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DPRK prints photos of heir apparent Kim Jong Un

DPRK state media published the first official images Thursday of Kim Jong Un, the youngest son of leader Kim Jong Il and heir apparent of the impoverished, nuclear-armed state. Full story

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In 1894, Japan invaded the Korean Peninsula and occupied it from 1910 to 1945. Korea was liberated from Japan's colonial rule after WWII. On Sept. 9, 1948, the founding of the DPRK was proclaimed.

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