News on Pyongyang

Kim Jong-il: reclusive leader in a hermit

2011-12-18T21:30:22Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, revered at home by a propaganda machine that turned him into a demi-god and vilified in the West as a temperamental tyrant with a nuclear arsenal, has died, North Korean state television reported Monday.

Kim, who was 69 years old, died early Satur...

N. Korea says progress made on uranium production

2011-11-30T04:30:38Z

North Korea said Wednesday it is making rapid progress in enriching uranium and building a new reactor -- projects which experts say could give it a second way to make nuclear weapons.

"The construction of experimental LWR (light-water reactor) and the low-enriched uranium for the provision of raw materials are progressing apace," a foreign ministry spokesman told the official news agency.

The spokesman rejected demands by...

North Korea says work on uranium enrichment moves briskly

2011-11-29T20:00:10Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it was moving briskly ahead with the construction of an experimental light-water reactor and uranium enrichment, and that it was willing to prove the peaceful nature of its program through the U...

US restates N.Korea nuclear demands

2011-11-22T05:30:34Z

The United States will consider holding further talks with North Korea but Pyongyang must halt its uranium enrichment programme before full disarmament negotiations resume, a senior US official said Tuesday.

"They have not yet made all of the commitments they need to, including on ending their uranium enrichment programme,...

North Korea says new reactor to start soon

2011-11-10T18:30:47Z

North Korea will soon start operating a new home-built nuclear reactor, its official news agency said Thursday in a commentary one year after Pyongyang publicly disclosed the plant.

"The day is near at hand when a light-water reactor entirely based on domestic resources and technology will come into operation in the DPRK (North Korea)," the agency said.

It made the remark i...

U.S. upbeat after North Korea talks, but no breakthrough

2011-10-25T14:30:25Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States ended two days of meetings with North Korea on Tuesday sounding upbeat about an eventual return to wider talks on ending Pyongyang's atomic programs but saying there was no im...

U.S. upbeat after North Korea nuclear talks

2011-10-25T09:30:45Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is optimistic about an eventual return to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, the chief U.S. negotiator said on Tuesday after two days of meetings with North Korean negotiators.

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il told Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang that a moribund 2005 deal should be the basis for fresh talks abo...

U.S. says N. Korea talks positive, issues remain

2011-10-24T14:30:35Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and North Korea have narrowed differences in a second set of talks since wider negotiations on nuclear disarmament collapsed in 2009, but issues remain, the top U.S. negotiator said on Monday.

United States and North Korea will meet in Geneva on Monday for their second round of direct talks aimed at reviving long-stalled nuclear disarmament negotiations.

While analysts expect no breakthrough during the two-day meeting, they see engagement between the two parties as a positive step as we...

Optimism in check as U.S., North Korea set to talk

2011-10-22T22:30:04Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two days of U.S.-North Korea talks opening on Monday in Geneva are aimed more at managing tensions on the tense Korean peninsula than resuming regional talks on ending the North's nuclear programs.

U.S. officials and analysts w...

US, N. Korea 'may hold' nuclear talks this month

2011-10-02T04:30:27Z

The United States and North Korea are likely to hold a second round of talks this month to try to revive international nuclear disarmament negotiations, a South Korean report said Sunday.

The meeting may come after a summit between US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart

Ex-envoy casts doubt on N. Korea nuke disarmament

2011-09-28T04:30:34Z

A former diplomat in Pyongyang cast doubt Wednesday on North Korea's willingness to denuclearise, saying its officials believe Libya's regime would have survived had it kept its nuclear weapons.

Diplomatic efforts are under way to revive six-nation talks on the North's nuclear disarmament. 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 b...

Seoul must change to "trustpolitik" with North, says Park

2011-08-22T23:30:05Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - The frontrunner to be South Korea's next president says Seoul must be more accommodative toward the North, proposing what she calls a policy of "trustpolitik" that marks a move away from the administration's current hardline stance.

Park Geun-hye, daughter of the founder of moder...

North Korea agrees to U.S. talks on recovering GI remains

2011-08-19T02:00:13Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it had agreed to talks with the United States on repatriating remains of American service members killed in the 1950-53 Korean War amid a diplomatic push to ease tensions on the peninsula....

