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North Korea's leader says his rocket forces are ready "to settle accounts with the U.S."

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Former professional basketball star Dennis Rodman says he plans to return to North Korea to vacation with Kim Jong Un.

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Sometimes—like when they call themselves "space conquerors" after launching a satellite that broke almost immediately and tumbled out of orbit—it can be hard to take North Korea seriously. Other times—like when they threaten another test of their nuclear program at a highly delicate time for their neighbors, politically—it seems wiser to keep a close eye on them.

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North Korea found itself front and center in the international community when it launched a long-range missile Friday morning, local time.

Despite the country’s reported efforts, officials in the US claim the launch failed because the rocket broke before leaving the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Images of Kim Jung Il's body are being shown on state television in North Korea. The nation appears to be grieving late into the night after the passing of their leader. Do you believe this mourning to be genuine or national propaganda created by the North Korean government?

On Monday, thousands of people marched through the streets of North Korea’s capital and wept openly at the death of leader Kim Jong-il, who died on Saturday at 69 from a heart attack.

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North Korean state TV has reported that its leader, Kim Jong Il, has died at the age of 69.

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Among other things, North Korea is a strange place when it comes to sports.  Its leader, Kim Jong Il, once claimed he shot the best round of golf in recorded history, and after North Korea men’s soccer team had an unsuccessful run in the 2010 World Cup they were forced to stand on a stage where they were berated by 400 government officials.

Perhaps it is in this context that we can best understand North Korean soccer coach’s Kwang Min Kim’s bizarre excuse as to why his team lost to the United States 2-0 in the Women’s World Cup Tuesday.

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South Korea implements its largest land firing exercise that is doing its job quite well, making North Korea uneasy. The exercise is in response to a shelling of a South Korean island; the shells were the first to kill S. Korean civilians since t