Shifting signs in North Korea
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Kim Jong Il dials back his personality cult as protest activities pick up.
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North Korea might be the world's most dangerous investment, but some are betting stronger commercial links could push the Hermit Kingdom toward reform
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The key players in international efforts to curb North Korea&#39;s nuclear ambitions are picking up the pace in what has become a protracted ritual of talking about talks
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South Korea first saw signs of an explosion in North Korea last week from a satellite that showed a &quot;peculiar cloud&quot;, but Seoul doubts Pyongyang would test a nuclear bomb so close to China.
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Pyongyang&#39;s growing suspicion of external aid shows it is retreating further into its shell despite growing pressure to open up.
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North Korea yesterday signalled that it may decide to lift the veil on some of its human rights violations after being challenged to allow the inspection of one of the country&#39;s notorious prison
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North Korean officials have angrily denied reports that portraits of the country&#39;s leader are being taken down. There has been speculation about major changes at the top of North Korean politics.
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North Korea is seriously reconsidering its role in talks on its nuclear plans because of what it sees as a concerted campaign to topple the North's ruling system, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
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While talks between the U.S. and North Korea seem to be progressing, Tokyo and Pyongyang are at an impasse
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South Korea&#39;s Unification Ministry predicts in analyses of the latest trends in the North that during this year the principles of a market-oriented economy will expand further into the Stalinist state&#39;s society and the minds of its people.
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Science & environment: Along with political cooperation, Seoul's plan to help the North with IT could shatter Cold War boundary
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North Korea is seriously reconsidering  its role in talks on its nuclear plans because of what it sees  as a concerted campaign to topple the North's ruling system,  the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
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North Korea is a totalitarian state where simply mishandling a portrait of leader Kim Jong Il is considered a crime. That doesn't mean there is no internal debate as the regime weighs whether to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
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Revelations over the weekend about a massive and mysterious explosion on North Korea&#39;s border with China have intensified the feverish speculations about the country&#39;s nuclear programme.
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A South Korean group said on Monday it  had obtained what it said was the first visual evidence of  dissent in communist North Korea that indicated an organized  attempt at a movement against its leader, Kim Jong-il.
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The number two in the North Korean leadership, Kim Yong Nam, has left for China to meet President Hu Jintao and other leaders. The dispute over North Korea&#39;s nuclear programme is likely to figure high on the agenda at the talks.
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Roh's move to do away with the security law has become the latest symbol of an ideological battle now raging in South Korea over whether detente with the North is happening too fast, too soon.