N. Korea minister says satisfied with US talks: report

2011-08-02T19:30:27Z

The North Korean minister who travelled to New York for talks last week said he was satisfied with the outcome and called for more discussions on resuming a stalled nuclear forum, a report said Wednesday.

First vice foreign minister Kim Kye-Gwan held talks in New York with US officials led by the US special en...

N. Korea wants early six-party nuclear talks

2011-08-01T04:30:09Z

North Korea said Monday it wanted an early resumption of six-party nuclear negotiations following "constructive" talks with the United States last week.

The North "remains unchanged in its stand to resume the six-party talks without preconditions at an early date" and comprehensively implement a September 2005 denuclearisation deal, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

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Analysis: U.S and South Korea stand firm against Pyongyang

2011-07-25T01:30:20Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - A rare visit by one of North Korea's top diplomats to the United States this week has renewed hopes for stalled nuclear talks, but Seoul and Washington's terms have not changed:

US 'encouraged' by Korea nuclear talks

2011-07-23T08:30:14Z

The United States said Saturday it was "encouraged" by surprise talks between North and South Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear programme, but remained cool on resuming disarmament talks.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told regional foreign mini...

North and South Korea nuclear envoys meet at Asian meeting

2011-07-22T00:30:10Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - The top nuclear envoys of South and North Korea met Friday on the sidelines of an Asian meeting in Bali, Yonhap news agency said, in the fi...

U.S., South Korea to keep pressure on Pyongyang

2011-06-24T14:00:17Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea on Friday signaled they would not ease pressure on North Korea's government, saying Pyongyang

S. Korea, China to press N. Korea on talks: envoy

2011-06-08T04:30:37Z

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.

North Korea said on Wednesday it had rejected a South Korean proposal to hold a series of three summits to ease tensions on the peninsula.

The North's powerful National Defence Commission (NDC) said the South, at a secret meeting in May, had proposed the meetings to start late this month at the border truce village of Panmunjom.

It said

US envoy to discuss N. Korea in Seoul: diplomats

2011-05-13T11:30:24Z

The US special envoy on North Korea Stephen Bosworth will visit South Korea next week to coordinate policy towards nuclear-armed Pyongyang, diplomatic sources said Friday.

Bosworth will arrive Monday and meet Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan, the South'...

Pro-Pyongyang paper urges inter-Korean dialogue

2011-05-11T04:30:26Z

A pro-Pyongyang newspaper pressed Seoul Wednesday to accept an offer from North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to hold a summit with South Korea's leader.

Ex-US president Jimmy Carter, who visited the communist state late ...

Carter says N. Korea seeks better US ties

2011-04-27T11:30:34Z

Former US president Jimmy Carter met North Korea's de facto head of state during his peace mission to Pyongyang on Wednesday and said in a blog posting that the North seeks better ties with Washington.

Carter and three other retired world leaders from a group called The Elders say their three-day visit aims to reduce tension...

North Korea visit to focus on food crisis: Carter

2011-04-25T10:30:44Z

A group of former statesmen led by ex-US president Jimmy Carter said Monday they will focus on food shortages, human rights and denuclearisation when they visit North Korea this week.

A delegation of "The Elders" group of retired state leaders will visit Pyongyang on Tuesday in a bid to ease tensions over North...

Carter says hopes to meet North Korea leader and son

2011-04-24T23:00:23Z

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 China's chief envoy to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament will visit South Korea next week for talks, the foreign ministry said.

Wu Dawei will meet his counterpart Wi Sung-Lac on Tuesday and...

S. Korea to allow Carter flight from North: report

2011-04-21T04:30:57Z

South Korea is expected to give former US President Jimmy Carter rare approval to fly directly to Seoul after visiting the North Korean capital Pyongyang next week, a report said Thursday.

"President Carter has informed us that he wants to fly directly to Seoul" from Pyongyang by pri...

N. Korea celebrates founder as S. Koreans protest

2011-04-15T05:30:32Z

North Korea Friday celebrated the birth anniversary of its founding father as South Korean activists launched cross-border leaflets calling for the overthrow of the regime led by his son.

The showpiece capital Pyongyang is in a festive mood, the communist state's official news agency reported on the eve of the "Day of the Sun" -- the 99th anniversary of the birth of ...

