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N.K., U.S. in high-level talks on denuclearization
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― After a 17-month hiatus, senior North Korean and U.S. government officials resumed talks in New York on Thursday as part of efforts to revive the six-party negotiations on the communist nation’s nuclear weapons program.North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan described the first-day meeting as “constructive,” while Stephen Bosworth, Washington’s poi
July 29, 2011
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N.K., U.S. in high-level talks on denuclearization
After a 17-month hiatus, senior North Korean and U.S. government officials resumed talks in New York Thursday as part of efforts to revive the six-party negotiations on the communist nation's nuclear weapons program.North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan described the first-day meeting as "constructive," while Stephen Bosworth, Washington's point man on Pyongyang, remained tight-lip
July 29, 2011
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Seoul could seek int'l arbitration over dispute
South Korea could seek international arbitration in case North Korea disposes of seized South Korean assets at a scenic mountain resort in the isolated country, a research arm of the legislature said Thursday.The two Koreas have been at odds over the assets at Mount Kumgang, the site of stalled joint tour programs that had served as a key cash cow for the North.South Korea could follow in the foot
July 28, 2011
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Heavy rains batter N. Korea
Heavy rains have battered North Korea, according to state media and an international relief agency Thursday, as more rain is expected in the coming days amid fears of severe damage and casualties in the impoverished communist nation.The most affected areas are the southern and eastern parts of North Korea. Nearly 100 millimeters of rain poured down in the southern province of Haeju in just three h
July 28, 2011
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S. Korea sends additional 100 tons of flour to N. Korea
A South Korean Catholic charity group delivered 100 tons of flour to North Korea on Thursday, following the resumption of South Korea's flour aid to the impoverished North earlier this week, officials said.Four South Korean trucks carrying 100 tons of flour crossed the heavily fortified border on Thursday morning to deliver the aid to North Korea to help ease the country's chronic food shortages,
July 28, 2011
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N.K. vice foreign minister upbeat about U.S. talks
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) ― A senior North Korean official flew into New York Tuesday for highly unusual talks with U.S. officials, voicing optimism for improved Pyongyang-Washington ties. “I believe North Korea-U.S. relations will improve as now is the time for all countries to reconcile,” Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan told reporters as he arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport.He added, “(I) am op
July 27, 2011
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Seoul mulls sending malaria aid to North Korea
South Korea is considering sending anti-malaria supplies to North Korea, an aid group here said Wednesday, indicating Seoul’s softening stance toward its northern rival.The Seoul government is positively considering the group’s request to approve sending two items of ultrasonic diagnostic equipment to the North, the Korean Sharing Movement said. Charity groups here need government approval to send
July 27, 2011
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N.K. commands 195,000 troops for terror attacks on S. Korea: defector
North Korea's military commands 195,000 troops trained to launch various types of terror attacks on South Korea, a defector said Wednesday.The number includes 110,000 troops in the special forces, 40,000 in air and naval brigades, 10,000 charged with cyber terrorism, and 5,000 in the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea's top intelligence agency, said Kim Seong-min of the NK People's Liberat
July 27, 2011
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N. Korea calls for peace treaty with U.S. to end Korean War
North Korea called Wednesday for a peace treaty with the United States to officially end the Korean War decades after the fighting ceased, describing it as a first step toward the peninsula's denuclearization.The move comes as a senior North Korean official arrived in New York for rare talks with U.S. officials on how to resume stalled six-nation negotiations on ending the North's nuclear programs
July 27, 2011
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N. Korea's vice FM upbeat about talks with U.S.
NEW YORK (Yonhap News) -- A senior North Korean official said Tuesday that he is optimistic about Pyongyang's relations with Washington and the future of the six-way nuclear talks."I believe North Korea-U.S. relations will improve as now is the time for all countries to reconcile," Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan told reporters.He added, "(I) am optimistic of the prospects for the six-way talks
July 27, 2011
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Seoul, U.S. may have different positions on N.K.
