“Of course, the MOU has fully supports Madam Lee’s visit to North, but will examine (the application) after receiving rest schedules”, Jeong Jun-hui, MOU spokesperson said at the regular press briefing yesterday.
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Pyongyang sources told NK News the manager of the farm was shot dead shortly after Kim’s visit.
South Korea rescued five sailors from a sinking North Korean boat in waters off Ulleung Island last Saturday.
Although the explanation that frequent power outages and insufficient food caused the deaths is perfectly viable, it could be construed as criticism of Kim’s running of the country. China has strongly opposed suggestions that the United States may deploy the THAAD in South Korea, criticizing the system as a threat to China’s security and warning that it could lead to serious economical and politic consequencees for China-South Korea relations.
A view of a ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of the death of North Korea’s founder Kim Il-Sung.
One source from inside the country said: “Some parts of the farm weren’t able to receive water in a timely manner because of the lack of electricity”.
KCNA reported that the farm for breeding terrapins, a species of small turtle, had been set up on the orders of Kim Jong-il, father of the present ruler, but all the baby terrapins in the tanks died.
A prominent South Korean gay rights campaigner and movie director Kim Jho Gwang-Soo is suing the authorities for refusing to recognise his marriage to partner Kim Seung-Hwan in 2013.
Last month Kim allegedly had the architect of a new airport executed because he did not like the proposed design. But his inclusion on the same badge as his predecessors was evidence he is now seen as their equal, a North Korea expert told the Korea Times.
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Jang Song Thaek, who was the de facto number-two leader, was executed in December 2013 after being accused of plotting to overthrow the hard-line communist regime, and Kim is working to remove all those linked to his uncle, who was considered instrumental in his rise to power.
