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Age, military ties mark Kim Jong Un's inner circle (AP)
AP - Wherever North Korea's young new leader goes, they're there: a group of graying military and political officials who shadow Kim Jong Un as he visits army bases, attends concerts and tours schools.
North Korea opens door to talks with South Korea (AP)
AP - North Korea is open to immediate talks with rival South Korea if Seoul responds to several preconditions for dialogue, a North Korean military official told The Associated Press on Thursday.
North Korea challenges Seoul to Q+A over dialogue (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea's new leadership, highly critical of South Korea since taking power, published an unusual "open questionnaire" to its rival on Thursday, demanding answers to show that Seoul was sincere about resuming inter-Korean dialogue.
Power cuts pitch North Korea capital into darkness: diplomat (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea's capital faces its worst electricity shortages in years just as a new leadership takes power in the impoverished state and pushes ahead with lavish building projects to celebrate the centenary of its founder's birth.
US diplomat says US open to North Korea diplomacy (AP)
AP - In a message aimed at both Koreas, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that Washington is open to settling the North Korean nuclear standoff through diplomacy, but only if Pyongyang improves ties with archrival South Korea.
US expects NKorea to continue proliferation (AP)
AP - U.S. intelligence expects North Korea's new young leader Kim Jong Un to continue Pyongyang's policy of attempting to export its weapon systems.
NKorea's young leader gets rock star treatment (AP)
AP - North Korea's young new leader gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops — just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers.
SKorean activists send socks to NKorea in balloons (AP)
AP - South Korean activists have floated giant balloons carrying boxes of socks into North Korea.
Irish may try IRA veteran over North Korean scam (AP)
AP - An Irish Republican Army veteran long accused of laundering counterfeit U.S. $100 bills on behalf of North Korea could face trial in Ireland, a Dublin judge announced Friday.
South Korea allows group to deliver aid to NKorea (AP)
AP - South Korea allowed members of a private group to accompany aid to North Korea for the first time Friday since leader Kim Jong Il died last month.
US team due in NKorea in March (AP)
AP - U.S. military personnel will travel to North Korea in March to restart efforts to recover thousands of servicemen missing from the 1950-53 Korean War, the Defense Department said Thursday.
North Korea's new nuclear plant a safety worry: expert (Reuters)
Reuters - Secretive North Korea is making rapid progress in building a uranium-fuelled reactor that poses an alarming safety risk, a nuclear expert said on Thursday.
North Korea's Western Fans Mourn Kim Jong Il's Death (Time.com)
Time.com - Founded by a young Spaniard, the Korean Friendship Association mediates between Pyongyang and foreigners who wish to visit or do business. Its members are still grieving for the Dear Leader
Lively NKorean capital celebrates Lunar New Year (AP)
AP - North Koreans bundled against the freezing cold paid respects again to late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's main plaza Monday and celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday with colorful flowers and children's games.
Book author: Kim Jong Il's eldest son wants reform (AP)
AP - The author of a new book on North Korea says late leader Kim Jong Il's eldest son believes the country now run by his young half brother could fail without economic reforms.
North Korea credits new leader with nuke testing (AP)
AP - North Korea on Friday credited new leader Kim Jong Un with spearheading past nuclear testing, as it adds to a growing personality cult that portrays the young son of late leader Kim Jong Il as a confident military commander.
U.S., allies say North Korea welcome to resume nuclear talks (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States, Japan and South Korea agree that "a path is open" for North Korea to return to stalled six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program, the State Department said on Tuesday.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un not really in control, says brother (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The oldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is casting doubts on his late fatherâs choice of his youngest brother as âgrand successor,â but thatâs not dimming the extravaganza of praise within North Korea for Kim Jong-un as âsupreme leader.â
North Korea transition "smooth," economy the real test (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea's new leadership under the inexperienced Kim Jong-un appears to be functioning "relatively smoothly," but he has to look beyond key ally China to rebuild its shattered economy, South Korea's senior most official on the North said on Monday.
AP opens full news bureau in North Korea (AP)
AP - The Associated Press has opened its newest bureau in the North Korean capital.

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