19, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim died on Saturday, Dec. 17, North Korean state media announced Monday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN ...

On state television on Monday, a tearful announcer delivered the news of Kim's demise at 69 from a heart attack, and the station aired footage of hysterical North Koreans, young and old alike, pounding the ground in displays of abject grief. ...

Many things about North Korea are a mystery, but this much is clear: The country's heir-apparent -- 27-year-old Kim Jong Un -- lacks the job experience to run a nuclear-armed nation of 23 million people.

How Will A New Leader Handle North Korea's Nukes? Filed by KOSU News in US News. December 19, 2011. Perhaps Kim Jong Il's most enduring legacy was to turn North Korea into a nuclear weapons state. The country successfully tested ...

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The United States is interested in “a peaceful and stable transition in North Korea” now that the country's reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, has died, secretary of State Hillary Clinton told repo...

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kim-jong-il-death-mourners.jpg View full sizeKyodo News photo via APNorth Koreans mourn after learning of the death of their leader Kim Jong Il on Monday, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim died on Saturday, North Korean state media ...

Latest Updates from North Korea Media on Death of Kim Jong-il. Posted on 19 December 2011. Tweet. Chinese FM Mourns Demise of Kim Jong Il Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) — Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Monday ...

This is a list of news agencies associated with North Korea . Korean Central News Agency Korean Central Television Rodong Sinmun ...

The Republic of Korea (ROK, Hangul : ko | 대한민국, Hanja ... to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea ...

and North Korea , supported by the People's Republic of China (PRC), with ... and, via the Korean Central News Agency , reported that the UN ...

or 16 February 1942 (North Korean records) – 17 December 2011), was the Supreme ... North Korea's Korean Central News Agency announced that it ...

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK; Chosŏn'gŭl ... The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea ...

Bush condemned North Korea's position, reaffirmed his commitment to ... by two informal surveys done by the History News Network in 2004 and 2008 ...

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is the state news agency of North Korea and has existed since December 5, 1946. KCNA is ...

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The Korean People's Army (KPA), also known as the Inmin Gun, are the military ... 2 to 9 nuclear weapons North Korea’s Songun “Military First ...

Surely North Korea would be a prime battlefield in any Russian-American war. Imagine fighting in the shadow of the [Ryugyong_Hotel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel) or in [Panmunjeom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panmunjeom) (get a bit 'Caspian' and knock that flagpole down) or one of those model cities you can see from the South Korean border that have no people in them. It could even introduce new factions by having NK v SK being a subset of the larger BF3 war.