Former US president seeks N. Korea trip: official

2011-03-24T11:30:29Z

Former US President Jimmy Carter intends to visit North Korea in an apparent bid to help ease acute cross-border tensions, South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday.

Seoul is "paying attention to Carter's plan to visit North Korea," foreign ministry spokesman

S.Korea rejects North's offer to discuss uranium at talks

2011-03-17T00:30:04Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister on Thursday rejected North Korea's offer to discuss its uranium enrichment programme at a new round of six-party talks, saying it fell far short of what was needed to restart the stalled p...

N. Korea ready to discuss uranium programme

2011-03-15T03:30:55Z

North Korea has told a Russian envoy that it is willing to discuss its uranium enrichment programme and a suspension of nuclear tests if six-party disarmament talks resume, state media said Tuesday.

"(North Korea) expressed its stand that it can go out to the six-party talks without any precondition," Pyongyang's foreign ministry said in a statement published by the ...

North Korea says willing to discuss uranium enrichment

2011-03-14T21:30:06Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it was willing to discuss its uranium enrichment program at nuclear disarmament talks, clearing one of the hurdles for the resumption of long-stalled international dialogue.

Pyongyang walke...

N. Korea sought military talks with US: report

2011-02-21T05:30:22Z

North Korea last month offered to hold high-level military talks with the United States to discuss tensions on the Korean peninsula and nuclear disarmament, a report said Monday.

The North proposed the talks in a letter from its defence minister Kim ...

N. Korea 'appears to prepare for nuclear test'

2011-02-20T07:30:10Z

North Korea has started digging tunnels at its nuclear test site in apparent preparation for a third atomic detonation, a report said on Sunday.

The North started building at least two new tunnels at its Punggye-ri facility in northeastern North Hamgyong province for a possible underground atomic test,

N. Korea appears to prepare nuclear test: report

2011-02-19T20:30:21Z

North Korea has started digging tunnels at its nuclear test site in apparent preparation for a third atomic detonation, a report said Sunday.

The North started building at least two new tunnels at the Musudan-ri Launch Facility at Punggye-ri for a possible underground atomic test, Yonhap news age...

North Korea nears completion of second missile site: reports

2011-02-16T17:30:11Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appears close to finishing a second launch site for long-range missiles, media reports said on Thursday, underscoring U.S. concerns that Pyongyang's ballistic missile programme is fast becoming a di...

S.Korea, US to intensify anti-WMD drill: report

2011-02-04T06:32:15Z

South Korea and the United States are to expand a joint military drill aimed at finding and destroying North Korean weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a news report said Friday.

The training, which simulates the detection and disposal of the North's chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, was first conducted in 2009.

The exercise will take place duri...

N. Korea makes fresh call for talks with S. Korea

2011-01-28T06:30:19Z

North Korea called again Friday for dialogue with South Korea to lessen what it described as the danger of war, as a Russian envoy indicated progress in efforts to restart separate nuclear negotiations.

The North proposed talks between legislators from North and South "to settle the grave situation prevailing" between the two nations.

The two sides have already agreed i...

S. Korea wants UN debate on N. Korea nuclear project

2011-01-25T14:30:33Z

South Korea made a fresh call Tuesday for the United Nations Security Council to debate North Korea's uranium enrichment programme, which according to experts could produce more nuclear weapons.

The issue of UN referral "wil...

South Korea to soon propose nuclear talks with North

2011-01-24T05:30:30Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will soon propose holding talks with the North that could pave the way for a resumption of six-party negotiations aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions in return for aid, an official said on Monday.

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S. Korea agrees to military talks with North

2011-01-20T18:30:27Z

South Korea on Thursday accepted North Korea's offer of high-level military talks to ease months of tension, but said Pyongyang must admit responsibility for two deadly border attacks.

The offer came in a message from defence minister Kim Yong-Chun to his c...

South Korea agrees to North military talks

2011-01-20T05:30:51Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea agreed on Thursday to hold high-level military talks with rival North Korea, marking a major breakthrough in a crisis on the Korean peninsula...

Tokyo, Seoul urge actions not words from N. Korea

2011-01-15T14:30:14Z

Japan and South Korea said Saturday that Pyongyang should take concrete steps to show its commitment to scrapping its nuclear arsenal before six-party disarmament talks can resume.

