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North Korea erases Jang Song-thaek from web archives
16 Dec 2013: Thousands of references to Kim Jong-un's uncle removed from online media reports since last week's execution
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15 Dec 2013:
Secretary of state pointed to the urgency of addressing the North Korean nuclear state amid the internal instability of regime
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15 Dec 2013: Kim Kyong-hui is named as member of prestigious committee after Jang Song-thaek was denounced as traitor and executed
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Picture, 14 Dec 2013:
The Japanese occupation of Korea ended after the Second World War. American troops then occupied the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and the Soviets secured the north. Tensions intensified between the two sides which led to an invasion by the north and the start of the Korean War in 1950
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13 Dec 2013: Under Kim Jong-un, North Korea routinely uses torture, incarceration and capital punishment to stifle dissent
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13 Dec 2013: Jasper Becker: A massive purge may now be under way, with anyone connected to Jang Song-thaek in peril. Hopes of an end to the North Korea crisis have been dealt a serious blow
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13 Dec 2013: Experts know far more than they did about daily life in North Korea, but very little about the country's elite politics
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13 Dec 2013:
North Korea's state media outlet the Korea Central News Agency has explained the execution of Kim Jong-un's uncle
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13 Dec 2013: Jang Song-thaek, previously one of the country's most powerful men, accused of plotting to overthrow state
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13 Dec 2013:
Announcement follows accusations of corruption, drug use, gambling, womanising and leading 'dissolute and depraved life'
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Interactive, 11 Dec 2013:
The pussyfooting is over. Uruguay has become the first country in the world to re-legalise cannabis. You'll have to be a Uruguayan citizen, over 18 and registered, and not grow, sell or buy more than your allotted monthly quota, but – from next spring – grow it and buy it you can. Uruguay joins the list of places with a unique relationship to the cannabis plant.
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10 Dec 2013:
Editorial: China's interests represent the ultimate constraint on North Korea … Perhaps Jang pointed out the need to consider them once too often
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