Word: chosun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...South, rattled nerves with a warning that Kim's million-man army was preparing for a suicidal attack. What's more, the North "is capable of scorching" South Korea and Japan with nuclear and chemical weapons, according to an article published by South Korea's largest daily newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, which secretly obtained the information from Hwang just before his defection. Kim did nothing to calm the jitters, ordering up a huge military parade last week in which thousands of goose-stepping soldiers marched past...
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly told a group of high-level party officials last year that the U.S. would invade if the West knew the full extent of food shortages plaguing their country. The Chosun Ilbo, a major South Korean newspaper, claimed in Wednesday editions to have obtained the full text of a speech delivered by Kim in Pyongyang last December 7. The paper reported that Kim told party leaders that food shortages could set off widespread rioting in North Korea, despite the government's strong grip on power, and that even military personnel were hungry...
...country. As a member of Pyongyang's inner circle, he could shed much light on what is going on in the enigmatic nation, especially at the top. Even close associates from outside Korea are stunned by the defection and wonder why the 72 year old Hwang would leave. The Chosun Ilbo, a major South Korean national daily, said it had the answers in a handwritten statement from Hwang through a third party. "Today's North Korea has nothing to do with socialism," the newspaper quoted Hwang as saying. "How can a society in which people, workers, farmers and intellectuals...