At a meeting in Seoul, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Saturday that North Korea's new enriched uranium program should be dealt with by the United Nations Security Council, his spokeswoman said.

"The issue of North Korea's uranium enrichment program should be referred to the United Nations Se...

U.S. again urges North Korea to meet its obligations

2011-01-13T23:00:15Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday held out the possibility of a resumption of six-party talks if North Korea ceases provocations and meets international obligations, but said there was no sign of it changi...

N. Korea's uranium for making bombs: South

2011-01-12T19:30:37Z

North Korea's new uranium enrichment programme is designed to make nuclear weapons, South Korea's foreign minister has said, rebutting Pyongyang's claims that it is for peaceful use.

"I think it is part of an attempt to produce nuclear bombs on top of plutonium-based ones," Kim Sung-Hwan said in an interview with ...

N. Korea reopens border hotline with S. Korea

2011-01-12T05:30:41Z

North Korea Wednesday reopened a cross-border Red Cross hotline despite South Korea's rejection of its latest call for dialogue after months of tensions.

Liaison officials of the two countries made their first contact ...

S. Korea rejects N. Korea's call for talks

2011-01-10T11:30:39Z

North Korea Monday officially proposed dialogue with South Korea, less than two months after launching a deadly bombardment of a border island, but a sceptical Seoul quickly rejected the offer.

The South said it was willing to hold government-level talks, but only if the North admits responsibility for a series of provocations and con...

US envoy discusses North Korea in Seoul

2011-01-05T03:30:14Z

A US envoy on Wednesday held talks with Seoul officials on easing tension on the Korean peninsula as Pyongyang urged an early end to confrontation over its deadly attack on a South Korean island.

Stephen Bosworth, the US special envoy on US special envoy on North Korea on Wednesday met with a top South Korean official for talks on easing tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme and a deadly attack on a South Korean island.

Stephen Bosworth called for "serious negotiations" ...

S.Korea says N.Korea nuclear talks should be revived

2010-12-29T07:30:36Z

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak called Wednesday for new international talks with North Korea on shutting down its nuclear programme, apparently softening his stance towards the negotiations.

"(We) have no choice but to resolve the problem of dismantling North Korea's nuclear programme diplomatically through the six-party talks," Lee said of the discussions, which be...

S.Korea readies major military drill near tense border

2010-12-22T06:30:32Z

South Korea on Wednesday prepared for a major show of military strength involving fighter jets and tanks near the tense North Korean border as Washington ruled out "feel-good" talks with Pyongyang.

The live-fire exercise, planned for Thursday with self-propelled guns and 800 soldiers, follows signs of an easing of tens...

US: North Korea not ready for talks

2010-12-21T16:30:53Z

The United States said Tuesday that North Korea was showing it was not even "remotely ready" to resume nuclear talks, despite apparent concessions secured by an unofficial US envoy.

The White House made clear there was no change to US policy, despite an apparent offer by

South Korea suspects North has more uranium sites

2010-12-14T02:30:15Z

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it suspects the North has been secretly enriching uranium at more locations besides its main nuclear site -- which could mean it has more material for building nuclear bombs.

South

Russia prods North Korea on nuclear programme, attack

2010-12-13T11:30:14Z

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister told his North Korean counterpart on Monday that Moscow was deeply concerned over Pyongyang's uranium enrichment efforts and condemned an attack on a South Korean island, the ministry said.

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China, North Korea remain defiant despite US anger

2010-12-09T13:30:27Z

Communist allies North Korea and China proclaimed their unity Thursday as the North's leader Kim Jong-Il held his first meeting with a senior Chinese envoy since the region's worst crisis in years erupted.

China's most senior foreign policymaker Dai Bingguo visited

North Korea says South's drills "provocative"

2010-12-05T00:00:22Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea warned its tough-talking neighbor on Sunday against holding more firing drills near a disputed maritime border off the west coast of the peninsula, accusing the South of being "hell-bent to set off a war."

Seoul has sharply increased its rhetoric over the past week, p...

