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Part of a welcome for the United States-Soviet commission on Korea on their arrival in Pyongyang on July 23, 1947, was this parade of Korean communists carrying huge portraits of Josef Stalin and Kim Il Sung. The commission visited Pyongyang, 165 miles north of Seoul, for the purpose of getting views of political groups on the prospecting. U.S. Army Signal Corps/AP hide caption

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Opinion

Opinion: Putin and Kim forge closer ties, resuscitating a defunct Stalinist alliance

June 19, 2024 • As Russia's leader visits North Korea, Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko offers insights into the fascinating history of twists and turns in relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.

President Trump's Press Conference On North Korea Summit, Annotated

President Trump speaks during a news conference Tuesday after meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Analysis

Politics

President Trump's Press Conference On North Korea Summit, Annotated

June 12, 2018 • President Trump spoke to reporters after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday. NPR reporters have annotated the transcript of the press conference.

President Trump Says North Korea Summit Still Possible

President Trump congratulates a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman Friday in Annapolis, Md. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Politics

President Trump Says North Korea Summit Still Possible

May 25, 2018 • The president spoke briefly to reporters before he took a helicopter to Annapolis, Md., where he touted the U.S. military buildup in a commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy.

OK, North Korea's Leader Isn't 'Sexiest Man Alive,' Chinese Media Concede

Before it disappeared from the Web: Here's how People's Daily Online packaged its coverage of the "news" that Kim Jong Un is 2012's sexiest man. People's Daily Online (frame grab of a page that has now been removed) hide caption

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The Two-Way

OK, North Korea's Leader Isn't 'Sexiest Man Alive,' Chinese Media Concede

November 28, 2012 • China's Web surfers have had much fun at the expense of People's Daily Online after it accepted as fact that The Onion thinks Kim Jong Un is 2012's biggest hunk. Editors at the Communist Party's mouthpiece now realize they were punk'd.

Military Chief's Removal, Rise In Hemlines: Hopeful Signs In North Korea?

Dec. 29, 2011: new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho at a national memorial service for Kim's father, Kim Jong Il. Reports from North Korea say the military leader has been removed from his post. AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Military Chief's Removal, Rise In Hemlines: Hopeful Signs In North Korea?

July 16, 2012 • Kim Jong Un may have a love in his life. Now he appears to have pushed out one of North Korea's top generals and seems to be loosening up restrictions on "Western" wear and culture.