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Over the following days, most of the sights on the tour were familiar, like the impressive, 66-ft. (20 m) bronze statue of late President Kim Il Sung, and the iconic Juche Tower with its excellent city views. But softer handling from our state-mandated Korean chaperones, and the minor but noticeable improvements in the lives of some of Pyongyang's citizens, were unexpected...
...recent weeks state television has occasionally shown Disney films like Snow White, Cinderella and Robin Hood. But a wide selection of foreign films have always been available to the country's élites, having been smuggled in before the 1990s, though never at the rate that happens now. Kim Jong Il, the country's dictator, is said to own a library of more than 20,000 foreign and North Korean films. (See pictures of the rise of Kim Jong...
...official lamented the "regrettable" release of floodwater that killed six South Koreans. Earlier, Kim Jong Il signaled willingness to resume stalled six-nation talks over his country's nuclear program...
...sexist portrayal of women politicians in the media is “not just a right wing thing” but a problem spanning across the ideological spectrum, said former President of National Organization of Women (NOW) Kim Gandy in a forum held last night in Emerson Hall...
...Gender in politics is something I’ve been aware for a while but hearing Kim talk about it really opened up my eyes,” forum attendee Matthews K. Mmopi ’11 said. “Here are these people who are supposed to be well-respected voices in the media and yet they can get away with so much...