Biggest US-Japan naval drill starts amid N.Korea crisis

2010-12-03T12:04:47Z

The largest ever US-Japan war games kicked off Friday in waters off the tense Korean peninsula as the UN's atomic watchdog voiced "great concern" about North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

The manoeuvres in the North Korea Monday stood accused of breaking international pledges as its partners in six-party nuclear talks reacted angrily to claims that Pyongyang has built a working uranium enrichment plant.

Japan said such a programme "should never be tolerated", while South Korea...

NKorean nuclear claims contradict Pyongyang pledges: US

2010-11-22T17:30:54Z

North Korean claims to have built a uranium enrichment plant contradict Pyongyang's obligations, the White House said Monday, as it left the door ajar for "serious" negotiations.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs refused to divulge intelligence details but said that Pyongyang's "claims, if true, contrad...

US angered by 'provocative' NKorea nuclear plant

2010-11-22T12:51:15Z

US officials accused North Korea of flouting UN sanctions and seeking to destabilize the region amid the latest claims that the secretive state has built a sophisticated, new uranium enrichment plant.

"This validates a long-standing concern that we've had with respect to North Korea and its enrichment of uranium," said the US top military officer,

2010-11-29T14:41:07Z

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Another North Korea provocation, but no crisis: U.S. envoy

2010-11-21T22:00:14Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States accused North Korea of being a danger to the region after it showed off its latest advances in uranium enrichment but its envoy said on Monday Washington was open to talks with the iso...

North Korea triggers concern with new nuclear plant

2010-11-21T15:30:31Z

Fresh fears were raised Sunday about North Korea's nuclear ambitions as an American scientist revealed he had toured a modern, new uranium enrichment plant equipped with at least 1,000 centrifuges.

Stanford University professor Siegfried Hecker said North Korean officials...

US criticizes North Korean uranium-based nuclear programme

2010-11-29T14:45:20Z

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U.S. envoy in Asia amid new North Korea nuclear concern

2010-11-21T07:00:28Z

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy on North Korea will discuss with key Asian nations ways to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions amid fresh concerns about its uranium e...

N.Korea showed US scientist new nuclear plant: report

2010-11-20T20:30:49Z

North Korea last week showed an American scientist a vast, new plant for enriching uranium with hundreds of centrifuges already installed and running, the New York Times has reported.

Scientist Siegfried Hecker told the G20 summit here, also warned the Stalinist state that it would deepen its isolation by refusing to halt its nuclear programme and said Washington would never waver in its defence of South Korea.

"There will be an appropriate time and place to re-enter into six-party talks but we have to see a seriousn...

Obama tells N.Korea to show 'seriousness' on nuclear talks

2010-11-11T07:00:29Z

Obama, speaking ahead of the G20 summit here, also warned the Stalinist state that it would deepen its isolation by refusing to halt its nuclear programme and said Washington would never waver in its defence of South Korea.

"There will be an appropriate time and place to re-enter into six-party talks but we have to see a seriousn...

S.Korea may drop 'North apology before talks' demand: report

2010-11-09T16:00:35Z

A willingness by Pyongyang to give up its nuclear ambitions was more important to restart the six-party forum than an apology for the March sinking of the Cheonan, a senior presidential aide told Yonhap news agency.

"With regard to the six-...

No signs of N.Korea nuclear processing: US envoy

2010-11-06T10:00:50Z

Charles Pritchard, former top negotiator with North Korea, was quoted as saying on Saturday that the Yongbyon complex -- where the isolated state processed plutonium for past nuclear tests -- did not appear to be in operation.

"My reaction is that the reactor, the 5-megawatt reactor, remains shut down, the cooling tower is still destroyed," Pritchard told ...

N.Korea justifies nuclear 'treasured sword'

2010-10-24T00:30:13Z

Pyongyang was "entirely right when it opted for having access to nukes", the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary, adding the communist country needed to protect itself.

The North has long justified having the weapons saying they are to counter a similar nuclear threat from the SEOUL (Reuters) - A U.S. satellite has detected increased activity at a North Korean nuclear weapons test site, suggesting it could be preparing for a third test, a South Korean government source was quoted as saying on Thursday.

The report comes after satellite images taken last month also showed heightened activity at the North's main

N.Korea starts leadership succession process

2010-10-11T01:30:31Z

North Korea has officially begun a succession process from leader Kim Jong-Il to his youngest son, South Korea's president said Monday, a day after Pyongyang put the son on show at a massive parade.

