N.Korea gulag play draws standing ovation
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A wrenching musical play about North Korea's prison camps drew a standing ovation from a high-powered Washington audience -- a reaction activists said hoped would focus attention on human rights even as the world grapples with Pyongyang's threat of a nuclear test.
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HIGHLIGHT: Gymnastics team Al Trautwig and Tim Daggett&#39;s superb job on the audience&#39;s protest of Alexei Nemov&#39;s score on the high bars.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il praised his country's scientists and technicians for developing software programs that state media said Tuesday have reached a "world level."
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Thousands of onlookers cheered huge columns of Buddhist monks today in the largest street protests in two decades against Myanmarâs military rulers.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who faces criticism over corruption in the agency&#39;s defunct oil-for-food program, enjoyed a standing ovation Wednesday from General Assembly members.
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âI can confirm British Ambassador, David Slinn and other foreign diplomats (Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia and Mongolia) were today taken by North Korean officials to Samsu in the north-east of the country, where a hydro electric power
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Fancy a sleek made-in-North Korea SUV? How about a pair of boxing gloves from the famously pugnacious communist country? They're potentially just a click away.
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Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the front-runner in upcoming presidential elections, received a loud ovation from thousands of supporters at his first public rally Tuesday, generating some excitement for the low-key politician seeking to replace
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Planman Life's campus caper Rok Sako To Rok Lo has received a very favorable response with the school and college going crowd.
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SEOUL -- If a South Korean asks a North Korean how he is doing, the response will probably be ``ilupsopneda," which literally means ``not much." It is the North Korean equivalent of ``I'm fine, thanks."
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The New York Philharmonicâs concert in North Korea, to take place on Feb. 26 at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater, will be broadcast live internationally. The broadcast will be produced by the New York Philharmonic and EuroArts Music International, in co-production with the Munhwa Broadcasting Company of South Korea and ARTE France, and in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union. Details of the broadcast in the United States are to be announced later. The concert, to be conducted by Lorin Maazel, above, the orchestraâs music director, will include the national anthems of North Korea and the United States; the Prelude to Act III of Wagnerâs âLohengrinâ; Dvorakâs Symphony No. 9, âFrom the New Worldâ; and Gershwinâs âAmerican in Paris.â The concert, and the Philharmonicâs visit, have aroused controversy, with some contending that they offer legitimacy to North Koreaâs government.
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Analysis: Why something like optimism hovers over the talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program
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Recorded screams echo through the basement of Seodaemun prison, where bloodied mannequins portray the "patriotic fighters" &#151; Koreans tortured for resisting Japan's 35-year colonial rule.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A tense standoff where several North Koreans risked deportation and possible execution for seeking refuge in a Canadian embassy came to a safe conclusion Wednesday.
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The Person of the Year choice was greeted with media fanfare and critic complaints. Yuri Zarakhovich appraises the reaction
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SEOUL - Watchers of the reclusive North Korean regime are buzzing about reports that might indicate a change in the cult of personality surrounding Kim Jong Il.
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Overwhelmed after winning his first world title, North Korean weightlifter Cha Kum-choi stunned reporters at a news conference when he burst into a song of praise for his country&#39;s reclusive leader Kim Jong-il.