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	<title>Leonid Petrov's KOREA VISION</title>
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	<description>Views and opinions on Korea (North and South)</description>
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		<title>How effective is propaganda in NK?</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/how-effective-is-propaganda-in-nk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite all efforts to make robots out of them the North Koreans are still as humane as we are and most of them do not trust the rubbish they receive in the form of official news or propaganda. Normally, they simply accept it but don&#8217;t question its validity.
A source from Yangkang Province told DailyNK in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>호주는 과연 북한을 도울 것인가?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Food crisis in North Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
미국과의 동맹국, UN의 활발한 회원국, 아시아와 포용력있는 있는 관계를 유지하는 국가로써의 호주

2008년 3월 1일, 17일 간의 미국, 유럽, 중국 순방을 떠나기 직전 케빈 러드 연방 수상은 자신의 외교 철학을 천명한 바 있다. 그는 호주 국립대 동 아시아 포럼에 참석 “지금까지 호주는 세계의 다양한 기구에서 너무 오랜 시간 침묵해 왔던 것이 사실”이라며 “그렇기 때문에 세계는 앞으로 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Phone Service Being Established in NK</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/mobile-phone-service-being-established-in-nk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea news]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Phone Service in North Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Yonhap) &#8212; The groundwork for establishment of a mobile phone service is being laid in North Korea, said an official of an Egyptian company preparing to operate the service in the isolated communist country, according to a Washington-based radio station in early May.
Radio Free Asia (RFA) on May 1 quoted Stefano Songini, investor relations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Australia Help North Korea?</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/will-australia-help-north-korea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 06:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[North Korea news]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian aid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2008, before leaving for a 17-day trip to the United States, Europe and China, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared his foreign policy philosophy.
&#8220;The truth is that Australia&#8217;s voice has been too quiet for too long across the various councils of the world,&#8221; he told the Australian National University&#8217;s East Asia Forum. &#8220;That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Al Kibar scandal - Why now?</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-al-kibar-scandal-why-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Kibar scandal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Al Kibar scandal is a clear attempt of the White House (R.Cheney) group to undermine the negotiating efforts of the State Department (C.Rice) group, and to preclude any chance of removing NK from the list of terrorism-supporting states tomorrow - 30th April.
The &#8220;intelligence&#8221; (very unconvincing) was leaked deliberately to the media one week before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>48% see North Korea&#8217;s influence as negative</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/48-see-north-koreas-influence-as-negative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC has been tracking opinions about countries’ influence in the world  over three years (2005 – 2007). During that time most ratings have remained  relatively stable. North Korea is seen as a mainly negative influence in the  world. Out of 27 countries polled, 20 have mostly negative views, while five  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retrospective Screening of North Korean Films in Australia</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/retrospective-screening-of-north-korean-films-in-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Information]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[North Korean Films]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[6-8 May 2008 from 6 to 8 PM,
in Room G051, Melville Hall,
Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Anyone interested in contemporary North Korea is warmly invited to attend a unique series of retrospective film screenings by Dr. Leonid Petrov. Please note that the films shown have no subtitles, but will be preceded by an explanatory synopsis [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">THE DESTINY OF KŬMHŬI AND ŬNHŬI</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">THE DESTINY OF KŬMHŬI AND ŬNHŬI</media:title>
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		<title>DPRK propaganda at London’s most famous bookshop</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/dprk-propaganda-at-london%e2%80%99s-most-famous-bookshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[North Korean posters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Tuesday 29 April – Wednesday 7 May
Private View Tuesday 29 April
Opening times:
Mon – Fri 9.30am – 5.30pm
Sat 9.30am – 9.00pm, Sun 12.00pm – 6.00pm
To coincide with the launch of David Heather’s book on DPRK propaganda art North Korean Posters at the end of this month, Foyles is to be decorated with some examples of DPRK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Torch relay in Pyongyang enhances friendship with China</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/torch-relay-in-pyongyang-enhances-friendship-with-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[National Olympic Committee of the DPRK]]></category>

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PYONGYANG, April 22 (Xinhua) - The torch relay in Pyongyang will enhance friendship between the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and China, the DPRK&#8217;s Olympic chief said Monday. The event will promote the cooperation and exchanges in sports between the two countries, and will show their traditional friendship to the world, said Park Hak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea in Black and White&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://leonidpetrov.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/north-korea-in-black-and-white/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Petrov</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

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Chinese photographer Dong Lin has visited North Korea three times since 2002, each time finding access more difficult and restrictive.
He claims that North Koreans did not allow him to take pictures of people, particularly military people. That&#8217;s true but not only for North Korea. South Koreans too, especially those who live in provinces do not [...]]]></description>
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