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Kim Kye-gwan (left), North Korea's first vice foreign minister, is greeted by Ri Yong-ho, a vice minister in the North's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at Pyongyang's airport on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. Mr. Ri, who is in charge of the North's nuclear negotiations, is heading to the United States next week on the heels of a breakthrough nuclear agreement with the U.S. (AP Photo)
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South Koreans gather in an underground shelter on Baengnyeong Island as the country's military began live-fire drills from front-line islands near its disputed sea border with North Korea on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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South Korean sailors in a speed boat patrol near the country's Yeonpyong Island after finishing military exercises near the disputed sea border with North Korea on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Bae Jung-hyun)
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North Korean soldiers goose-step below a portrait of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during a military parade at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, to commemorate Kim's 70th birthday on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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New North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, after reviewing a parade of thousands of soldiers to commemorate the 70th birthday of his late father, Kim Jong-il, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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A new bronze statue depicting the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (right) and his father, Kim Il-sung, stands on the grounds of the Mansudae Art Studio after it was unveiled in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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Flanked by military officers, Mr. Kim watches an air drill at an undisclosed air base in North Korea. Military photo-ops like this seek to show citizens that their new leader is firmly in command of the country's most important institution, its 1.2 million-strong military.
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In this undated photo, North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, greets students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. Compared with his father, who preceded him as president, Mr. Kim is less aloof and more outgoing. (Associated Press)
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Col. Ri Son-kwon (left) of the Policy Department of North Korea’s National Defense Commission, accompanied by an unidentified official, gives an interview to the Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center) waves during his visit to the Korean People's Army (KPA) Air Force Unit 354 at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this undated photo. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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Yang Hyong-sop, vice president of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, meets with a delegation from the Associated Press at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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In this undated photo released Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un, right, inspects the Pyongyang Folk Park under construction in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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** FILE ** In this undated file image made from KRT video, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un rides a horse at an undisclosed place in North Korea, aired Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN, File)
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Kim Jong-un, North Korea's new young leader, rides a horse at an undisclosed place in North Korea in this undated image made from KRT video that aired on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)
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Kim Jong-un, North Korea's new young leader, gets out of a military vehicle at an undisclosed place in North Korea in this image from an undated TV video aired on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN)
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In this Jan. 6, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean farmers hold a rally in support for the country's Worker's Party policies in Nampo, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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Thousands of North Koreans gather in Pyongyang, North Korea, at Kim Il Sung Square to hold a mass rally in support for their country's policies and new leader Kim Jong Un on Jan. 3, 2012. The banner carried reads, "Let's uphold thoroughly Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il's legacy." (Associated Press)
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TIES THAT BIND: North Korea's "supreme leader," Kim Jong-un, speaks with a soldier on New Year's Day during his inspection of a tank division to congratulate members of the Korean People's Army. (Korean Central News Agency via Associated Press)
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"People will be analyzing public appearances, rosters, who was standing next to whom, who was suddenly absent, who suddenly disappears," says Andrei Lankov, a North Korea specialist at Seoul's Kookmin University of the world's interest in the North's new leader, Kim Jong-un, seen inspecting the New Year's Day spread at a military post. (Korean Central News Agency via Associated Press)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Thursday, Dec. 29, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, center, with officials, pays respects to late leader Kim Jong Il, during the funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
