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April 11, 2012

North Korea Yearns for Spotlight

Dorothy Stuehmke, Chicago Tribune

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North Korea has the world's attention this week with a planned satellite launch and a possible nuclear test. Given North Korea's fascination with symbolic dates (launching several missiles on July 4, 2006), it is no surprise that the satellite launch, set for Thursday through Monday, along with the nuclear test, comes during the week of the 100th birthday celebration of the nation's founding father, Kim Il Sung. North...

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