Lee is the AP's bureau chief for North Korea and South Korea, and has made more than 20 trips to North Korea since 2008.

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Late last year the National Bureau of Statistics asked rural hukou holders in the north-eastern province of Jilin whether they wanted to switch to urban status.

ECONOMIST: Urbanisation

Mr Salmond, who is the MSP for Gordon and the MP for Banff and Buchan - both north east Scotland constituencies - said there would now be a full investigation by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau.

BBC: Salmond: Crash 'massive tragedy'

Flash floods left as much as five inches of rain in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, on Monday night, said Darin Figurskey, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Raleigh bureau.

CNN: Past 12 months warmest ever recorded in United States