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South Korean protesters wearing masks made out of envelopes displaying the flags of the United States, left, North Korea, center, and South Korea, right, participate in a rally to mark Global Day of Action on Military Spending near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 15, 2013. The protesters demanded a peaceful unification of the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

After weeks of NKorean fury, calm on key holiday

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April 15, 2013 4:00 am

North Koreans dance together beneath a mosaic painting of the late leader Kim Il Sung during a mass folk dancing gathering in Pyongyang Thursday, April 11, 2013, to mark the anniversary of the first of many titles of power given to leader Kim Jong Un after the death of his father Kim Jong Il. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Korea hints it will soon launch a missile

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April 11, 2013 4:00 am

South Korean vehicles, returnning from the North Korean city of Kaesong, arrive at the customs, immigration and quarantine office near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. North Korean workers didn't show up for work at the Kaesong industrial complex, a jointly run factory with South Korea on Tuesday, a day after Pyongyang suspended operations at the last remaining major economic link between rivals locked in an increasingly hostile relationship. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

No sense of panic in NKorean capital

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April 9, 2013 4:00 am

University students punch the air as they march through Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of North Koreans turned out for the mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their leader Kim Jong Un's call to arms. Placards read:

Analysis: NKorea threat may be more bark than bite

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April 3, 2013 4:00 am

In this photo posted on Instagram, a man walks in Pyongyang, North Korea, under a new roadside banner referring to North Korea's controversial Feb. 12 nuclear test Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Tweeting and uploading to Instagram is pretty ordinary stuff in the world of social media, but revolutionary for North Korea. (AP Photo/Jean H. Lee)

Tweets, pics give real-time peek into North Korea

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February 27, 2013 5:00 am

NKorea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners

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NKorea to allow mobile Internet for foreigners

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February 22, 2013 4:38 am

Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt stands on a balcony at the Grand Peoples Study House overlooking Juche Tower in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Schmidt and former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson are currently in North Korea. Richardson said Wednesday that his delegation is pressing North Korea to put a moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests and to allow more cell phones and an open Internet for its citizens. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Tech delegation pressing NKorea Internet openness

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January 9, 2013 5:00 am

Google executive chairman arrives in North Korea

Google executive chairman arrives in North Korea

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January 8, 2013 5:00 am

North Koreans bow in front of the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at Mansu Hill as it snows in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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NKorea says it has detained a US citizen

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December 22, 2012 4:09 am

A North Korean traffic coordinator stands on a roadside near portraits of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il during a foggy morning on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. North Korea marked the first death anniversary of the former leader Kim Jong Il on Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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N. Korea displays Kim Jong Il a year after death

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December 18, 2012 3:33 am

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