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As North Koreans Starve, Kim Jong Il Celebrates Birthday in Style

They're hungry, impoverished and struggling to recover from a series of natural disasters. But North Koreans have today been ordered to forget about their worries and celebrate Kim Jong Il's birthday. The dictator's 69th birthday -- or 70th, if you look at Russian records -- is being marked with a week of extravagant...

North Korea Warns Region on 'Brink of War'

(Nov. 26) -- Thunderous booms from North Korean artillery have rattled the remote fishing island at the center of the Koreas' latest standoff for a second time this week, as Pyongyang warned "trigger-happy" U.S. forces that their upcoming military drills with the South inch the peninsula "closer to the brink of...

South Korea Boosts Troops as Defense Minister Resigns

(Nov. 25) -- South Korea's defense minister has resigned over his handling of the North's bombardment this week of a tiny fishing island near the two Koreas' disputed sea border. Lawmakers from South Korea's ruling and opposition parties had demanded that Defense Minister Kim Tae-young step down, amid growing public...

North Korea's Heir Apparent Makes Media Debut [VIDEO]

NKorea's Heir Apparent Makes Media Debut

(Sept. 30) -- Chubby-cheeked with a tense expression, North Korea's heir apparent made his media debut today, with his secretive state publishing the first known photo of Kim Jong Un since childhood. The 20-something leader-in-waiting is pictured wearing a black communist-style suit and sitting in the front row at an...