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Ex-US envoy sees little power for young Kim

AFP - 
NEW YORK - The former US pointman on North Korea voiced doubt that the communist regime would give significant power to young new leader Kim Jong-Un, lowering chances for a resumption of diplomacy.

N. Korea to provide 400 new laborers to S. Korean firms in Kaesong: sources

Yonhap News - 
24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will soon provide about 400 moreNorth Korean laborers to South Korean companies operating in the joint industrial complex South Korea runs in the North'sborder town, sources said Tuesday. It is the first time since the ...

North Korea attracting foreign companies

San Francisco Chronicle - 
He controls dozens of factories in the United States that serve the troubled auto industry and mines in Indonesia, remote western China and North Korea. "North Korea is like China was 30-plus years ago," the onetime farmer says in a chilly reception ...

Burma could be economic blueprint that brings North Korea closer

Sydney Morning Herald - 
Among the many tantalising questions surrounding Burma's flirtation with democracy is this: might Kim Jong-un be enticed to try something similar in North Korea? Taking stock of events in the Burmese capital, Naypyidaw, the new leader of the world's ...

Will North Korea change under Kim Jong-un?

BBC News - 
By Lucy Williamson BBC News, Seoul North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, has been in place for the month since the death of his father was announced.

Rutland's Opinion Piece Published in Moscow Times

Wesleyan Connection (blog) - 
Rutland writes: “Much of the commentary about North Koreaafter the death of Kim Jong Il has sidestepped the question of reunification.

NORTH KOREA'S NEW LEADER MAKES ANOTHER VISIT TO MILITARY UNIT

Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm - 
PYONGYANG, Jan 23 (NNN-KCNC) - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un made yet another visit to a military unit, his fifth this month, according to a state media report Sunday, as the young successor tries to consolidate his power after the death of his ...

Resource nationalism has US in retreat

New Zimbabwe.com - 
Again American animosity towards North Korea has nothing to do with her nuclear arsenal. On the contrary, North Korea'snuclear arsenal is a direct consequence of years of American animosity. This 70 year old aggression is about putting an end to North ...

North Korea buys into luxury

The Australian - 
An examination of UN and Chinese trade data reveals that exports to North Korea of products including cars, tobacco, laptops, cellphones and domestic electrical appliances all increased significantly over the past five years.

USS Pueblo captured 44 years ago

Pueblo Chieftain - 
It was 44 years ago today that the USS Pueblo was sailing off the coast of North Korea when it was surrounded by NorthKorean patrol boats, fired on, and captured - its 82 surviving crew members beginning what became 11 months of torture and ...

North Korea's fishy spat with Germany

Telegraph.co.uk - 
North Korea's ambassador to Germany has become embroiled in a diplomatic incident in Berlin after being caught fishing in a local river without a licence.

North Korea Open to Talks on Nuclear Program

New York Times - 
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea indicated on Wednesday that it was open to further negotiations with the United States, which it said demanded a halt of its uranium-enrichment program in return for food aid before the death of Kim Jong-il last month.

BBC Scotland football pundit Next season's Scottish Cup final will be played ...

BBC Sport - 
The wheels of change turn slowly in Scottish football: it would be easier to start a revolution in North Korea. Traditionally, we love tradition.

North Korea acclaims new supreme leader

Herald Sun - 
Wailing North Koreans have farewelled Kim Jong-Il as his young son walked beside his father's coffin. This grab taken from North Korean TV on December 28, 2011 shows North Korea's Kim Jong-Un (centre left) walking besides the convoy carrying the body ...

North Korea credits new leader with nuke testing

Newsday - 
Click here North Korea credits new leader with nuke testing Originally published: January 20, 2012 4:53 AM Updated: January 20, 2012 9:39 AM By The Associated Press (AP) --North Korea on Friday credited new leader Kim Jong Un with spearheading past ...

10 years of ON THE RECORD at 10pm-Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, North Korea ...

Gretawire (blog) - 
by Greta Van Susteren As I flip through all my old pictures from our 10 years of ON THE RECORD at 10pm, I am reminded of all the places around the globe we have gone and thus so have you with us.

Jonathan Kay: The campaign to isolate Iran has been a stunning success

National Post (blog) - 
North Korea and Pakistan both endured sanctions and international opprobrium en route to getting the bomb - and Iran ultimately may do the same.

North Korea ranked last on nuclear safety – Australia first

Telegraph.co.uk - 
North Korea poses the world's greatest risks among nations with nuclear material, according to a new index, while Australia has the tightest security controls.

Christian group stages North Korea UK protest

Reuters UK - 
By Drazen Jorgic | LONDON (Reuters) - With prayer and a mock funeral procession, an international Christian group demanding an end to religious persecution in North Korea delivered a petition with 52000 signatures to the hermit kingdom's embassy in a ...

North Korea starts fresh war of words

Sydney Morning Herald - 
SEOUL: North Korea warned the world not to expect change from the regime under its new leader, Kim Jong-un, and threatened a ''roar of revenge'' against the South Korean President, Lee Myung Bak, as Mr Kim was appointed head of the army.