U.N. Condemns N. Korea Launch Attempt
The United Nations Security Council today strongly condemned North Korea's failed attempt last week to launch a satellite into orbit, saying it has caused "grave security concerns". Pyongyang admitted...
View ArticleAttention Chinese Media: Kim Jong Un Is 2012's Most Interesting Man
Update at 8:15 a.m. ET, Nov. 28. And Now, It's Gone:People's Daily Online has realized it was duped and removed its glorious account of Kim Jong Un's sexiness, NPR's Frank Langfitt tells us. But you...
View ArticleChinese Newspaper Fooled By Onion's 'Sexiest Man'
People who know The Onion is a satirical newspaper got the joke when it named North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year's "Sexiest Man Alive." Editors at China's People's Daily newspaper did not. They...
View ArticleOK, North Korea's Leader Isn't 'Sexiest Man Alive,' Chinese Media Concede
NPR Shanghai correspondent Frank Langfitt sends in an update on one of this week's more amusing stories:
View Article'The Onion': So Funny It Makes Us Cry
If satire had an Olympics, The Onion might have won a gold medal this week. The satirical news source announced that its Sexiest Man Alive for 2012 is Kim Jong Un, North Korea's Supreme Leader.
View ArticleWhat Cellphone Brand Does North Korean Leader Use?
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep, with a case of product placement. Corporations pay millions to have their products turn up in the hands of famous people, but somehow...
View ArticleDid The West Misjudge Kim Jong-un?
When the boyish Kim Jong Un assumed power in North Korea barely a year ago after his father's passing, speculation was that he might strike out a more open and less provocative path.Figuring out what...
View ArticleDennis Rodman To Kim Jong Un: 'You Have A Friend For Life'
Update at 7:45 a.m. ET, March 1. Kims Are "Great Leaders," Rodman Says:On his way home Friday from North Korea, former NBA star Dennis Rodman said Kim Jong Un, his father and grandfather have been...
View ArticleDennis Rodman's Take On The North Korean Regime
If former NBA star Dennis Rodman's read on Kim Jong Un is correct, the CIA and State Department might be in need of a major overhaul in their assessments of the North Korean leader.Rodman, the only...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Brinksmanship: Same As Before, More Dangerous Or Both?
Wednesday's news from the Korean peninsula, where tensions seem to rise each day:"North Korea ...
View ArticleWill North Korea Claim Victory And Stand Down?
As the world waits for what's expected to be another ballistic missile test by North Korea sometime in the next few days, NPR's Frank Langfitt reports there's reason to think that tensions on the...
View ArticleThreats And Crises Are 'Just Normal North Korean Diplomacy'
Monday is "the day of the sun" in North Korea — a celebration of founder Kim Il Sung's birth in 1912.On this North Korean national holiday, "Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets,"The Associated...
View Article'Do Me A Solid,' Diplomat Rodman Says To North Korea's Kim
America's unlikeliest link to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reached out to his friend in a bid to have an American citizen released from one of the communist nation's notorious labor camps."I'm...
View ArticleNorth Korea Replaces Hard-Line Defense Chief
North Korea's hard-line army general, who is believed to have been responsible for attacks on South Korea in 2010 that killed 50 people, has been replaced by a relative unknown.The move has analysts...
View ArticleBook News: Kim Jong Un Reportedly Gave 'Mein Kampf' As Gifts
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.Kim Jong Un gave top officials in North Korea copies of Adolf Hitler's autobiography, Mein Kampf, as gifts on his...
View ArticleNo Ski Lift For You, Swiss Government Tells Kim Jong Un
A multimillion-dollar deal to provide ski lifts for a resort in North Korea has been cancelled, after Switzerland's government decided the plan violated U.N. sanctions forbidding the export of luxury...
View ArticleDefectors Think Most North Koreans Approve Of Kim Jong Un
While public opinion polling hasn't exactly caught on in North Korea, a survey of defectors estimates that more than half of the country they left behind approves of the job leader Kim Jong Un is...
View Article'The Worm' Returns To North Korea; Rodman Visits Again
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is visiting North Korea again, six months after spending time there with dictator Kim Jong Un — an "awesome" man, in Rodman's opinion.NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from...
View ArticleNorth Korea Replaces Hard-Line Defense Chief
North Korea's hard-line army general, who is believed to have been responsible for attacks on South Korea in 2010 that killed 50 people, has been replaced by a relative unknown.The move has analysts...
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