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‘Denuclearization first, six-party talks later’
North Korea should stop its uranium enrichment program and implement denuclearization measures if it wants to resume the stalled six-party talks, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday.“I think that both the Republic of Korea, the United States and our other partners have been very clear on what North Korea must do to be able to have a resumption of the six-party talks,” U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman told reporters in Seoul after meeting with South Korean Foreign
Nov. 22, 2011
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Panel suggests talks over Geumgang tours
A presidential advisory panel on national reunification has recommended to President Lee Myung-bak inter-Korean talks for the resumption of tours to the Mount Geumgang resort in North Korea.The recommendation by the National Unification Advisory Council came as Seoul has softened its hard-line stance toward Pyongyang to improve ties soured by two deadly attacks last year.“Although the North rejected our offer for comprehensive talks on the resumption of the tour program, the possibility at this
Nov. 22, 2011
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Military plans drill to mark Yeonpyeong attack
South Korea will hold a military drill in the West Sea on Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of North Korea’s attack on Yeonpyeongdo.In the drill, units including the Northwest Islands Defense Command, Air Force Operations Command and the Navy Operations Command will engage in an exercise simulating last year’s attack under the command of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Jung Seung-jo. The exercise will also include simulating the defense of Baengnuyeongdo against a North Korean attem
Nov. 22, 2011
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U.N. drafts resolution on N. Korean human rights
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) -- The human rights panel of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution condemning North Korea’s human rights abuses as part of annual move to put pressure on the communist regime, diplomats here said.The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly, which handles social, humanitarian and cultural issues, approved the measure co-sponsored by South Korea and 51 other member states. A total of 103 members voted in favor and 16 were against it, with 55
Nov. 22, 2011
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Bosworth dissatisfied with ‘management strategy’ on N. Korea
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- Stephen Bosworth, a former top U.S. envoy on North Korea, said Monday that he does not want to use the words “management strategy” regarding North Korea and pointed out that there is no “hard evidence” of Pyongyang’s nuclear ties with Teheran. “I would not use those words myself,” he said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency, the first with Korean media since he quit two and a half years of service as special representative for North Korea policy last month.As Wash
Nov. 22, 2011
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U.N. drafts resolution on N. Korean human rights
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The human rights panel of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights abuses as part of annual move to put pressure on the communist regime, diplomats here said.The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly
Nov. 22, 2011
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U.S. unlikely to resume food aid to N. Korea this year: official
The United States is unlikely to provide humanitarian food aid to North Korea this year as it believes food shortages in the communist state have been eased slightly by the autumn harvest, a Seoul official said. The U.S. has been considering an appeal from North Korea for food aid and sent a team in May of this year to assess the needs of the impoverished country, but is withholding its decision because of monitoring concerns. “The U.S. expects North Korea’s harvest volume to increase somewhat t
Nov. 21, 2011
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‘Seoul expects favorable response from N.K.’
Unification minister visits China for talks on Pyongyang with Dai Bingguo, Yang JiechiSouth Korea’s Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik said on Monday he hopes North Korea could return Seoul’s favor, taking a more active approach in efforts to improve inter-Korean relations.His remarks came at a meeting with Korean residents in Beijing during his three-day visit there to meet with China’s senior officials for talks on North Korean issues.“I hope our government’s heartfelt efforts could see a favorabl
Nov. 21, 2011
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N. Korean spy arrested after claiming to be defector
A North Korean spy has been caught impersonating a defector from the North, the South's public security authorities said Saturday.The man was identified as a member of the North's Military Security Command in a routine investigation of newly arrived defectors, government agencies, including the Nati
Nov. 19, 2011
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S. Korea welcomes IAEA resolution on Iran's nuke program
South Korea on Saturday hailed a resolution by the United Nations' nuclear energy agency expressing "deep and increasing concern" about Iran's nuclear program.The resolution was adopted on Friday during a meeting in Vienna of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."W
Nov. 19, 2011
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Human rights panel demands halt to summary executions of NK defectors
South Korea's state human rights panel said Saturday it has adopted a statement urging North Korea and China to immediately stop summarily executing defectors from the North in the border area, arguing the executions violatepeople's right to life."Summary executions of North Korea defectors are cont
Nov. 19, 2011
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S. Korea allows Buddhist group to visit N. Korea for looted artifacts
South Korea said Friday it has allowed a seven-member Buddhist delegation to travel to North Korea next week for discussions on a joint project to return artifacts seized by Japan from the Korean Peninsula during the 1910-45 colonial occupation. The approval is the latest apparent sign of lessening
Nov. 18, 2011
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Chinese Premier Wen calls for early resumption of N. Korea nuclear talks
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held one-one-one talks with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Friday and discussed the North Korean nuclear standoff and other issues, an official said.Their meeting took place as the leaders gathered on the Indonesian resort island of Bali for a series of ann
Nov. 18, 2011
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Unification minister to visit China next week
Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik will meet with China’s State Councilor Dai Bingguo and other high-ranking officials next week to seek their opinions on South Korea’s policy toward North Korea, the Unification Ministry said on Friday.Other Chinese officials scheduled to meet with Yu include Tang Jiaxuan, former state councilor of China, Wang Jiarui, director of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.Yu’s visit will tak
Nov. 18, 2011
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N.K. defectors plan mass rally on Kim Jong-il’s birthday
Defectors from North Korea plan to designate North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s birthday “world North Korean defectors’ day,” and hold a rally on the day, a high profile defector said Friday.According to An Chan-il, the chief of World Institute of North Korea Studies and the first defector to obtain a doctorate degree in politics in South Korea, groups representing defectors will celebrate Feb. 16 in honor of those who escaped the regime.An also said that the representatives plan to bring togethe
Nov. 18, 2011
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Minister says Seoul not seeking N.K.’s collapse
South Korea is not seeking North Korea’s collapse, a top Seoul official in charge of relations with Pyongyang said Thursday, in an apparent move aimed at dispelling North Korea’s distrust toward South Korea.North Korea has repeatedly accused South Korea of plotting to absorb its impoverished northern neighbor as a way to achieve unification of the Korean Peninsula.“Unification through absorption leads to war,” the Disarmament and Peace Institute of North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statem
Nov. 17, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold talks on N. Korea in Bali
Senior diplomats from South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold trilateral talks in Indnesia on Thursday to coordinate their joint strategy on the North Korean nuclear standoff, a Seoul official said. The trilateral meeting, to be held later in the day ahead of the 18-nation East Asia Summit in Bali, will be led by Lim Sung-nam, Seoul’s chief envoy to the stalled six-nation talks on ending the North’s nuclear weapons programs, his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama and Kurt Campbell
Nov. 17, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold talks on N. Korea in Bali
Senior diplomats from South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold trilateral talks in Indnesia on Thursday to coordinate their joint strategy on the North Korean nuclear standoff, a Seoul official said. The trilateral meeting, to be held later in the day ahead of the 18-nation East Asia Summi
Nov. 17, 2011
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Obama: US will act firmly against N Korea nuclear
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ President Barack Obama says the United States will act firmly against any nuclear proliferation activities by North Korea.In a speech to the Australian Parliament on Thursday, Obama says the transfer of nuclear material by North Korea to others would be ``considered a grav
Nov. 17, 2011
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Greece seizes N. Korea chemical weapons suits: diplomats
Greek authorities seized almost 14,000 anti-chemical weapons suits from a North Korean ship possibly headed for Syria but did not disclose the find for nearly two years, diplomats said Wednesday.The seizure was reported to the UN Security Council, which discussed the monitoring of nuclear sanctions
Nov. 17, 2011