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Two months in, Kim Jong Nam murder trial breaks without a smoking gun

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Kim Jong-nam murder: Suspects revisit Malaysia airport

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Kim Jong Un promotes sister to center of power

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DPRK: Kim Jong Un promotes sister to center of power

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Trial begins in assassination of DPRK leader’s half-brother

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Defense in Kim Jong Nam murder trial focuses on VX murder weapon

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Kim Jong-un’s birthday proves to be a low-key affair in DPRK

DPRK marked Kim Jong-un’s birthday on Sunday in a decidedly low-key manner.

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Kim Jong-il's Widow Sent to Prison Camp

Former DPRK leader Kim Jong-il's fourth wife Kim Ok was purged and sent to a prison camp less than a year after her stepson Kim Jong-un took power, Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday.

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DPRK's anti-tobacco drive up in smoke as Kim keeps puffing

A DPRK’s anti-smoking campaign has apparently failed to persuade young leader Kim Jong-un to quit, despite his late father’s warning that “a cigarette is like a gun aiming at your heart”.

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DPRK senior party official Kim Yang Gon killed in car accident

Kim Yang Gon, a senior party official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was killed in a car crash Tuesday, the official news agency KCNA reported Wednesday morning.

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DPRK says to launch anti-graft campaign within ruling party

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said it will roll out an anti-graft campaign within the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the state media reported Thursday.

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Hope flickers over tinderbox

​The Korean Peninsula marks a rare anomaly in modern human history: It is unusual for an armistice not to have morphed into a peace treaty after more than 60 years; it is more so that the warring countries are the two halves of the same nation.

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DPRK's largest shopping center runs promotions on anniversary of late top leader's inspection

​The Kwangbok shopping complex, located in downtown Pyongyang, offered promotions on Monday in memory of the Dec. 15 visit by late top leader Kim Jong Il to the supermarket three years ago.

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Kim Jong Un's rule over DPRK seems in normal operation: S.Korea

​Top leader Kim Jong Un's rule over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) seemed to be in a normal operation, South Korea's Unification Ministry said Friday amid growing speculation over Kim's health disorder.

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DPRK state media run no report on Kim's traditional Palace visit

State media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) did not report as usual the traditional visit by top leader Kim Jong Un to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, a midnight ritual marking the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

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DPRK commemorates anniversary of Kim Jong Il's election as party secretary

The DPRK on Tuesday held a national meeting to mark the 17th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong Il's election as head of the ruling party, state media reported, with no mention of the presence of incumbent top leader Kim Jong Un.

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DPRK kicks off parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections started Sunday morning throughout the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to choose members of the top legislature in the country.