How Kim Jong Il Lost Japanese Fans
92087
Faced with the North's human rights abuses like the abduction of Japanese citizens, many Koreans living in Japan are turning their longtime support away from Pyongyang
599178
North Korea appears to be reducing the level of official reverence paid to its leader Kim Jong Il, marking the first signs of a shift away from the cult of personality in which Kim rules the nation as a divine figure.
507275
During a week of talks, Pyongyang sticks to its argument on the fate of 10 missing Japanese. Japanese delegates returned from Pyongyang on Monday with what North Korea says are personal belongings of missing
547773
Nuclear leaks after Japan's July 16 earthquake awaken insecurities
710436
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has fallen to its lowest level since he took office, dented by the suicide of a scandal-hit minister and government bungling of pension records, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
478678
SEOUL -- Trained as a military propagandist in North Korea, Kim Seong Min has turned his skills against the government that once forced his allegiance. From a small radio studio in Seoul, he and a handful of other North Korean defectors deliver daily broadcasts to people who remain behind in the ...
757246
North Korea is one of the world's most opaque nations. So how do we decode conflicting reports about Kim Jong Ilâs health and choice of successor?
204835
Reports that some portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been taken down in Pyongyang, if confirmed, could be &quot;very significant,&quot; an expert on North Korea said Wednesday.
714392
ELEANOR HALL: A huge explosion in North Korea near the border with China has sparked fears around the world about the communist regime&#39;s nuclear capacity.
384353
Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia, saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
196875
Japanese officials returned Monday from Pyongyang with what they were told are the cremated remains of Megumi Yokota, who according to North Korea committed suicide after being abducted to the reclusive state in 1977.
431598
SEOUL -- Facing worldwide opposition to his announced plan to test a nuclear weapon, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is seeking support from the group he has made the loyal heart of his authoritarian rule: the military.
342012
Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea  has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its  nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia,  saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
164096
Hiromasa Murakami went to see Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima" to find out if an American could tell the Japanese side of a battle that became a symbol of U.S. patriotism, but for Japan was a bitter memory of defeat.
338260
Pyongyang (AsiaNews/Ap) - North Korea&#39;s state-run media dropped the title of &quot;Dear Leader&quot; to glorify the communist nation&#39;s leader Kim Jong Il in recent stories, a Japanese agency that monitors the regime&#39;s media reported on Thursday.
61411
The world&#39;s last major political personality cult could be fading, according to reports from North Korea. Portraits of the country&#39;s &quot;Great General&quot;, Kim Jong-il, have been removed from several prominent locations
619898
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has criticized the reclusive country's traditional close allies China and Russia as unreliable, Japan's Kyodo news agency said.