North Korea has qualified for its first World Cup appearance since 1966.
Odds makers place the North Korean team at 350-1 long shots to win the World Cup. The chances of the average North Korean seeing a televised match are even longer than that.
Kim Jong Il has decreed that state-run television not run live television matches, [...]
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North Korea To Only Show World Cup Games If It Wins
Posted in November 25th, 2009
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Kim Smiles
Posted in August 5th, 2009
Do you see something strange in this picture? It took me a while, but then I realized it was Kim Jong Il smiling. Look around the internet, you won’t see a lot of pictures of him with a smile. Contrast that with Bill Clinton, who looks like he just got off a redeye airplane flight. [...]
Kim Jong-Il Picks His Successor — His 26-Year-Old Son
Posted in June 2nd, 2009
Following a flurry of missile firings and a nuclear test, North Korea Kim Jung-Il once again revealed why he is the leader of a nuclear power that cannot feed itself. He appointed his youngest son, 26-year-old Kim Jong-Un, as his successor.
The younger Kim is already known to North Koreans as “Commander Kim” with his own [...]
North Koreans Claim Missile Launch A Success…So It Probably Was A Failure
Posted in April 6th, 2009
Perhaps the North Korean launch of the Taepodong-2 missile was a failure after all. No one knows what the North Koreans originally intended – – fire a multiple staged rocket or launch a satellite into space — until after the launch was compled.
The best barometer of the missiles success is listening to what the North Koreans [...]
Kim Jong Il Celebrates Birthday With Begonias And Missile Threats
Posted in February 17th, 2009
Yesterday was North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s birthday, and he is getting quite a show. National celebrations paraded throughout the poverty-stricken nation, including the introduction of kimjongilia, a begonia named in his honor.
Then there is the rocket show.
North Korea announced that it would fire a long-range rocket in defiance of international warnings. South Korea reported [...]
Evidence Growing That North Korea’s Kim Alive
Posted in December 20th, 2008
Increasingly, it appears that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is in control of his country and in relatively good health.
The Commander of the US Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, said, “He’s alive and he remains in control.”
The French doctor who is rumored to have operated on Kim after a stroke in August also confirmed that [...]
New Photo Of North Korea’s Kim Leaves Questions Of His Well-Being Unanswered
Posted in December 17th, 2008
Once again, the North Korean government has released a photo of its leader Kim Jong-Il. Rumors have persisted since last summer that Kim has suffered an incapacitating stroke. Several previous photos that were released were obviously doctored.
This one looks more authentic, but then there is nothing to date it except Kim’s hat suggesting that it was taken [...]
North Korea Releases Poorly Faked Photo Of Kim Jong-Il
Posted in November 7th, 2008
North Korea has released new pictures of Kim Jong-Il inspecting his troops.
The new release follows the release of photos a few days ago showing Kim observing a sports event. At that time, international observers felt the picture was out-of-sync with the fall season.
Kim has been rumored ill for months. Some have suggested he had a [...]
No Clear Successor To Kim In North Korea
Posted in September 14th, 2008
The rumors that Kim Jong-Il suffered a stroke threaten to complicate a nuclear agreement with North Korea. This time it is not because Kim is playing games with the world, but because an incapacitated or dead Kim might start a power struggle. A power struggle in the world’s most secretive society could mean anything.
His father, Kim Il-Sung, groomed the [...]
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