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N Korea energy crisis could threaten regime

By Christian Oliver in Seoul

Published: March 15 2009 23:59 | Last updated: March 15 2009 23:59

North Korea’s electrical power grid is dying, according to international experts and foreign diplomats.

They say power failures will soon threaten the communist state’s stability as severely as famines and fears about the health of Kim Jong-il, its dictator.

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