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NORTH KOREA

ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2014
American detained in North Korea gets job back with Ohio city
An Ohio man detained in North Korea for nearly half a year got his job back with a city agency, but on condition he not travel again to a country where he could be easily detained, his attorney said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2014
North Korea didn't offer delegation any new info on abductees: source
KYODO, STAFF REPORT
WORLD
Oct 30, 2014
Kim Jong Un extends family penchant for purges to keep grip on power
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shares a family trait with his father and grandfather: a penchant for purges to hold onto absolute power.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2014
South Korean activists, border residents clash over launch of anti-North Korea leaflets
A planned launch of balloons by South Korean activists to send leaflets to North Korea on Saturday with messages critical of its leader turned into a clash with residents of the border area who said the move will threaten peace between the two countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2014
Pyongyang uses live bait to lure Washington
For new talks to succeed with North Korea, the U.S. must expend more energy getting South Korea and Japan, barely on speaking terms, to get along, and end its policy of doing nothing while the North becomes more dangerous.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2014
Abductees' families still skeptical on sending reps to N. Korea
Many relatives of abductees said Monday they remain skeptical about the government's decision to send officials to Pyongyang to learn firsthand the status of North Korea's latest probe into the victims' fates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2014
Japanese golfer tests Pyongyang's links to check dictator's legendary score
Who would have the temerity to challenge Kim Jong Il's superhuman abilities?
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2014
North Korea's elites are a threat to Kim Jong Un
North Korea is frequently described as 'the world's last Stalinist state,' but this is no longer the case. The North is now home to a large and growing private economy.

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