Key dates in the life of North Korea's Kim Jong Il (AP)

Key dates in the history of North Korea and its late leader Kim Jong Il:

? April 15, 1912: North Korean founder Kim Il Sung is born in Pyongyang.

? Feb. 16, 1942: Kim Jong Il is born in a guerrilla fighters' camp on Mount Paektu, the highest peak on the Korean peninsula, according to official North Korean history. Some sources say he was born in a Siberian village, and that the year of his birth was 1941.

? Sept. 9, 1948: Kim Il Sung establishes the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the northern half of the Korean peninsula.

? June 25, 1950: North Korea invades South Korea.

? July 27, 1953: The Korean War ends in a truce, not a peace treaty.

? September 1973: Kim Jong Il assumes the Workers Party's No. 2 post ? the secretary for the party's organization, guidance and propaganda affairs.

? February 1974: Kim Jong Il is elected to the Political Bureau of the Workers Party's Central Committee and formally becomes North Korea's future leader.

? Oct. 10, 1980: Kim Jong Il's status as the country's future leader is made public at the Workers' Party congress, where he takes up other top positions.

? Jan. 8, 1983: Kim Jong Il's third and youngest son Jong Un is believed to have been born.

? Dec. 24, 1991: Kim Jong Il is named Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.

? April 1993: Kim Jong Il is named Chairman of the National Defense Commission.

? July 8, 1994: Kim Il Sung dies of a heart attack and Kim Jong Il inherits power.

? Oct. 8, 1997: Kim Jong Il is named General Secretary of the Workers' Party.

? August 2008: Kim Jong Il reportedly suffers a stroke.

? July 21, 2010: The U.S. imposes new sanctions on North Korea in a bid to stem Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

? Sept. 28, 2010: Kim Jong Un is promoted to four-star general and given leadership roles in the ruling Workers' Party ? moves seen as confirmation that he is likely to be the country's next leader. The announcement is North Korean state media's first mention of Kim Jong Un.

? Oct. 10, 2010: Kim Jong Un debuts to public at what is believed to be the largest military parade the communist state has ever staged. The celebration in Pyongyang marks the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party but also serves as a coming-out party for the younger Kim.

? Oct. 11, 2010: Kim Jong Nam, the casino-loving eldest son of Kim Jong Il, says he opposes a hereditary transfer of power to his youngest half-brother. Analysts say Kim Jong Nam spends so much time outside his native land that his opinion carries little weight. He spoke to Japan's TV Asahi in an interview from Beijing.

? Jan. 28, 2011: Kim Jong Nam says his father opposed continuing the family dynasty into a third generation but named his youngest son as heir to keep the country stable, according to TV Asahi.

? Feb. 16, 2011: Kim Jong Il celebrates his 69th birthday.

? April 15, 2011: North Koreans honor the country's founder, Kim Il Sung, on the 99th anniversary of his birth. It is the nation's most important holiday and known as "The Day of the Sun."

? Dec. 19, 2011: State media announce that Kim Jong Il died Dec. 17.

? Dec. 28, 2011: Tens of thousands wail and stamp their feet in grief as a hearse carries Kim Jong Il's body through Pyongyang streets.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111228/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_kim_jong_il_timeline

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Sony, Samsung wind up LCD joint venture

Japanese electronics giant Sony has agreed to sell its stake in a joint liquid crystal display panel venture in South Korea to its partner, Samsung Electronics, the two companies said on Monday.

Samsung will acquire all of Sony's stake in S-LCD Corp, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of the Korean company, they said in a statement.

The Asian electronics giants have worked together since the 1990s in the semiconductor and LCD fields.

They established S-LCD in South Korea in 2004 to jointly produce LCD panels mainly used for televisions. Samsung had a stake of 50 per cent plus one share, with Sony holding the remainder.

For its share transfer, which will close by the end of January, Sony will receive 1.08 trillion won ($A930 million), the statement said.

Sony is increasingly relying on other manufacturers for the key TV component as LCD panel prices continue to slide due to a supply glut.

The two companies have also agreed to enter into a new strategic agreement for the supply and purchase of LCD panels.

The new deal will help Sony secure a "flexible and steady supply" of LCD panels, based on market prices and without the cost of operating a manufacturing facility, the statement said.

Samsung expects "heightened flexibility, speed and efficiency in both panel production and business operations", it said.

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22 feared dead in India Christmas boat capsize

Up to 22 Christmas vacationers in India were feared dead after a boat capsized on a lake near the southern city of Chennai Sunday afternoon, government officials said.

The accident happened in Pulicat, a tourist spot about 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of Chennai, when a family of 25 went on a boat ride, Ashish Chatterjee, the top government official in Tiruvallur district of the southern Tamil Nadu state, told Reuters.

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"Three survived and eight bodies have been recovered so far," Chatterjee said, adding search was on to find more bodies.

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Oak Harbor mayor-elect donating kidney to Canadian stranger

OAK HARBOR, Wash. -- It's not the kind-of secret one would expect from a candidate. Scott Dudley waited until after he was elected mayor of Oak Harbor to admit he was donating his kidney to a stranger.

"We were not doing this for votes or any political reason," Dudley said.

His reasons were much more personal: his family has a history of polycystic kidney disease. It claimed his grandmother's life when Dudley was an infant. His aunt Myrna also died, despite receiving a kidney from another relative. His uncle also had the disease and lived a longer life thanks to a donated kidney.

"I've seen it firsthand," Dudley said. "I've seen the impact it has had on others' lives."

While attending a Rotary meeting in Canada, he heard from Keesha Rosario, whose 37-year-old husband Philip was battling the same disease and needed of a kidney.

"I took her aside after the meeting and said, 'OK, how do we make this happen?'" Dudley said.

Dudley has made trips to Vancouver for tests to make sure he is a good match. He has yet to meet Philip Rosario, but the two recently exchanged messages online.

"He thinks I'm a hero," Dudley said. "In this case I'm just in the right place at the right time."

If all goes as planned, the transplant will take place in Vancouver next June. Dudley will miss a few weeks at his new job but plans to do as much work as possible on his laptop and phone.

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