North Korean envoy Kim leaves for New York, expected to hold talks ThursdayWhile South Korea and the U.S. are seemingly very much together in dealing with North Korea patiently, the allies may find themselves in different positions after the upcoming Pyongyang-Washington talks, analysts and officials here said Tuesday. Pyongyang’s First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan reportedly left for New Yo
July 26, 2011
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Senior N. Korean diplomat heads to U.S. for rare talks
A senior North Korean diplomat headed to the United States on Tuesday for rare talks with U.S. officials, a diplomatic source in Seoul said, amid cautious hopes for the resumption of stalled six-party talks on ending the North's nuclear programs. Kim Kye-gwan, the North's first vice foreign minister and one of the key strategists in Pyongyang's nuclear talks with Washington, left Beijing on Tuesda
July 26, 2011
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Talks with N. Korea to test its seriousness about dialogue: State Dept.
The U.S. State Department emphasized Monday that this week's talks with North Korea in New York are just to see whether it is prepared for full-fledged negotiations on denuclearization.The North's vice foreign minister, Kim Kye-gwan, is scheduled to visit New York later this week for a meeting with a U.S. government delegation, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced earlier."We see this as a
July 26, 2011
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Mullen expects N. Korean provocations despite return of dialogue
Regardless of the upcoming meeting with the United States, North Korea is likely to launch additional provocations, the top U.S. military officer said Monday."It is my view that the North Korean regime will once again attempt to provoke hostilities," Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a meeting with foreign reporters here. "And that once again, leaders in the South wi
July 26, 2011
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N. Korean forces preparing for exercise on west coast: source
North Korea is preparing for a military exercise on the west coast involving all three branches of its forces, a government source here said Tuesday."We noted preparations for a military exercise from the North's naval base in Nampo and its aerial base in Onchon in South Pyongan Province," the source said, referring to a western province north of the border. "Warships and fighters have been assemb
July 26, 2011
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Seoul proposes talks on Geumgang tour
The government proposed to North Korea a meeting of working-level officials to discuss how to handle issues related to tourism on Mount Geumgang, a joint project between the two Koreas which has been suspended for three years, officials here said Monday. “We have delivered North Korean authorities a notice proposing a meeting of working-level officials at the Mount. Geumgang resort on July 29,” a
July 25, 2011
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Seoul cautious ahead of U.S.-N.K. talks
Minister Kim sees no major improvement in inter-Korean relationsDespite the recent gesture by North Korea to resume dialogue with regional powers, South Korea appears to be maintaining a cautious stance with its top diplomat saying he does not expect to see “drastic improvement” in relations with the unpredictable northern rival.Pyongyang’s First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan will travel to N
July 25, 2011
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U.S. invites top N.K. official for nuclear talks
BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- The United States has invited a top North Korean official to New York to talk about the next steps necessary to resume the long-stalled six-nation discussions aimed at ridding the North of its nuclear programs.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Sunday that North Korean Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan will meet this week with U.S. officials to explore his
July 24, 2011
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Top N.K. diplomat to visit New York for discussions with U.S. officials
A top North Korean diplomat handling nuclear negotiations with the outside world plans to make a rare trip to New York later this week for talks with U.S. officials, multiple diplomatic sources said Sunday.First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan is expected to visit New York around July 28 on a trip that includes a meeting with Stephen Bosworth, the top U.S. envoy on Korean Peninsula affairs, the
July 24, 2011
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N.K. holds local elections amid succession campaign
North Koreans voted in local elections Sunday as state media stepped up calls for loyalty to the ruling Workers’ Party and leader Kim Jong-il as the totalitarian leader has been trying to hand power over to his youngest son.Kim cast his ballot at a polling station in Pyongyang, along with his heir-apparent son Kim Jong-un and a senior party official, according to the official Korean Central News A
July 24, 2011