South Korea's president won a promise from Myanmar to refrain from military cooperation with nuclear-armed North Korea during a two-day trip that included a meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. full story ![]()
The North Korean leader begins a troop inspection amid rising tension on the peninsular. State television showed Kim Jong-un on Thursday (March 7) visiting two military units near its sea border with the South.
palmbeachpost.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
A top U.S. congressman expressed concern about the "stability" of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after months of provocative statements and behavior from the nuclear-armed communist state.
cnn.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
March 8 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits two military units near the border with the South after the United Nations approves new sanctions against the country. Sarah Charlton reports.
reuters.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
To the outside world the images from North Korean state television are nearly comical -- weeping soldiers chasing Kim Jong Un into the freezing sea, elderly women screaming as the young leader approaches, and North Koreans unleashing dogs at a poorly made effigy of a South Korean leader.
cnn.com (1 month and 7 days ago)

The unlikely encounter makes Rodman the most high-profile American to meet Kim since the young North Korean leader took power in December 2011.
cleveland.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a basketball game together in Pyongyang, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported Thursday.
cnn.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar President Thein Sein has vowed that his government will do everything it can to protect the rights of Muslims living in the predominantly Buddhist nation.Thein Sein made the promise Monday amid fears that sectarian violence between Muslims and Buddhists could spread further after edging close to the main city of Yangon last week.The Myanmar leader...
bostonherald.com (14 days ago)
THE South Korean government has promised a strong military response to any North Korean provocation.
news.com.au (1 month and 18 days ago)

Psy, the Korean pop sensation and creator of Gangnam Style, “shouted out” to North Korea during his Seoul concert on Saturday amid some comic comparisons between him and the North Korean leader, and some speculation he could be a peacemaker.
nytimes.com (1 month and 6 days ago)
As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is issuing midnight battle cries to his generals to ready their rockets, he and his million-man army know that a successful missile strike on U.S. targets would be suicide for the outnumbered, out-powered North Korean regime.
duluthnewstribune.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
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