Uncertainty brought about by the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has brought swift reaction from regional neighbours and further afield. In an obituary, The Washington Post noted that during Kim’s reign, North Korea maintained one of the world’s largest standing armies, despite a famine from 1996 to 1999 that claimed as many as [...]
The US aircraft carrier George Washington has left Yokosuka US Navy port in Japan to join exercises with the South Korean naval force planned for next week. A US Navy press release said the exercise was planned before North Korea’s artillery attack on a South Korean island. South Korea’s troops are on high alert following [...]
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Fires were burning out of control and spreading after a South Korean island was hit by dozens of artillery shells fired by North Korea on Tuesday. YTN television quoted a witness as saying that many of the North Korean shells had landed at a military base on the island. South Korea returned fire and scrambled [...]
It was a momentous public debut for Kim Jong Un less than two weeks after he was made a four-star general in the first in a series of appointments that set him firmly on the path to succession, which would carry the Kim dynasty over the communist country into a third generation. Just days earlier, [...]
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Kim Jong-Il, promoted his youngest son to a four-star general on Tuesday, a move that’s being seen as affirmation that he’s set to become the country’s next ruler. The announcement was made hours before a Workers’ Party meeting by the state news agency. According to reports, the 68-year-old leader, whose health is rumored to be [...]
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