North Korea, last Cold Warrior standing at Games
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North Korean athletes will enter the 2008 Beijing Olympics with pluck, a soldier-like fighting spirit and a completely different concept of international sport to the one embraced by former Cold War allies.
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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
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In the weeks leading up to these Olympic Games, American Nia Abdallah wasn&#39;t even on the radar screen of international taekwondo.
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South Korea has grabbed its first gold in women&#39;s taekwondo but had to settle for bronze on the men&#39;s side. Jang Ji-Won built an early lead in her under 57 kilogram match before hanging on to defeat Nia Abdallah of the United States 4-1.
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BEIJING, China -- China is battling to keep the North Korea nuclear talks alive, saying it hopes the six nations involved would stay calm and flexible.
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SYDNEY, Australia  -- North Korea remains on a list of states that sponsor terrorism, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, dismissing North Korean claims that Washington decided to remove the designation.
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A year before the final vote, the race for the 2014 Winter Olympics is about to get serious.
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One of Russia, Austria or South Korea will be celebrating later on Wednesday when the host venue of the 2014 Winter Olympics is decided.
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MOSCOW, July 5 -- The choice of the Black Sea resort of Sochi late Wednesday to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games was celebrated here as a personal victory for the diplomacy of President Vladimir Putin and belated vindication for a booming country that often feels slighted by the West.
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The country has long lagged behind in Olympic sports. And that's why grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is a national hero
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Governor Kim Jin-sun said on Wednesday that he would achieve his dream of uniting families divided by the North-South Korea border by Pyeongchang winning the right to host the 2014 Winter Games.
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DOHA, Qatar  -- In a politically charged showdown, North Korea will play South Korea in soccer at the Asian Games.
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For Koreans living in Japan, support for Pyongyang used to be a matter of ethnic pride, but today, most turn away from Kim Jong Il
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South Korea's foreign minister sounded a note of caution ahead of six-nation talks on freezing the North's nuclear program, saying Wednesday there is far to go before a final agreement is reached. The negotiations &#151; which involve the United States, the two Koreas, China, Russia and Japan &#151; are set to resume Feb. 8 in Beijing.
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by ming Thursday, Dec 23 2004, 7:10am. 44 North Koreans who scaled the walls of the Canadian Embassy compound in China last September have been allowed to leave for an undisclosed third country.
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South Korea has proved itself twice in the last generation to be a highly skillful and enthusiastic host of major sports events, making it a good choice to host the 2014 Winter Games.
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Crumbling sport stadiums still  stand in many African capitals, the enduring symbols of China's  Cold War courtship of the world's poorest continent during the  1960s and 1970s.