Seoul press doubtful over N.Korea dialogue offer

West Australian - Saturday 25th May, 2013

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's press on Saturday expressed scepticism over an apparent offer by North Korea that it was willing to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks.North Korean special envoy Choe Ryong-Hae met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and reportedly handed him a letter from leader Kim Jong-Un in a sign Pyongyang may be backing away from confrontation with the ...

Chinas blunt message to North Korea

General Sources - Saturday 25th May, 2013

North Korea launched several short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast May 18, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as ...

North Korean envoy to China pledges renewed commitment to nuclear disarmament talks

General Sources - Saturday 25th May, 2013

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing Friday, May 24, 2013. The top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for ...

Does North Korea Have a Missile-Deliverable Nuclear Weapon

General Sources - Saturday 25th May, 2013

According to a recent unclassified Defense Intelligence Agency report, "DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles." The day the DIA report came out, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel stated that neither Iran nor North Korea is capable of attacking the U.S. with nuclear weapons. Despite the Obama ...

Interactive Meet North Koreas first family

MSNBC - Saturday 25th May, 2013

The North Korean dictatorship established by Kim Il Sung after World War II was taken over by his son Kim Jong Il in the 1990s. Now Kim Jong Il’s health is failing and a transfer of power appears imminent. Click here to learn about his heir-apparent, Kim Jung Un, and other members of the Kim family, who hold powerful positions throughout the North Korean ...

North Korea Puts Bright Face on China Visit Despite Tensions

International Herald Tribune - Saturday 25th May, 2013

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Chinese FM talks with U.S. South Korean counterparts on Korean Peninsula tensions

People's Daily - Saturday 25th May, 2013

BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has held separate talks by phone with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts Hillary Clinton and Kim Sung-hwan on tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Speaking to Clinton Friday and Kim Saturday, Yang said the Chinese side noted the concern of various parties about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) ...

S Korean Catholic group delivers flour to DPRK

People's Daily - Saturday 25th May, 2013

South Korea's Catholic aid agency delivered 100 tons of flour to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Thursday, soon after the government granted approval for civilian food aid to the impoverished neighbor.Caritas Korea sent 100 tons of flour to the border city of Kaesong, which will then be delivered to nurseries and hospitals in Kangnam-gun County in North Hwanghae ...

Report China urges N. Korea to enter nuclear talks

CNN Asia - Saturday 25th May, 2013

North Korea launched several short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast May 18, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as ...

Japanese officials secretly visit North Korea

wsws.org - Saturday 25th May, 2013

In a move that apparently surprised its allies--the US and South Korea--Japan recently sent a secret delegation to North Korea. Leading the visit, Isao Iijima, an advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, landed in Pyongyang on May 14, departing three days later. During his visit, he met with senior leaders of the North Korean regime including Kim Yong-nam, the president of the Presidium of the ...

North Korean envoy delivers letter to Chinas president

General Sources - Friday 24th May, 2013

BEIJING : A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering ...

North Korea sends China a letter

New Zealand Herald - Friday 24th May, 2013

A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions. North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae's three-day visit was seen as a fence-mending mission after Pyongyang ...

Russia welcomes DPRK willingness to resume talks

Global Times - Friday 24th May, 2013

Moscow welcomed Pyongyang's willingness to return to the negotiating table over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, a senior Russian diplomat said Friday."Pyongyang deserves a positive mark for its readiness to return to the negotiating table following weeks of nuclear threats, orders to prepare for missiles strikes and other belligerent rhetoric," Interfax news agency ...

Xi gets letter from N. Koreas s top leader

Asia News Network - Friday 24th May, 2013

A special envoy from Kim Jong-un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, delivered a handwritten letter from Kim to President Xi Jinping on Friday. The envoy said that peace on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia is not guaranteed due to the complex situation, but his country is willing to "take positive actions" to solve problems through dialogue. ...

Seoul Washington wary of N. Korea talks offer

Asia News Network - Friday 24th May, 2013

The South Korean and US government remained cautious over reports that a high-ranking North Korea envoy to China expressed willingness to talk with the US and other nations, saying they need more details on the purported overture. On a trip to Beijing, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's special envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, was quoted as saying his country is willing to take ...

North Korean letter to China signals rapprochement

Tribune Review - Friday 24th May, 2013

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing Friday, May 24, 2013. The top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for ...

US Christian Kenneth Bae Begins 15-Year Sentence in Special Prison in North Korea

Christian Post - Friday 24th May, 2013

May 24, 2013 7:02 pm As American citizen Kenneth Bae begins serving 15 years of hard labor at a "special prison" in North Korea for alleged hostile acts against the state, two videos related to the tour guide and Christian missionary have emerged that may shed light on Bae's evangelism activities in the oppressive communist ...

North Korea Nucleur disarmament talks issue raised

General Sources - Friday 24th May, 2013

A NORTH Korean envoy visiting China said yesterday that North Korea is prepared to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks – an apparent victory in China’s effort to lower tensions in the Korean ...

North Korea may open to day-tripping tourists

Middle East Times - Friday 24th May, 2013

Tourism companies say they are preparing for North Korea to allow visitors to cross from Dandong City, China, to Sinuiju, North Korea's largest border town. The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph said if reports by Chinese news agencies are true that the Pyongyang government will permit expanded tourism, the resort community almost impossible for Western tourists to reach will be ...

N. Korea blames S. Korean TV show of NK defectors

The Dong-a Ilbo - Friday 24th May, 2013

N. Korea blames S. Korean TV show of NK defectors . MAY 20, 2013 05:55. ...

North Korea wants to restart talks

General Sources - Friday 24th May, 2013

A North Korean soldier watches from his quarters at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone on April 23, 2013. (Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP/Getty ...

Shes a maniac N Korea says of Park

News.com.au - Friday 24th May, 2013

NORTH Korea accused South Korean President Park Geun-Hye of hurting the dignity of its leadership and slammed her as "a confrontation ...