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Google executive chairman Schmidt going to NKorea

By GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Sept. 28, 2012, file photo, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt arrives for a seminar at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Schmidt is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Google chairman Eric Schmidt heading to North Korea

By Jean H. Lee and Youkyung Lee - Associated Press

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KAHLILI: Obama’s engagement with mullahs has only bought them time

By Reza Khalili

Chinese paramilitary policemen build a fence Dec. 8 across from North Korea, seen in the background from the Chinese border town of Tumen. In recent months, North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un has intensified a border crackdown that has sought to seal the once-porous 880-mile frontier with China, smugglers and analysts alike say. (Associated Press)

North Korea cracks down on knowledge smugglers

By Tim Sullivan - Associated Press

APNewsBreak: Google exec chairman to visit NKorea

By JEAN H. LEE - Associated Press

**FILE** Google executive Eric Schmidt is seen Jan. 19, 2011, outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Associated Press)

Google exec chairman to visit N. Korea

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will travel to North Korea as early as this month on a humanitarian trip led by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. (Associated Press)

Google chairman to visit Pyongyang

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press

APNewsBreak: Google exec chairman to visit NKorea

By JEAN H. LEE - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

CHELLANEY: Tensions mounting in East Asia

By Brahma Chellaney

** FILE ** North Korean military officers bow at an image of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during a national meeting of top party and military officials on the eve of the first anniversary of Kim's death in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. The large characters on the vertical banner at left translate as "Hurrah to the Workers' Party of Korea." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

North Korea says it has detained a U.S. citizen

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press

South Korean President-elect Park Geun-Hye has promised more humanitarian aid for North Korea and deeper engagement, but Pyongyang is likely to try to dominate their relations. (Associated Press)

Park faces uncertainty with N. Korea

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

Illustration North Korea's Nuke by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BERMAN: Why North Korea’s missile launch matters

By Ilan Berman

South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters after arriving at party headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)

Dictator’s daughter Park elected South Korea’s first female president

By Foster Klug and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Park Geun-hye waves to supporters after arriving at the party headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday. The new South Korean president will be returning to the presidential palace where her father, Park Chung-hee, ruled for 18 years. (Associated Press)

Park breaks through ‘glass ceiling’ to win presidency of South Korea

By Andrew Salmon and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends Monday’s ceremony at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun. The sprawling, granite mausoleum holds the body of his father, Kim Jong-il. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: U.S. warns China on North Korea

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

HEINRICHS: It’s time to get serious about missile defense

By Rebeccah Heinrichs - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

PRY: North Korea EMP attack could destroy U.S. — now

By Peter Vincent Pry

A North Korean Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

North Korea may see few buyers despite rocket success

By Matthew Pennington and Sam Kim - Associated Press

North Koreans observe a moment of silence as they bow before portraits of the late leaders Kim Il-sung (left) and Kim Jong-il on Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Sirens wailed for three minutes at noon Monday in honor of the first anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

North Korea puts Kim Jong-il on display a year after death

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press

** FILE ** North Korean military officers bow at an image of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during a national meeting of top party and military officials on the eve of the first anniversary of Kim's death in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. The large characters on the vertical banner at left translate as "Hurrah to the Workers' Party of Korea." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Rocket is still the centerpiece as North Koreans mourn former leader Kim Jong-il

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press