Read more Kim Jong Il stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12240/kim-jong-il.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:26:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71484/north-korea-tests-5-missiles-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea fired five short-range missiles off its east coast today, news reports said, even as South Korea proposed working-level talks with its communist neighbor. South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing an unidentified South Korean government official, said the North test-fired the surface-to-surface KN-02 rockets from mobile launch pads.http://www.newser.com/story/71484/north-korea-tests-5-missiles-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 11:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71004/north-korea-weighs-return-to-nuke-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's premier today that the North was prepared to return to multi-nation disarmament talks depending on progress in its two-way negotiations with the US. Kim's comments were the clearest sign yet that Pyongyang was readying to resume the six-nation talks it withdrew from...http://www.newser.com/story/71004/north-korea-weighs-return-to-nuke-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 19:14:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70495/this-looks-like-a-job-for-the-neocons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNeoconservatives are making a comeback and it's about time, writes Bret Stephens. They're back "because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il, and Vladimir Putin never went away," Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal , and because the world wants America to use its strength to stop Iran and North Korea's nuclear...http://www.newser.com/story/70495/this-looks-like-a-job-for-the-neocons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 7:09:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67683/us-rep-headed-to-north-korea-for-nuke-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US diplomat in charge of North Korea policy will visit Pyongyang next month for the first bilateral nuclear negotiations between the countries, South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo reports today. Amid signs from reclusive Kim Jong Il of a thaw in relations, Stephen Bosworth will lead a delegation that will also...http://www.newser.com/story/67683/us-rep-headed-to-north-korea-for-nuke-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 22:11:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67535/n-korea-envoy-meets-with-souths-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn envoy from Kim Jong-il met with South Korea's president today to deliver the first direct communication between the two nations in 18 months, reports Reuters. The content of Kim's message to President Lee Myung-bak was not disclosed. But the fact that the 30-minute meeting happened at all indicates an...http://www.newser.com/story/67535/n-korea-envoy-meets-with-souths-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 4:54:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67164/nobelist-peacemaker-kim-dae-jung-dies-at-85.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKim Dae-jung, the former South Korean president who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his reconciliation efforts with the North, died today at age 85. He had been hospitalized with pneumonia since last month. As a pro-democracy opposition lawmaker, Kim built a reputation as a passionate champion of human rights...http://www.newser.com/story/67164/nobelist-peacemaker-kim-dae-jung-dies-at-85.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 5:27:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67057/n-korea-to-reopen-border-with-south.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea pledged today to reopen its borders with the south for tourism and family visits after reclusive leader Kim Jong-il met with the head of the South Korean Hyundai Group in Pyongyang, reports Reuters. Hyundai's Hyon Jong Un met the ailing Kim to secure the release of a detained...http://www.newser.com/story/67057/n-korea-to-reopen-border-with-south.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 1:44:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66939/kim-jong-il-was-fully-engaged-during-clinton-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLongtime Bill Clinton aide John Podesta, who accompanied the former president on his recent rescue mission to North Korea, says leader Kim Jong-Il was "fully engaged" during the visit, Reuters reports. “I would basically say that the discussions were pretty straightforward and he was fully engaged,” Podesta told reporters, though...http://www.newser.com/story/66939/kim-jong-il-was-fully-engaged-during-clinton-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 15:04:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66670/worst-dressed-world-leaders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot all world leaders are world fashion leaders. Time pokes fun at the most inept: Kim Jong-Il. He mainly wears khaki suits that call attention to his paunch and “Kanye West-sized” sunglasses. Vladimir Putin. Not a bad dresser—when he wears clothes. Unfortunately, he's often snapped shirtless to keep his...http://www.newser.com/story/66670/worst-dressed-world-leaders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 18:28:25 CDT