Topic: Pyongyang

North and South Korea nuclear envoys meet at Asian meeting

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 first such contact in more 2- years. The meeting comes in the wake ...

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea on Friday signaled they would not ease pressure on North Korea's government, saying Pyongyang must show it had changed its ways before resumption of stalled nuclear talks could take place."While we remain open ...
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 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 ...

US envoy to discuss N. Korea in Seoul: diplomats

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's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-Lac and ...

Pro-Pyongyang paper urges inter-Korean dialogue

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 last month, said he received a "personal" written message ...

Carter says N. Korea seeks better US ties

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 ...

North Korea visit to focus on food crisis: Carter

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 ...

Carter says hopes to meet North Korea leader and son

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 ...

China envoy to visit Seoul to discuss N. Korea

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 Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan on Wednesday, the ministry said ...