Associated Press writers Hyung-Jin Kim in Seoul and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.
Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, and Nicole Winfield in Rome contributed to this report.
Back to reality, however I redefine the inch and foot in order to put Kim in the record books, no one is fooled.
Mr. Kim in September 2010 tapped his youngest son to succeed him, though it isn't known whether the son will take control right away.
Associated Press writer Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul contributed to this report.
And the 1994 deal did its part to encourage Mr Kim in his extortionist habit of acting up and then pocketing placatory goodies, time and again.
"This funding will help revitalize economic development, create jobs, and improve the lives of people who have suffered for far too long, " Mr Kim in a statement.
Though North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, agreed to the restoration of the rail link when he met the South's Mr Kim in June, he failed to send any officials to the ceremony.
He wore a dark Mao-like suit for Sunday's event, though the nation's main newspaper last week published a photo of Mr. Kim in a Western suit and tie to commemorate the news that the Ruling Workers' Party had bestowed on him the top-ranking title of First Secretary.
The regime is in disarray as Kim, in power for just 16 months, tries to consolidate his position after destabilizing his own ruling group with purges of senior military officers and other officials last year.
CNN's Patrick Oppmann in Havana, Rich Phillips and Kim Segal in Miami, Elise Labott and Emily Schultze in Washington, and Dave Alsup and Joe Sutton in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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By all accounts, South Korean-U.S. ties are strong in the face of menacing moves by the Kim dynasty in the North.
Her last two trips to the Australian Open have ended in quarterfinal losses to the eventual champion Kim Clijsters in 2011 and Victoria Azarenka last year.
At this year's Italian Masters, she defeated world number one Serena Williams in the semi-finals and was twice a set and a break up against Kim Clijsters in the final before losing in three sets.
In North Korea, the death of Great Leader Kim Il Sung in 1994 elided into the rule of his son, Kim Jong Il--possessor today of the nuclear weapons his father once dreamed of.
"It's not a sexy story, " says analyst Leo Venezuela, senior analyst with ATR-Kim Eng in Manila.
Kim interest in parenting comes from her own experience as a mother of two young children.
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"The missile doesn't seem to be aimed at the U.S. mainland, " Mr. Kim said in parliament.
The younger Mr Kim is in his late twenties and is believed to be jobless.
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Even if Mr Kim is in fact in rude health, the country is changing in other ways.
Like dictators throughout history, Mr. Kim lived in excess and decadence while the people he ruled suffered hardship.
While Dr. Kim works in the operating room, a team outside the room will work the social platforms.
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There is, however, a country that surely has Kim shaking in his shoes.
As South Korea's president, he traveled to Pyongyang in 2000 to meet Kim Jong Il in a historic meeting.
So China needs to tell Mr Kim, in unmistakable terms, that if the test goes ahead, biting sanctions will follow.
Williams will now meet Kim Clijsters in the final, after the Belgian saw off compatriot Justine Henin in three tough sets.
"It is important to understand that the correction centered on the description of a single statistical method, " Kim said in a statement.
Kim reiterated in separate interviews this week that North Koreans want peace.
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