Topic: Pyongyang
Former president Jimmy Carter on Tuesday gave a rundown on his visit to North Korea to the current US administration, which insisted that Pyongyang carry out commitments before any negotiations. Carter, who last week brought home an American teacher who was imprisoned ...
Former US president Jimmy Carter returned Friday to a hero's welcome as he brought home safely an American national sentenced to eight years hard labor in North Korea. Friends and family gathered excitedly at Boston's Logan International Airport to greet Aijalon Mahli ...
Jimmy Carter secures release of American imprisoned in North Korea since JanuaryA smile flickered across Aijalon Gomes' face as he hugged former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and boarded a plane for Boston on Friday, seven months after his arrest in North Korea. ...
Former US president Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea Friday after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang that it wants to resume nuclear disarmament talks. The Nobel peace laureate left the reclusive communist state with ...
A major South Korean naval exercise designed to strengthen defences against North Korean attacks went into a second day Friday, as the communist North bristled over the drill. The exercise is one of a series planned in coming months in response to ...
North Korea renewed its threats of military retaliation Sunday ahead of a visit to South Korea by a US envoy as Seoul and its allies look to impose fresh sanctions on Pyongyang. The North will "sternly and mercilessly" punish South Korea over ...
The United States plans to freeze some 100 overseas bank accounts believed linked to illicit North Korean transactions, South Korean media reports said Friday. "The assets in those accounts are likely to be money (leader) Kim Jong-Il needs to operate his regime, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should employ more aggressive sticks and carrots to try to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear programs, according to an independent U.S. think tank report released on Tuesday. The Council on Foreign Relations report ...
Kim Jong-Il said North Korea remains committed to nuclear disarmament through dialogue, Pyongyang's official media said Saturday, a year after quitting international talks on its atomic arsenal. During a visit this week to Beijing, he also said ties with China will be ...
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il was reportedly heading to Beijing on Tuesday for talks likely to centre on desperately-needed aid for sanctions-hit Pyongyang and stalled nuclear disarmament negotiations. Kim's first trip in four years to China -- North Korea's sole major ally ...
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