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Record-Breaker Kim Lifts North Korea to Gold

23:42 30/07/2012 LONDON, July 30 (RIA Novosti)

Kim Un Gak gave North Korea its second weightlifting gold of the London Olympics, breaking the men’s 62 kilogram world record along the way.

Typhoon Kills Dozens in North Korea
23:36 28/07/2012
At least 88 people were killed and almost 63,000 made homeless by typhoon Khanun that caused downpours and floods in North Korea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Saturday.
Dictators’ Wives: First Ladies Not to be Envied
11:13 27/07/2012
The less is known about the private life of a politician, the greater the public clamour to find out about it. For the second day in a row the international press has been speculating about who has become the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The day before, North Korean television announced that Kim Jong-un had visited a leisure park with his wife Comrade Ri Sol-ju.
Kim Jong-un Gets Married - North Korean TV
19:58 25/07/2012
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has got married, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Wednesday quoting North Korean TV.1
North Korea Deploys Attack Helicopters Near Sea Border
13:11 24/07/2012
North Korea has placed several dozen combat helicopters near its sea border with South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday citing South Korean government sources.
N.Korea Threatens to ‘Reexamine Nuclear Issue’
18:51 20/07/2012
North Korea will “reexamine its nuclear issue” following the uncovering of U.S.-South Korean alleged plots to destroy a statue of North’s founding leader Kim Il-sung, Yonhap reported on Friday.1
North Korea's Kim Jong-un Promoted To Top Military Rank
09:34 18/07/2012
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was awarded the title of marshal of the Korean People's Army, a top military rank in the reclusive state, North Korean news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday.
North Korea’s Military Chief Relieved of All Duties
07:42 16/07/2012
North Korea's military chief, a close ally of the country’s new leader Kim Jong Un, has been relieved of all his posts because of illness, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said on Monday.1
N. Korea Girl Dies Saving Kim Portraits
19:15 27/06/2012
North Korean officials have made a posthumous award to a 14-year-old girl who drowned in a flood as she was trying to save portraits of leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, official media reported on Wednesday.
Putin, Obama Urge Syria Peace But no Deal on Assad
10:39 19/06/2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama made a joint call on Tuesday for an immediate cessation of the violence in Syria, but their appeal included no new proposals for achieving it.
Putin, Obama Call on N. Korea to Meet Six-Party Commitments
00:10 19/06/2012
Russia and the U.S. have called on North Korea to implement all UN Security Council prescriptions and meet its commitments to the countries in the six-party talks, and do not expect Pyongyang to undertake any actions that would increase tension on the Korean Peninsula, the Russian and U.S. presidents said following their meeting in Mexico on Monday.
UN Reiterates Concern over Humanitarian Situation in N.Korea
07:37 16/06/2012
The humanitarian situation in North Korea is still tense and raising money for people requiring help there is complicated due to isolation of the reclusive communist state, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
China Denies Delivery of Missile Launchers to N. Korea
15:09 13/06/2012
Beijing has denied media reports that a Chinese company allegedly supplied Pyongyang with four ballistic missile launchers last year in a breach of UN sanctions.
UN Proposes Raising $200 Mln in Aid for North Korea
01:53 13/06/2012
The United Nations proposes to collect $200 million in aid for North Korea this year, UN spokesman Martin Nesirsky said.
N.Korea Executed at Least 3 Cannibals in Recent Years
20:18 10/05/2012
North Korea held at least three public executions of people charged with cannibalism in recent years, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
Iran, Pakistan, N. Korea May Pose Nuclear Threat to Russia
14:47 04/05/2012
A nuclear-armed Iran, Pakistan and North Korea could potentially trigger regional chain reactions that ultimately threaten Russia's security, the former director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Vyacheslav Trubnikov, said.6
Transmissions from a Lone Star: Watching Kim Jong-un
14:08 04/05/2012
What would it be like to be told at age 27 that for the next four decades you were going to have to kill, starve and oppress millions of people if you wanted to stay alive? A strange question you may think, and yet not an unreasonable one. It is after all, precisely what happened to Kim Jong-un, the son of Kim Jong-il and now leader of the world’s most oppressive state.1
U.S. Expresses Support for S.Korea Missile Program
05:19 04/05/2012
The U.S. Department of State sees no threat in South Korea’s ballistic missile program and is set to continue its support for Seoul’s efforts to boost the country's defense capabilities 1
‘Liberal’ Medvedev Countered West’s Hostility – Kremlin Adviser
18:38 03/05/2012
The 2008 election of Dmitry Medvedev as president was the start of a deliberate effort by the Russian authorities to present a more liberal face to the world and overcome “irrational” U.S. and European policies toward Moscow, a top Kremlin foreign policy adviser has told RIA Novosti in a wide-ranging interview.1
Russian Military Concedes Iran, N. Korea Nuclear Threat
19:18 24/04/2012
Russia's military leadership has for the first time acknowledged a nuclear threat from Iran and North Korea.14

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