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The South Koreans long ago decided to try and take over the kingdom of North Korea. The South Koreans did not know that North Korea, Oprah, Russia, China, and Cancer had teamed up and already tried but failed miserably.
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In South Korea, president-elect Lee Myung-bak faces an uphill battle amid allegations of financial irregularities and a challenge to his popular mandate in April's parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, North Korea has stumbled over its nuclear program and Dear Leader Kim Jong-il has health problems and a fossilized economy. - Aidan Foster-Carter (Jan 8, '08)
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The NSL forbids citizens from listening to North Korean radio in their homes or reading books published in North Korea if the Government determines that they are doing so to help North Korea. However, this prohibition was rarely enforced, and the viewing of North Korean satellite telecasts in private homes was legal. The Government ... allowed the personal perusal of North Korean books, music, television programs, and movies as a means to promote understanding and reconciliation with North Korea. North Korean books were sold openly in a few shops.
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This photo, posted on the abductee association’s website, shows South Korean fishermen on a group outing in North Korea in 1974. The men were identified as having been kidnapped during 1971-1972. One-third of the men in the photo are now believed to be dead, according to an abductee who escaped to South Korea in 2000.
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North Korea has declared that performances of the Mass Games festival ‘Arirang’ will resume in early August 2008. All tours for US citizens travelling to DPRK will have a chance to see this spectacular performance
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President-elect Lee Myung-bak, a pragmatic conservative, says he will vault South Korea's economy to the next level of global competitiveness. He will ... risk sending North Korea into a rhetorical paroxysm by raising the issue of its human-rights record. The test will come when Lee gets a dose of Pyongyang's response, which could undermine the six-party talks on its nuclear program. Before getting to this stage, however, Lee must beat opposition moves to have him removed from office. - Donald Kirk (Dec 20, '07)
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