"It seems quite clear that North Korea has officially entered the third gener...

N.Korea displays military might and heir apparent

2010-10-10T01:30:21Z

Secretive North Korea put its leader-in-waiting on display Sunday at a massive military parade in Pyongyang, showcasing the youngest son of current ruler Kim Jong-Il in a rare live television broadcast.

Kim Jong-Un, thought to be aged about 27, stood near his father at the pa...

N.Korea publishes photo of heir apparent: experts

2010-09-30T00:15:30Z

Secretive North Korea on Thursday published its first-ever adult photograph of a man said to be the youngest son and heir apparent to the communist state's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il.

A group photo released by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows leading ruling party officials at a photo sessi...

Two Koreas hold military talks, Seoul seeks apology

2010-09-29T21:15:28Z

Seoul insisted Thursday it would demand an apology from Pyongyang for the sinking of one of its warships as North and South Korea began their first military talks for two years.

At the talks in the border truce village of Panmunjom, the South's office...

NKorea vows to strengthen nuclear arms

2010-09-29T13:00:39Z

North Korea vows to strengthen its stockpile of nuclear arms

North Korea vowed Wednesday to strengthen its nuclear weapons stockpile in order to deter a U.S. and South Korean military buildup in the region.

Speaking before the United Nations Wednesday, North Korea's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Pak Kil Y...

N.Korea reshuffles officials ahead of key meeting

2010-09-23T02:15:34Z

North Korea announced a reshuffle of senior officials Thursday just days ahead of a key communist party meeting expected to pave the way for a power transfer from leader Kim Jong-Il to his son.

Kang Sok-Ju, North Korea's first vice minister of foreign affairs, has been appointed to the position of a vice premier of the cabinet, the

N.Korea reshuffles officials ahead of party meet

2010-09-23T01:15:34Z

North Korea announced a reshuffle of senior officials Thursday just days ahead of a key communist party meeting expected to pave the way for a power transfer from leader Kim Jong-Il to his son.

Kang Sok-Ju, North Korea's first vice minister of foreign affairs, has been appointed to the position of a vice premier of the cabinet, the

North Korea announces top leadership meeting

2010-09-21T15:52:11Z

North Korea announced on Tuesday that its biggest political meeting for decades will be held next week, a move seen as paving the way for a power transfer from the ailing Kim Jong-Il to his youngest son.

The conference of the ruling communist party "for electing its supreme leadership body will take place in Pyongyang on September 28", the

N.Korea meeting set for Sept 28 amid succession speculation

2010-09-21T15:50:36Z

North Korea announced Tuesday that its biggest political meeting for decades will be held next week, a move seen as paving the way for a power transfer from the ailing Kim Jong-Il to his youngest son.

The conference of the ruling communist party "for electing its supreme leadership body will take place in Pyongyang on September 28", the

S.Korea to give N.Korea flood aid as tensions ease

2010-09-13T01:15:46Z

South Korea Monday announced aid to flood-stricken North Korea and a US envoy discussed the possible resumption of nuclear disarmament talks, amid signs of a thaw in cross-border relations.

But Seoul reiterated that Pyongyang was responsible for ...

China Koreas Clash

2010-12-23T10:31:44Z

U.S. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson gives comments on his North Korean trip after his arrival from Pyongyang at the Capital Airport in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Associated Press Television News video, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, is greeted by Kim Yong Dae, vice president of Presidium of Supreme People's A...

South Korea Koreas Clash

2010-12-19T20:00:18Z

A South Korean resident enters a shelter on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Monday morning, Dec. 20, 2010. South Korean troops will conduct firing drills Monday from the border island shelled by a North Korean artillery barrage last month, despite Pyongyang's threat to retaliate again, the South's military said. (AP Photo/ Ahn Young-joon)

Noth Korea Koreas Clash

2010-12-16T20:01:30Z

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, U.S. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, arrives for a visit in Pyongyang, North Korea<...

North Korea

2010-12-14T04:01:40Z

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, gets a briefing during his inspection of the renovated Pyongyang Flour Processing Factory in Pyongyang,