Topic: South Korea
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'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
North Korea is rapidly completing what it says will be a light water reactor despite growing concerns over safety following Japan's quake-triggered nuclear disaster, news reports said Friday.The speed of construction has reportedly sparked fresh safety concerns in neighbouring South Korea, where ...
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 process.A resumption of ...
The United States is working to secure a UN Security Council statement condemning North Korea's newly disclosed uranium enrichment programme, a senior official said Wednesday.Robert Einhorn, the State Department's special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, was speaking after talks with Wi ...
Leading US lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction Tuesday with stalled US diplomatic efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear program, warning of the risks of proliferation and regional instability.Senator John Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the administration to seize the ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will fire across a land border with South Korea if Seoul continues its anti-North psychological campaign, the North's official media said on Sunday ahead of an annual, joint military drill between the United States and South Korea.South ...
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 Yong-Chun to ...
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