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N. Korea may drop human pixel backdrop from mass games

N. Korea may drop human pixel backdrop from mass games

Decision could be related to cost or external perceptions

N. Korea may drop human pixel backdrop from mass games
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald October 23, 2014
Kim Jong Un releases Fowle following requests from Obama – KCNA

Kim Jong Un releases Fowle following requests from Obama – KCNA

State media claims Kim Jong Un grants Fowle amnesty following "repeated requests" from Obama

Kim Jong Un releases Fowle following requests from Obama – KCNA
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald October 22, 2014
Security meeting prompts talk of Japan, SK summit

Security meeting prompts talk of Japan, SK summit

Closer security ties would allow intel-sharing on N. Korea, but face public discontent

Security meeting prompts talk of Japan, SK summit
Rob York
Rob York October 22, 2014
High-level talks at risk of falling through as tensions rise

High-level talks at risk of falling through as tensions rise

North Korea blames South Korea for creating a ‘hostile environment’

High-level talks at risk of falling through as tensions rise
Doyun Kim
Doyun Kim October 22, 2014
North Korea releases American detainee Jeffrey Fowle

North Korea releases American detainee Jeffrey Fowle

State Department says Fowle returning to the United States to see family

North Korea releases American detainee Jeffrey Fowle
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald October 21, 2014
Russian company plan large investment in North Korea

Russian company plan large investment in North Korea

News comes as DPRK and Russia begin to transact in Roubles

Russian company plan large investment in North Korea
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald October 21, 2014
North Korea promises “unpredictable measures of revenge”

North Korea promises “unpredictable measures of revenge”

Comes in response to recent exchange of fire near Military Demarcation Zone (MDL)

North Korea promises “unpredictable measures of revenge”
Robert Lauler
Robert Lauler October 21, 2014
North Korea to build new water park in Nampo

North Korea to build new water park in Nampo

New water park signals tourism development in Nampo

North Korea to build new water park in Nampo
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald October 20, 2014
Kim Jong Un meets gold medalists

Kim Jong Un meets gold medalists

Kim, still using a cane, congratulates winners of Asian Games, other events

Kim Jong Un meets gold medalists
Rob York
Rob York October 20, 2014
North Korean defectors SK-bound after Laos release

North Korean defectors SK-bound after Laos release

Pyongyang watcher expresses ambivalence over Southeast Asian country’s repatriation policy

North Korean defectors SK-bound after Laos release
Robert Lauler
Robert Lauler October 20, 2014