting-with-change.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Deep in the North Korean countryside, in remote villages that outsiders seldom reach, farmers are now said to be given nearly one-third of their harvests to sell at market prices. Collective farms are reportedly being reorganized into something closer to family farms. State propagandists are expounding the glories of change under the country's n... Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1557042-north-korea-experimenting-with-change.html 2012-09-12T07:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1535744-unification-church-founder-rev-moon-dies-92.html GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries. His followers around the world cherished him, while his detractors accused him of brainwashing recruits and extracting money from worshipper... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1535744-unification-church-founder-rev-moon-dies-92.html 2012-09-03T01:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1475644-north-koreas-leader-diplomatic-debut.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Un the marshal became Kim Jong Un the statesman as he met with Chinese political dignitaries in meetings that marked his first official foray into foreign affairs since becoming North Korea's leader. Kim told Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party's international affairs office, that his government is focused on buildi... Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1475644-north-koreas-leader-diplomatic-debut.html 2012-08-04T01:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1458234-koreas-mark-59th-anniversary-war-armistice.html PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) — Elderly North Korean veterans pledged loyalty to their 20-something leader in Pyongyang during Korean War armistice commemorations Friday that were being closely watched after Kim Jong Un reshuffled the military and revealed he's married. Over the last two weeks, Kim has taken on the title of marshal and replaced his army chief — o... Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1458234-koreas-mark-59th-anniversary-war-armistice.html 2012-07-28T02:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1452432-un-2-north-korea-confirms-kim-married.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The mystery woman beside young leader Kim Jong Un at recent public events is indeed his wife, North Korea has confirmed, ending weeks of speculation and offering a new contrast between Kim and his intensely private late father and predecessor. The news about "comrade Ri Sol Ju" was buried Wednesday in a state TV report about Kim'... Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1452432-un-2-north-korea-confirms-kim-married.html 2012-07-26T02:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1441364-north-korea-speculation-rampant-seoul.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The surprise news set off a predictable wildfire of speculation and rumors south of the border. Almost as soon as North Korea announced this week that its army chief had been dismissed due to "illness," the aggressive South Korean media went into hyperdrive. By Friday a newspaper, citing "unconfirmed intelligence reports," said R... Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1441364-north-korea-speculation-rampant-seoul.html 2012-07-20T12:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1435652-kim-title-nkorea-introduces-army-chief.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Hundreds of soldiers danced in Pyongyang's plazas after North Korea announced that leader Kim Jong Un was named marshal, a title cementing his status atop the authoritarian nation's military as he makes key changes to the 1.2 million-man force. State media said in a special noon bulletin Wednesday that North Korea's military,... Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1435652-kim-title-nkorea-introduces-army-chief.html 2012-07-19T00:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1435716-that-title-north-koreas-kim-roles.html Kim Jong Un is not the president of North Korea. That title belongs — eternally, the government says — to his late grandfather Kim Il Sung, the nation's founder. But the younger Kim has picked up a slew of big titles in the seven months since he became the country's leader. Here's the list: —Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Kore... Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1435716-that-title-north-koreas-kim-roles.html 2012-07-18T07:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1433686-analysis-signs-emerge-kim-leading-nkorea-way.html From Mickey Mouse and a mysterious female companion, to the whiff of economic reform and the surprising ouster of his military mentor, evidence is mounting that North Korea's Kim Jong Un will lead very differently than his secretive father. Seven months after inheriting the country from Kim Jong Il, the 20-something leader suddenly began appearing in publ... Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1433686-analysis-signs-emerge-kim-leading-nkorea-way.html 2012-07-18T02:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1435552-nkorea-promotes-kim-jong-un-to-marshal.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been granted the title of marshal, state media reported Wednesday, cementing his status as the authoritarian nation's top military official as he makes key changes to the million-man force. The decision to award Kim, who already serves as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, was m... Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1435552-nkorea-promotes-kim-jong-un-to-marshal.html 2012-07-18T02:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1433184-reshuffle-puts-n-korean-leaders-mark-military.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is reshuffling its most powerful institution: its million-man military. The authoritarian regime has dismissed the army chief — a key mentor to young ruler Kim Jong Un — and promoted a little-known general to an important position. Illness was the reason cited for army chief Ri Yong Ho's departure, but to some outside... Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1433184-reshuffle-puts-n-korean-leaders-mark-military.html 2012-07-17T04:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1430776-military-mentor-to-nkorean-leader-dismissed.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seven months ago, he was the guardian figure always at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's side, a top military official whose experience and position lent the young new ruler credibility with the troops. Now, Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho is out, dismissed from several powerful posts because of illness, state media said Monday in a brief surprise announcem... Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1430776-military-mentor-to-nkorean-leader-dismissed.html 2012-07-16T21:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1416578-north-korean-woman-kims-side-sparks-curiosity.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A mysterious young woman appearing at the side of North Korea's new leader is the subject of speculation she could be Kim Jong Un's younger sister or even wife, but Pyongyang has released no details. North Korean state TV on Sunday showed an elegant, somber young woman in a black jacket and skirt bowing with Kim at a ceremony mar... Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1416578-north-korean-woman-kims-side-sparks-curiosity.html 2012-07-09T14:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1414824-small-world-n-koreas-kim-disney.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage in North Korea during a concert for new leader Kim Jong Un, in an unusual — and unauthorized — performance featuring Disney characters. Performers dressed as Minnie Mouse, Tigger and others danced and pranced as footage from "Snow White," ''Dumbo," ''Beauty and the Beast" and ot... Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1414824-small-world-n-koreas-kim-disney.html 2012-07-09T00:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1379914-huge-us-skorea-war-games-called-warning-to-nkorea.html POCHEON, South Korea (AP) — A huge North Korean flag disappeared behind a tower of flames and thick black smoke Friday as South Korean fighter jets and U.S. attack helicopters fired rockets in the allies' biggest joint live-fire drills since the Korean War. The war games south of the heavily armed Korean border come amid rising animosity between the rival... Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1379914-huge-us-skorea-war-games-called-warning-to-nkorea.html 2012-06-22T09:22:00Z