Topic: China
Top North and South Korean envoys will meet in Beijing on Wednesday for a second round of talks aimed at restarting stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations, Seoul's foreign ministry said.The ministry gave no further details Monday of the meeting between the South's ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged regional powers on Monday to revive moribund nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, with its foreign minister Yang Jiechi defending Beijing as an honest broker seeking to defuse confrontation with Pyongyang.Yang made the call at a forum ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Bitter rivals South and North Korea could come together later this year to stage combined orchestral performances in the two capitals, a renowned conductor said on Friday, amid signs of improving relations on the divided peninsula.On the diplomatic front, ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - North Korea may have used a "clandestine supply network" to acquire technology and information needed for an uranium enrichment facility the reclusive Asian state revealed late last year, the U.N. nuclear agency said in a report.In November 2010, North ...
Japan voiced concern Tuesday over China's growing assertiveness and widening naval reach in nearby waters and the Pacific and over what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.In its annual defence report, Tokyo also pointed to threats from North Korea's series ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will end a lengthy trip to Asia by meeting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo in Shenzhen, China on July 25, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.The department offered little detail on the substance ...
South Korea and China will this week discuss ways to persuade North Korea to return to dialogue, the South's nuclear envoy said Wednesday, after Pyongyang publicly burnt its bridges with Seoul.Wi Sung-Lac said he would meet his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei on ...
North Korea confirmed that leader Kim Jong-Il ended a secretive visit to close ally China Thursday, but its report of his talks with President Hu Jintao struck a different note to Beijing's account.The official KCNA news agency said Kim met Hu Wednesday ...
China's Premier Wen Jiabao confirmed on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is visiting China to study its dramatic economic development, South Korean officials said.Wen expressed hope that Kim would use the knowledge to revive his own country's faltering economy, they ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter said on Monday he hopes to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son and presumed heir during a visit this week that will concentrate on Pyongyang's nuclear program and foodaid needs.The Nobel Peace ...
