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North Korean leader’s public absence remains unexplained - World Socialist Web Site

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North Korean leader’s public absence remains unexplained
By Ben McGrath
14 October 2014

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made his first public appearance in more than five weeks, according to the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The article published today reported that Kim visited a newly-built residential district as well as a new scientific institute. It did not give the dates of the visits or provide any explanation for his lengthy disappearance from public view.

Kim’s previous reported appearance was at a concert on September 3. Media speculation about his absence was further fuelled when he failed to appear at a key commemorative event last Friday marking the 69th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Workers’ Party. In the past, Kim has made an early morning trip on that date to the mausoleum where the bodies of his father, Kim Jong-il, and grandfather, Kim Il-song, are interred.

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N. Korea Detains Another American Tourist
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North Korea says it has detained another U.S. tourist, making him the third American held in the reclusive communist state.

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Friday said Jeffrey Edward Fowle, who entered the country legally as part of a tour group, was arrested for violating the terms of his visa and for “hostile activities” it described as “contrary to the purpose of tourism.”

The Japanese Kyoto News Agency cites diplomatic sources as saying Fowle was taken into custody after he left behind a bible in his Pyongyang hotel room.

Identified : East Pyongyang’s new shopping mall | NK News – North Korea News

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On Thursday KCNA reported on the groundbreaking ceremony of a new “shopping mall” in East Pyongyang.

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Although the project appears to be a joint venture with a Chinese organization called “The Chinese Group”, this project is under the auspices of the State Commission for Economic Development (the same organization responsible for managing the new Economic Development Zones), rather than the Joint Venture Investment Committee (JVIC).

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North Korea erases online archives | World news | theguardian.com

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North Korea’s state media have erased almost their entire online archives since the execution of Kim Jong-un’s uncle Jang Song-thaek.

The removal of tens of thousands of articles is the largest deletion ever carried out by the official KCNA news agency and the Rodong Sinmun newspaper.

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Several reports mentioning Jang had already been edited to remove references to him and other aides, and footage had been cut so that it no longer included him. But subsequently all articles from before October 2013 appeared to been removed from KCNA’s North Korea-hosted site. It is unclear whether they will be reposted at some point or have disappeared for good.

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In 1984 moment, N. Korea deletes near entirety of news archives | NK News – North Korea News

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In 1984 moment, N. Korea deletes near entirety of news archives
In striking development, North Korean media deletes near-entirity of its article archives

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by Chad O’Carroll , December 16, 2013


North Korean state media outlet the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) has deleted over 35,000 articles from its on-line archives.

The deletion, the biggest ever article removal in KCNA’s history, means that with the exception of a small number of articles about Kim Jong Un, the digital record of state-approved news currently only reaches back to October 2013 on KCNA’s North Korea (.kp) hosted website.

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Kim Jong Un visits swimming pool complex and 3d movie theater | NK News – North Korea News

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by Oliver Hotham , September 19, 2013

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Kim Jong Un toured the construction site of a major Pyongyang swimming complex on Tuesday – following a weekend visit to a new 3D movie theater and video games room – state media outlet the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

Kim Jong Un was “delighted” with the “world-class swimming complex” and “underscored the need to scrupulously organize the work for successfully operating the complex from now as its construction has reached its final phase,” KCNA said.

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North Korea tests third nuclear device - World Socialist Web Site

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North Korea tests third nuclear device
By Peter Symonds
13 February 2013

North Korea conducted a third underground nuclear test yesterday, further compounding the already tense situation on the Korean Peninsula and across North East Asia.

The official KCNA news agency announced that scientists had conducted a successful test of “a miniaturised and lighter nuclear device with greater explosive force.” Estimates, based on seismic data, put the size of the blast at between 7 and 10 kilotons. This is larger than two previous tests in 2006 and 2009, and about half the yield of the US bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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