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                    [Title] => North Korea marks founder's birth without a military parade
                    [Summary] => Known as the Day of the Sun in the nuclear-armed country, the April 15 birthday of the late Kim Il Sung — grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un — is one of the most important dates in Pyongyang's political calendar.
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                    [ArticleID] => 1540501
                    [Title] => Analysis: H-bomb or A-bomb, N. Korean nuke test is about Kim
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It's a single image released by an enormous propaganda apparatus, showing a note handwritten by a dictator. And it contains a telling clue to the mindset behind North Korea's surprise and disputed claim to have tested its first hydrogen bomb.

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The Koreas on Tuesday once again proved their mastery at pulling back from the brink — this time with an accord forged in two marathon negotiating sessions over three days.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-24 18:22:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1322864 [AuthorName] => Foster Klug And Hyung-Jin Kim [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150825/koreas-tension-brink.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1490981 [Title] => AP Analysis: What's different this time in Korean standoff? [Summary] =>

For years, North Korea's litany of threats has been largely dismissed — Seoul, after all, is still not drowning in a "sea of fire," despite Pyongyang's repeated promises to make it so.

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North Korea marked the end of a three-year mourning period for the late leader Kim Jong Il on yesterday, opening the way for his son, Kim Jong Un, to put a more personal stamp on the way the country is run.

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In North Korea, there can be only one Kim Jong Un.

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North Korea has detained a 24-year-old American man for improper behavior while he was being processed to enter the country as a tourist, state media reported Saturday.

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North Koreans danced in plazas and snacked on peanuts as part of holiday festivities while the Supreme Command led by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered more of the fiery language that has made the international community wary of an imminent missile launch or other provocation.

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North Koreans celebrated the birthday of their first leader yesterday by dancing in plazas and snacking on peanuts, with little hint of the fiery bombast that has kept the international community fearful that a missile launch may be imminent.

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As the world watches to see what North Korea's next move will be in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship with the United States, residents of its capital aren't hunkering down in bunkers and preparing for the worst. Instead, they are out on the streets en masse getting ready for the birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung — the biggest holiday of the year.

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