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Kim Jong-il visiting a military unit. Source: Korean Central News Agency

South Korean war veterans burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally to welcome U.S. President Ge...

AP - South Korean war veterans burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally to welcome U.

Gameloft develops Chuck Norris: Bring The Pain for the mobile phones

We've been wondering why nobody thought of this before: a Chuck Norris video game. You read it right, there's going to be a game version of America's favorite hero, Chuck Norris, for the mobile phones courtesy of Gameloft. Titled Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain, the game is still on its early build but is already playable to some extent. As Ranger Chuck or Commando Chuck, players can roundhouse their way to defeat Communism not only in the US but also abroad - in fact, political personalities F...

Floral Basket and Congratulatory Letter to Kim Jong Il

Pyongyang, July 25 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Il, premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, on July 24 sent a congratulatory message to Tillman Thomas upon his assumption of office as Prime Minister of Grenada. E...

Bush Plan for North Korea Ignores Labor Camps, Activists Say

By Hideko Takayama July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Human-rights activists say U.S. President George W. Bush is turning his back on thousands of North Korean political prisoners with his plan to remove Kim Jong Il's regime from the list of state sponsors of te...

South Korean protesters burn a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during an anti-North Korea rally against last ...

AP - South Korean protesters burn a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during an anti-North Korea rally against last week's killing of a South Korean tourist by a North Korean soldier at the Diamond Mountain in North Korea, in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 18, 2008.

Shanghaiist : Are you ready for the Jackie Chan Museum, Shanghai?

Colour us excited! Jackie Chan (成龙) — the man who was the subject of the first post ever to be written on this blog — is going to have a museum named after him! Renovated from old factory buildings located out in the *sshole of nowhere in Shanghai's Putuo District, the museum will house props and costumes from Chan's movies, photos and other memorabilia. This makes him the world's second person to have a museum built during his lifetime — the first of course being our Dear Leader Kim J...

In this Oct. 2, 2007 file photo, South Korean military policemen stand in front of a portrait of North Korean Leader Ki...

AP - In this Oct.

Good Week: Nelson Mandela, Andy Murray, Kim Jong Il, John Howell

By Greg McDonald It was a happy week for Nelson Mandela, as stars and statesmen lined up to pay tribute to the freedom fighter in the week of his 90th birthday. The world has come a long way since the 1988 Mandela Concert, where Dire Straits dedicated "Brothers in Arms" to the great man, and since the historic moment, when Mandela was released from captivity in 1990. Happy birthday Nelson - and may your example continue to inspire us. It was a good first week at Wimbledon for Britain’s new ten...

Kim Jong-Il invited to Beijing Olympics for possible meeting with Bush

North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il has been invited to attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games in August where he might meet President Bush, a Japanese newspaper reported.