Zurich: North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un spent more of his childhood being educated under a pseudonym in Switzerland than originally thought, Swiss newspapers reported on Sunday. Jong-un first travelled to Switzerland in 1991, aged eight or nine, rather than in 1998 as has previously been established, Le Matin Dimanche and the SonntagsZeitung reported, citing official Swiss police documents. Little is known about the leader of the reclusive communist state,...
03:39 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Pyongyang: Fighter jets roared through the skies over downtown Pyongyang on Thursday as the world watched to see whether North Korea would defy international warnings and launch a long-range rocket over the Yellow Sea. The five-day window for the launch of a rocket mounted with an observation satellite opened on Thursday as North Koreans woke to details about developments at a Workers' Party conference where leader Kim Jong Un ascended...
09:43 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Seoul: The body of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-il, who died in December, will be on permanent display in a Pyongyang mausoleum alongside his father. The 69-year-old leader is the second North Korean leader whose embalmed body will be on public display. The regime also plans to build his statue and erect towers across the country. Meanwhile, February 16 has been declared the "Day of the Shining Star" to...
10:27 AM, Jan 13, 2012
Pyongyang: North Korea said on Saturday that Kim Jong Un has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further strengthening his authority after the death of his father. Officials and state media have bestowed on Kim Jong Un, who is in his late 20s, a string of titles as North Korea's elite rally around him after Kim Jong Il's death in mid-December after 17 years in power. But the...
05:24 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Pyongyang: North Korea declared Kim Jong Il's son and successor "supreme leader" of the ruling party, military and the people during a memorial on Thursday for his father in the government's first public endorsement of his leadership. Kim Jong Un, head bowed and somber in a dark overcoat, stood on a balcony at the Grand People's Study House overlooking Kim Il Sung Square watching the memorial, which also served as...
03:03 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Pyongyang (North Korea): Tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday, wailing and clutching their chests as a black hearse carrying late leader Kim Jong Il's body wound its way through the capital for a final farewell. The funeral procession from Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where Kim's body had lain in state, was accompanied by top military and party officials, but there was little doubt...
01:54 PM, Dec 28, 2011
Beijing: Japan urged China on Monday to shoulder a big role in ensuring North Korea avoids volatility after the death of its leader, Kim Jong-il. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda also urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to share information about developments in North Korea, where the succession of Kim's youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has fanned speculation about who will really control the secretive one-party state and its nuclear programme. "It...
06:04 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Beijing: China on Monday voiced confidence in the new leader of its impoverished ally North Korea after his father Kim Jong-il died, promising to support Pyongyang as it enters into a uncertain transition. "We feel incomparably anguished, and offer our deepest condolences to the entire North Korean people," said China's top leaders, in a statement read out on state television's main evening news. "The Chinese people will always cherish his...
04:33 AM, Dec 20, 2011
Seoul: North Korea test-fired a short-range missile on its eastern coast on Monday, the day its leader Kim Jong-il's death was announced, South Korean media reported. An unnamed South Korean official was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying he did not believe the launch was linked to the announcement of Kim's death. "This is something that the military has continued to follow, and we believe it is not related...
05:26 PM, Dec 19, 2011
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack, state media reported on Monday, sparking concern over who is in real control of the nuclear renegade state as his untested youngest son takes over the family dynasty. A tearful television announcer, dressed in black and her voice quavering, said the 69-year old iron ruler died on Saturday of 'physical and mental over-work' on a train on his way...
04:25 PM, Dec 19, 2011
Seoul: Kim Jong II, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. Kim's death was announced on Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media. The leader, reputed...
08:56 AM, Dec 19, 2011
Vatican City: The Benetton clothing company withdrew an ad on Wednesday featuring a fake photo of Pope Benedict XVI kissing a top Egyptian imam on the lips after the Vatican denounced it as an unacceptable provocation. Benetton had said its "Unhate" campaign launched on Wednesday was aimed at fostering tolerance and "global love". The campaign's fake photos feature a half-dozen purported political nemeses in lip-locked embraces, including President Barack Obama...
03:55 AM, Nov 17, 2011
Beijing: China asked ally North Korea to improve its strained ties with longtime foes the United States and South Korea, state media reported on Monday, as US and North Korean diplomats began talks about restarting negotiations on the North's nuclear programmes. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang that North Korea hopes the six-party talks on the country's nuclear issue "should be restarted as...
01:29 AM, Oct 25, 2011
Seoul: Hackers have attacked North Korea's official Youtube and Twitter accounts, posting a cartoon showing Kim Jong-il's heir apparent driving a sports car into a crowd of starving countrymen. The cyberattack on Saturday, believed to be leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un's birthday, also called for an uprising against the communist nation's ruling dynasty. The online embarrassment comes at a time when North Korea has called for dialogue with South Korea to defuse...
11:15 AM, Jan 10, 2011
Seoul: What do you get the future leader of North Korea for his birthday? Sports cars, racehorses and yachts if you're a party apparatchik hoping to please the Swiss-schooled, 20-something 'Young General.' But if North Korea is planning a big birthday bash for Kim Jong Un, it's keeping it well under wraps. Unveiled to the world last year as leader Kim Jong Il's chosen successor to lead the communist nation,...
07:13 PM, Jan 07, 2011
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