• East Asia

    NK Reveals the Body of Kim

    In this photo provided by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s official KCNA news agency, the body of DPRK’s top leader Kim Jong Il lies in the bier at the Kumsusan Memorial in Pyongyang, DPRK, Dec. 20, 2011.<Photo: Xinhua/KCNA> news@theasian.asia

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    Kim Jong-un Pays Respects to His Father

    In this photo released by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s official KCNA news agency, the body of DPRK’s top leader Kim Jong Il lies in the bier at the Kumsusan Memorial in Pyongyang, DPRK, Dec. 20, 2011. Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the…

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    NGOs sharply divided

      The NGOs of Korea have expressed different views about the death of Kim Jong-il. Especially, the issue of offering condolences is dealt in an extremely different way. Left-wing NGOs such as PSPD and Nanummunhwa gave condolences but right-wing NGOs such as NRU and CUBS had a fairly negative attitude…

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  • Editorials for Comparison

    Major dailies of Korea have expressed different views according to their ideology and readership. Right-wing dailies <Chosun Ilbo> and <Joongang Ilbo> and left-wing dailies <Hankyoreh> and <Kyunghyang> are here for comparison. The titles of their editorials on 20 December are as follows. Chosun Ilbo “The fall of the Kim Il-sung…

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    Analyses of the Korean Media

    <graphic=Cho Ha-neul> How do the Korean media view the news of Kim Jong-il’s death? We have looked at the features and analyses of the major media on 20th, the next day.   Chosun Ilbo Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Han Sung-ju wrote a column titled ‘Leadership vacuum of North Korea’…

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    P’yang Mourns Kim Jong-il

    People leave after mourning the passing away of Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Pyongyang, capital of DPRK, on Dec. 20, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhao Zhan> news@thesian.asia    

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    China, Telegraphic Condolence to NK

    Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) meets with Pak Myong Ho, charge d’affaires of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Embassy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 19, 2011. Yang Jiechi conveyed messages of condolence from the Central Committee of the Communist Part of China (CPC), the National People’s…

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  • East Asia

    Air of North v Air of South

    People gather in front of a bronze statue of Kim Il Sung in central Pyongyang to mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Pyongyang, DPRK, Dec. 19, 2011(Left) and the same day, a citizen reads a newspaper reporting the death…

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  • East Asia

    China Launched Satellite for Nigeria

    Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2011 shows the track of a Long March-3B carrier rocket after lifting off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province,. China successfully sent a Nigerian communication satellite into orbit with its Long March-3B carrier rocket from southwest Xichang Satellite Launch Center…

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    People Gather in front of Kim Il Sung Statue

    People gather in front of a bronze statue of Kim Il Sung in central Pyongyang to mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Pyongyang, DPRK, Dec. 19, 2011. The whole city of Pyongyang sank into deep sorrow on Monday…

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