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Red Blooms and Warm Glows At Pyongyang Flower Show

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A humble two-room hut nestles beneath snow-laden trees, a warm red glow emerging from within, reminiscent of a Christmas Nativity. It is, according to North Korean orthodoxy, the mountainside birthplace of Kim Jong-Il, who inherited power from his father and passed it in turn to his son, current leader Kim Jong-Un. The image of the … Read more

Newlyweds and Soldiers At N.Korea Memorial To Kims

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North Korean newlyweds, soldiers and children lined up to laud their country’s rulers on Thursday, the birthday of the late Kim Jong-Il, father of both the current leader and the exiled renegade assassinated in Malaysia this week. A steady stream of celebrants made their way to a hill in the centre of Pyongyang where a … Read more