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Monitors display a news program at an electronics shop in Seoul, South Korea, showing a local newspaper with a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on October 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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In this image taken from video made available on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers an annual New Year’s Day message in Pyongyang, North Korea (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video).
UN letter to Kim Jong-un warns on accountability
Geneva, AP—A UN panel warned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Monday that he may be held accountable for orchestrating widespread crimes against civilians in the secretive Asian nation, ranging from executing and torturing prisoners to systematic abductions and...Caption:
In this image taken from video made available on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers an annual New Year’s Day message in Pyongyang, North Korea (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video).
North Korea claims strength after removal of “filth”
Seoul, AP—Kim Jong Un boasted Wednesday that North Korea enters the new year on a surge of strength because of the elimination of “factionalist filth”—a reference to the young leader’s once powerful uncle, whose execution last month raised questions...Caption:
This photo released by Yonhap on December 13, 2013 shows Jang Song-Thaek (2nd-R) being escorted in court on December 12, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/YONHAP)
North Korea executes leader’s uncle as a traitor
Pyongyang, Associated Press—North Korea said Friday that it executed Kim Jong-un’s uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader’s former mentor, long considered the country’s No. 2. In a sharp reversal of the...Caption:
North Korean tanks pass through Kim Il-Sung square during a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean war armistice in Pyongyang on July 27, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/Ed Jones)