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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il is shown (obviously alive) on North Korean last night, (Korean time), on 17 November 2004, recently inspecting (date unclear) the North Korean Peoples Army "Unit 754".However, as South Korean TV reporters from YTN-TV in the voice-over in this clip note, the traditional Korean-language title of "Great Leader" is absent from the usual script. This is the first time that such an honorific title is missing, when describing Kim Jong-il, in their national press.The video clip starts with the South Korean TV female announcer for 30 seconds who introduces a very short file clip showing...

I am in possession of a new, deeply disturbing video tape taken from North Korean TV late last week (through the services of Fuji Television Network in Japan for their daily evening news program anchored by Ms. Yuko Ando). [Photo of FNN TV Japanese Anchors Below] This video clip shows unmistakeable scenes of child cruelty and abuse engaged in by a North Korean TV production company in the process of filming a rabidly anti-American drama. The drama has been appearing nightly on North Korean TV and Fuji TV in Japan has been regularly following the story and this vibrant escalation...