Word: jong
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...this much for North Korea's quirky leader, Kim Jong Il: he knows how to get the world's attention. Early last week, a powerful new missile lifted off from a secret base on North Korea's eastern coast and streaked toward Japan. Dumping its first stage off the western coast of Japan, the rocket sped high over the country and plunked down into the Pacific Ocean. But it packed a political wallop that resounded in capitals from Tokyo to Washington. The message: North Korea may be broke and short of food, but the Stalinist state has a dangerous...
North Korea by Kim's father, Kim Il Sung. Last week the North Korean parliament, meeting for the first time since Kim Il Sung died in 1994, honored him with the title of permanent President (enhancing the truth of the slogan THE GREAT LEADER IS ALWAYS WITH US). Kim Jong Il doesn't need the title of President. He has used his authority as commander in chief and head of the ruling Workers' Party to run the country. Last week, he was awarded the power to declare war, sign peace treaties and control the defense industry, underscoring both his control...
...test -- but the launching of Pyongyang's very own Sputnik. "Our scientists and technicians have succeeded in launching the first artificial satellite aboard a multi-stage rocket," KCNA said Friday. Not only that, but this little orbital wonder is apparently transmitting "the song of General Marshal Kim Jong Il" across the globe at this very moment...
Most countries let off a few fireworks to inaugurate a new president; North Korea prefers missiles -- or "artificial satellites" according to their official version. Kim Jong Il (the "Dear Leader" who is already de facto head of state) is set to take over the presidency of his late father, Kim Il Sung (the "Great Leader") on Saturday -- and Western intelligence has very little idea of his intentions. "The original assumption was that he was a lightweight playboy who wouldn't last long in power," says TIME correspondent Douglas Waller. "But he's proved himself to be a very skillful operator...
...TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "This is like the test track". Customers such as Iran and Pakistan, who both bought dozens of North Korean Rodongs, are bound to like the look of this new 1,240-mile-range Daepodong -- which is literally twice the missile the Rodong was. Kim Jong Il, soon to be installed as president, has a nice firework for his inauguration. And North Korea's starving millions -- well, they get the satisfaction of seeing their nation trying to establish itself as a regional power. "Plainly," says Thompson, "this is one of the world's most loony nations...