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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has died at age 69. The mysterious, often erratic leader of the north, which has maintained a perpetual state of still war with the south, was believed to be in ill health f...
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Poking the Bear: Why North Korea did it and what it means for Asia-Pacific

North Korea, one of the pillars of Bush’s “axis of evil”, conducted an underground test of a nuclear bomb last night about 50 miles northwest of the northern city of Kilju. According to predictions by Russian officials, the bomb generated a blast of between 10 and 20 kilotons, which places it in the range of “Little Boy” and “Fat Man”; the two atomic bombs that ravaged the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.