Monday, December 19, 2011

Kim



aug 21

  • People magazine bought exclusive rights to the wedding, which is also being filmed as a two-part special called " Kim 's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event " to be broadcast in October on E! Reuters Sports
  • Kim, Khloe and Kourtney pose together at the Unbreakable fragrance launch party in Los Angeles on April 4, 2011. MSNBC Top Headlines
  • Kim was spotted early Saturday in a white sweatsuit, prior to getting all dolled up for her nuptials in order to keep her look top secret. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • It was Kim 's first visit to Russia in nearly a decade, part of a return to the international stage that experts say may have been prompted by an urgent need for economic aid to assuage a spiraling food crisis at home. Seattle Times full feed
  • Kim crossed into Russia on his armored train Saturday at the invitation of President Dmitry Medvedev, with the two leaders reportedly planning a summit aimed at discussing the restart of nuclear disarmament talks and the construction of a pipeline that would stream Russian natural gas to North and South Korea. The Guardian
  • The 69-year-old Kim traveled to China in May in a trip seen by many as an attempt to secure aid, investment and support for a transfer of power to his youngest son. MSNBC World


  • dec 19

  • Asian indexes fell as analysts warned Kim 's death could cause an uncertain power transition and put the brakes on talks aimed at getting the communist country to give up its nuclear weapons. LA Times Business
  • It does, however, appear to be offering the first glimmers of an answer to one question that has long dogged North Korea watchers: whether the powerful military and other parts of the nation’s small, privileged ruling elite would go along with the Kim family’s ambitions to extend its dynastic rule to a third generation. New York Times, World
  • On " 30 Rock, " Kim captured Jack Donaghy 's ( Alec Baldwin ) wife, TV journalist Avery Jessup ( Elizabeth Banks ) in North Korea. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Kim supposedly looks like his late grandfather, a similarity the North Korea propaganda machine has played up. Washington Post World
  • It was Kim 's last public appearance before intelligence officials suggested he had fallen gravely ill. MSNBC Top Headlines
  • Kim was one of the last remnants of a Cold War-era that ended years earlier in most other countries. The Guardian
  • South Korea 's military went on high alert against the North 's 1.2 million-strong armed forces following news of Kim 's death, after 17 years in power, of heart failure Saturday at age 69 while carrying out official duties on a train trip. Boston Globe
  • So little is known about the younger Kim, both within his home country and by the outside world, even his age appears to be a state-guarded secret. CTV News Latest
  • And no sooner did Kim Jong-il pass from the earth than his military practiced the belligerence Kim preached: it test-fired a missile. Wired Danger Room


  • dec 21

  • South Korean intelligence experts have questioned the north 's account, which said Kim died on a train on Saturday on one of his field guidance trips. Guardian World
  • Asian markets rose earlier, as positive signs from key Western export markets helped shore up sentiment that was jolted by Kim 's death and fears of a possible power struggle in a country pursuing nuclear weapons. Seattle Times full feed
  • Tens of thousands of mourners packed Pyongyang 's snowy main square Wednesday to pay respects to late leader Kim Jong Il as North Korea tightened security in cities and won loyalty pledges from top generals for Kim 's son and anointed heir. CBS News
  • Kim's third son and heir Kim Jong Un is a vice chairman of that commission. ABC News World
  • The Obama administration, caught off guard by the sudden passing of Kim Jong Il, has adopted a wait-and-see attitude, and they 've made it clear that they do n't expect much to happen in the immediate period of " mourning " in the wake Kim 's death. NPR Opinion
  • His victims, like those of his father before him, are so many, in lives ended and lives stunted, that they become faceless and formless in our minds, like those tens of thousands of dancers in the mass performances Kim liked to stage. NPR Opinion
  • Kim 's third son and heir Kim Jong Un is a vice chairman of that commission. Seattle Times full feed
  • When Kim 's father, North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994, the mourning proved infectious to Kim Yeong-nam, who defected to South Korea in 1998 and now runs an art troupe of fellow defectors. NPR.org
  • Asian markets rose earlier, as positive signs from key Western export markets helped shore up sentiment that was jolted by Kim 's death and fears of a possible power struggle in a country pursuing nuclear weapons. AP World
  • Some of the leaflets had an image of Kim next to pictures of former dictators Hosni Mubarak and Moammar Gadhafi. VOA News