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		<title>Kim Jong Un Weeps by Father’s Hearse in Funeral Meant to Boost His Image</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg News &#124; December 28, 2011 Kim Jong Un, successor to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, walked weeping alongside a hearse carrying the body of his father through the snow-covered streets of Pyongyang ahead of a national memorial service tomorrow that ends two days of mourning meant to bolster the new leader. A black limousine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Jong Un Plays Statesman for First Time as Delegation Visits From South</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sangwon Yoon Businessweek &#124; December 27, 2011 Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) &#8212; Kim Jong Un got his first chance to play the role of North Korean statesman as a former first lady from the South and the chairwoman of Hyundai Group paid their condolences over the death of Kim Jong Il. Kim, thought to younger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S.Korea Delegation Heads North as Kim Jong Un Elevated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sangwon Yoon and Jiyeun Lee &#124; December 26, 2011 Hyundai Group’s chairwoman and a former South Korean first lady arrived in Pyongyang on a private visit as their government’s restrictions on condolences for the death of Kim Jong Il drew warnings of “unpredictable catastrophic consequences” from North Korea. Lee Hee Ho, the 89-year-old widow of former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korea’s Top Spy Pressured to Quit After Learning Late of Kim’s Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Sangwon Yoon - Dec 21, 2011 6:35 PM GMT+0900 South Korea’s spy chief faces mounting pressure to quit after his agency failed to gather any intelligence on Kim Jong Il’s death before it was broadcast on North Korean television two days later. National Intelligence Service Director Won Sei Hoon should resign for his “unacceptable” ignorance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinian families await prisoner exchange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Relatives of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons share their stories of waiting, hope, and disappointment. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Al Jazeera English &#124; Oct. 19, 2011 One thousand and twenty-seven Palestinians for one Israeli &#8211; this is the deal made between Hamas and Israel last week. The agreement has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinian prisoners&#8217; terms of release</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An explainer of the terms of release for 1,027 detainees in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Al Jazeera English &#124; October 16, 2011 Israel&#8217;s justice ministry has released the names of 477 Palestinian prisoners who will be released in the first phase on Tuesday in exchange for Gilad Shalit, the 25-year-old Israeli soldier who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support grows for Palestinian&#8217;s prison strike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Activists start open-ended hunger strike in support of prisoners in Israel fasting against &#8220;worsening jail conditions&#8221;. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Al Jazeera English &#124; October 10, 2011 At least 60 activists in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Israel have started an open-ended hunger strike in support of Palestinians already fasting in Israeli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S Korean soldier goes on killing spree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Military official says a marine corps corporal has shot dead four colleagues along the tense border with North Korea. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Al Jazeera English &#124; July 4, 2011 A corporal in South Korea&#8217;s marine corps has killed four fellow marines and injured another in a shooting rampage at an island [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sangwonyoon.com/archives/835</link>
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		<title>Is the inter-Korean conflict going cyber?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Korea blames the North for cyber attacks while questions remain over how such an IT powerhouse was left vulnerable &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Al Jazeera English &#124; June 24, 2011 South Korea has one of the most advanced IT infrastructures on the planet, offering the world&#8217;s cheapest access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gbagbo supporters detained &#8216;without charge&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International says Ivory Coast authorities have been holding at least 50 people without charge for two months. Al Jazeera English &#124; June 22, 2011 Ivory Coast authorities are violating international law by detaining at least 50 people without charge for more than two months, human-rights observers say. At least 21 of supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, [...]]]></description>
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