Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea expelled all remaining South Korean workers Tuesday from a stalled joint tourism resort in the North, putting what was once a symbol of inter-Korean cooperation in danger of collapse. The two Koreas launched joint tours at the scenic Diamond Mountain in 1998 as part of reconciliation efforts. But the tours, which were a rare legitimate source of hard currency for the impoverished North, were suspended in 2008 after a North Korean guard fatally shot a South Korean tourist. Read full article > >
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North Korea kicks out South Korean workers from joint mountain resort in North
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
How many of these guys are there? Kim Jong Il’s eldest son Kim Jong-nam says he opposes dynastic succession in North Korea as his little brother Kim Jong-un is readied to take over the impoverished, closed-off communist nation. Kim Jong-nam, who is 39…
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Kim Jong Il’s Other Son
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