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  • Kim Jong Un distributes copies of Hitlers Mein Kampf to North Korean officials to mark bday

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to mark his birthday. Kim reportedly distributed the copies of Mein Kampf in an effort to sow fear among top officials. According to the Telegraph, North Korea-watchers believe the move is part of an effort to make him seem powerful, rather than drawing on Nazi beliefs. Shirley Lee, the editor of the New Focus ...

  • N.Korean envoy in Beijing seeking to mend ties - experts

    By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy held talks with Chinese officials on Wednesday that experts said were unlikely to yield concessions from Pyongyang on its nuclear programme but were more aimed at repairing ties with Beijing. First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan, who has represented Pyongyang at previous international talks to get North Korea to halt its nuclear ...

  • N.Korean leader Kim used luxury yacht to tour coast -website

    SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toured the impoverished country's east coast last month in a 95-foot luxury yacht, a boat that could be prohibited under U.N. sanctions, a website that tracks events in the reclusive state said. North Korea is banned from importing luxury goods under layers of U.N. sanctions imposed for its nuclear and missile tests. The NK ...

  • North Korea threatens to kill authors of Adolf Hitlers report

    Seoul: North Korea has angrily denied a report that its ruler used Adolf Hitler's memoir as a leadership guide, threatening to kill the authors of the report.The article by New Focus International, an online news portal run by North Korean defectors, said Kim Jong-Un had given copies of "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual.He ...

  • China North Korea hold strategic talks in Beijing

    FILE - In this June 18, 2013 photo, North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, right, waves as he arrives at the Capital airport in Beijing, China. North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim was expected to discuss bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, ...

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  • Pig Pasture in Daehongdan Has Closed

    The North Korean authorities recently ordered the closing of all pig pastures in Daehongdan, which was Kim Jong ...

  • N. Korean leader stresses Hitlers skills report

    SEOUL: North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills ...

  • Pyongyang said to recommend Hitlerian skills

    (15 mins ago) North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's ';Mein Kampf'' to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual. Kim handed out translations of the manifesto to select officials at the time of his birthday in January, reported New Focus International, an online news portal run by North Korean defectors, ...

  • Pyongyang offers dialogue and hope

    /enpproperty--> The Democratic People's Republic of Korea seems to have taken a U-turn from its belligerent rhetoric after the United Nations imposed sanctions on it for conducting its third nuclear test and launching a satellite. Although earlier it had lashed out at the joint military drills between the United States and the Republic of Korea, on Sunday the DPRK proposed talks ...

  • North Korea Says NSA Spying Makes the U.S. a Kingpin of Human Rights Abuses

    picked up by Reuters on Tuesday.  The commentary goes on to say: "Each individual is entitled to live and develop with dignity as a social being. But in American society, where the jungle law prevails, only the strong men's rights over the weak men are ...

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