Television footage of KIm Jong-Il's body is shown in Beijing
China's state television shows footage of deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's body laying in state in Pyongyang December 20, 2011. China on Monday offered its "deep condolences" on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, which analysts said will spur China's leaders to boost ties with Pyongyang to prevent instability. UPI/Stephen Shaver
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Added December 28, 2011 with 7 photos
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il was commemerated in the North Korean capitol of Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. Crowds of wailing citizens lined the streets as his body was driven through the city, and his son and successor Kim Jong Un made a rare public appearance.
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Added December 19, 2011 with 10 photos
With the recent deaths of North Korean despot Kim Jong-il and Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, take a look back at some of the men whose iron grips on their countries regrettably shaped the 20th and 21st centuries.
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SEOUL, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- South Korea's government of President Lee Myung-bak is a "disturber of peace in northeast Asia," a North Korean government institute said.
TOKYO, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The new leaders in North Korea need to address serious concerns raised by U.N. officials regarding the human rights record there, an expert said.
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- South Korea needs to be alert to potential North Korean provocation following the death of Kim Jong Il, President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday.
NEMURO, Japan, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- An "inspection" of the Kuril Islands by Japan's foreign minister over the weekend brought a pensive reaction from Russia, which claims the disputed lands.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Kim Jong Il, North Korea's late "dear leader," will lie in state with his father in the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, the state news agency said Thursday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The recent change in the leadership in North Korea should come with widespread reforms, specifically regarding human rights, a U.N. official said.
BEIJING, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- China is willing to do all it can to achieve peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, President Hu Jintao told his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak.
BEIJING, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Beijing Monday for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on North Korea and bilateral issues.
HERNDON, Va., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Why don't the people of North Korea rise up against a government that is so repressive?
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un appears to have renewed a crackdown on defectors, observers said.
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