Kim Jong Il timeline
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North Korea tests nuclear bomb in underground bunker
North Korea will not find security and respect through threats and illegal weapons. We will work with our friends and allies to stand up to this... Read more
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Kim Jong-il Names Successor
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, has named his youngest son as his successor, South Korean newspaper reports said today , the latest in a... Read more
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North Korea Threatens a "Merciless Offensive" Involving Nuclear Weapons
Consistent with the highly belligerent posture North Korea has taken in the past three weeks, and the “rapid-fire series of provocations“ it has... Read more
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US Begins Tracking North Korean Freighter Suspected of Carrying Prohibited Materials
A North Korean ship shadowed by an American Navy destroyer and possibly heading toward Myanmar on Sunday could pose the first test of how far the... Read more
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South Korea Unveils 'Red Shark' Vertical-Launch Anti-Sub Missile
And as tension continues to escalate on the Korean peninsula, South Korea has unveiled its new guided missile system to beef up its naval... Read more
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North Korea Informs Neighboring Nations of Planned Naval Combat Drill
(CNN) -- North Korea is warning the world to stay out of part of its eastern waters for 16 days, starting Thursday, saying it will hold a military... Read more
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North Korea Threatens to "Wipe Out" US
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to "wipe out" the United States in the event of a new war on the Korean Peninsula, as international observers... Read more
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North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Tells Chinese Premier He is Willing to Return to Nuclear Disarmament Talks
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told the visiting Chinese premier Monday that his country was willing to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament... Read more
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North Korea Test-Fires Five Short-Range Missiles.
North Korea has test-fired five short-range missiles off the east coast of the peninsula, South Korea's Yonhap news agency has reported. The... Read more
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North Korea Revalues Currency, Causing Increase in the Value of the US Dollar and Chinese Yuan
In a move which has surprised the world and might have an impact on markets everywhere, and has happened after 17 long years, North Korea has... Read more
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President Obama Sends Letter to Kim Jong-il in Effort to Restart Nucear Disarmament Talks
Barack Obama has sent a letter to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il to persuade him to return to nuclear disarmament talks. The US president's... Read more
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North Korea Claims to have Detained American at Chinese Border
North Korea said Thursday it detained an American man who it said crossed its border with China earlier this week, becoming the second American in... Read more
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Kim Jong-il Makes Rare Visit Abroad in Appeal to China Amidst Rising Tensions At Home and Abroad
Kim Jong-il, North Korea's leader, has arrived in China on a rare foreign trip that is being seen as an attempt to win financial and political... Read more
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Kim Jong-il Arrives in Beijing During Clandestine Visit to China
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, on his China trip that wrapped up Thursday, placed emphasis on economic cooperation, in addition to efforts to... Read more
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North Korea Swaps Prisoners for Aid
South Korea on Tuesday recovered a fishing boat and its seven-man crew from North Korea after agreeing to an exchange that analysts see as auguring... Read more
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Kim Jong-il Dies
Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader who realized his family’s dream of turning his starving, isolated country into a nuclear-weapons power even as... Read more
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North Korea Holds Funeral for Kim Jong-il
A uniformed man tries to control crowds attending the funeral procession for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un saluting during his father Kim... Read more