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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Pentagon suspects NK-Syria ties on chemical weapons
The Pentagon said Thursday it believes North Korea and Syria may have cooperated on the chemical weapons front as well as nuclear program."I think there's been sharing between North Korea and Syria on any number of fronts," George Little, press secretary for the Defense Department, said at a news briefing. "There has been a relationship and an exchange of information between North Koreans and the Syrian regime for some time."He cited the Al Kibar nuclear facility in Syria, allegedly built with N
Sept. 6, 2013
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U.S. not responsive to China's offer of six-way meeting
The U.S. government said Thursday it was contemplating whether to accept China's invitation to an informal multilateral meeting that would set the stage for a rare meeting with the North Koreans.China recently suggested a mid-September gathering with the U.S., the two Koreas, Japan and Russia attended by their senior officials and academics. China proposed Sept. 18 as a candidate date for the event, intended to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the six-way talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program.
Sept. 6, 2013
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China proposes informal six-party meeting
BEIJING (Yonhap News) ― China has proposed holding an informal meeting this month with senior officials from six nations involving the long-stalled negotiations aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, a diplomatic source said Thursday. The proposal was made in August before China’s chief nuclear envoy, Wu Dawei, held talks in Pyongyang last week with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye-gwan, the source said on the condition of anonymity, in another indication Beijing is stepping
Sept. 5, 2013
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Park calls for Italy's participation in inter-Korean complex
South Korean President Park Geun-hye called Thursday for Italian firms to consider setting up factories in an industrial complex jointly run with North Korea as she discussed economic cooperation and other issues with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta.The bilateral summit took place in Russia's Saint Petersburg on the sidelines of a Group of 20 major economies' summit. Park said the two Koreas have agreed to reopen the factory park in the North's border city of Kaesong, adding they will ensure
Sept. 5, 2013
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Senior U.S. diplomat arrives in Seoul for talks on N. Korea
The U.S. point man on East Asia arrived in South Korea on Thursday to discuss issues of mutual concern, including efforts to denuclearize North Korea.Daniel Russel, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, is scheduled for a three-day stay in Seoul. He plans to meet with South Korea's vice foreign minister as well as Seoul's top negotiator to the six-party talks designed to disarm North Korea, according to the foreign ministry here.This is Russel's first visit here si
Sept. 5, 2013
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Two Koreas agree to restore military hotline
South and North Korea have agreed to restore a military hotline along the west coast, paving the way for the resumption of a shuttered joint industrial park, officials here said Thursday. During a sub-committee meeting to discuss details on the resumption of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North, the two Koreas decided to restore the military hotline starting Friday, according to officials of Seoul's unification ministry.The restoration of the communication line was one of Seoul's precondi
Sept. 5, 2013
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Koreas at odds over lodging arrangements for family reunions
South and North Korea are at odds over lodging arrangements for families planning to visit the Mount Kumgang resort during the upcoming family reunions event, the government said Thursday.The reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War was agreed upon at talks held on Aug. 23, with 100 people from each side to meet long-lost relatives on Sept. 25-30. The gathering marks the first time in nearly three years that people will be able to meet loved ones they have not seen in six decades
Sept. 5, 2013
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U.S. still willing to send envoy to N. Korea
The Barack Obama administration is still willing to send a special envoy to North Korea in a bid to secure the release of a Korean-American citizen incarcerated there, an official here said Wednesday."We are prepared to send Ambassador (Robert) King to North Korea if the DPRK (North Korea) reinstates the invitation," the State Department official told Yonhap News Agency on background, adding it's the department's formal position.Last week, King, special envoy on North Korean human rights issues,
Sept. 5, 2013
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Senior U.S. diplomat to visit China next week
BEIJING-- China's foreign ministry on Wednesday confirmed that a senior U.S. diplomat will make a two-day visit to Beijing late next week, indicating that the topics would include the latest situation on the Korean Peninsula. Daniel Russel, the assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, will make a 10-day visit to five nations in Asia from Thursday. His itinerary includes South Korea, Japan and China. Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters that Russel will pay
Sept. 4, 2013
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Koreas discuss Gaeseong management rules
South and North Korea engaged in detailed negotiations Wednesday on ways to reform management rules of the suspended joint industrial park in the communist country, protect investments and strive for ways to internationalize the complex. The two sub-committee meetings that began in North Korea at 10 a.m. come after both sides agreed on Aug. 14 to reopen the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in the North, and inked a deal last Thursday to create a new joint management committee. The joint committee, co
Sept. 4, 2013
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Senior U.S. diplomat to visit Seoul over N.K.
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The top U.S. point man on East Asia will travel to South Korea later this week to discuss North Korea and other pending issues between the allies, the State Department announced Tuesday.Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel plans to arrive in Seoul on Thursday for a three-day stay, it said in a press release.In Seoul, Russel will meet with senior South Korean officials “to consult and coordinate on the wide range of issues of imp
Sept. 4, 2013
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N. Korean leader inspects islet garrison near inter-Korean sea border
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a front-line garrison on an islet near the inter-Korean sea border, a media report said Wednesday.The report by the Korean Central News Agency said Kim checked barracks, living quarters, schools and clinics, and lauded soldiers guarding the Wolnae Islet for their dedication to duty. The islet lies just 11 kilometers from South Korea's northernmost island of Baengnyeong along the northern limit line (NLL).The report marks the second consecutive day that P
Sept. 4, 2013
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China reaffirms 'clear-cut' goal of denuclearizing N. Korea
BEIJING (Yonhap News) – A senior Chinese military official renewed his country's "clear-cut" goal of ending North Korea's nuclear program through dialogue during a meeting with South Korean defense officials last week, China's defense ministry said Tuesday. Sun Jianguo, the deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, made the remark on Friday when he met a delegation of the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, which is affiliated with South Korea's defense ministry, i
Sept. 3, 2013
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N.K. nuclear arms program now a ‘real threat,’ Seoul says
North Korea has made considerable progress in developing a fairly robust nuclear program in the past three years and is capable of making atomic weapons at any time, Seoul’s defense ministry said Tuesday. “North Korea’s nuclear program remained at a developmental and experimental stage in 2010, but it has grown into a real threat in 2013, and it is able to make a nuclear device at any time,” the ministry said in a report to the parliamentary defense committee.“China’s changing attitude toward No
Sept. 3, 2013
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N. Korean leader inspects front-line islets on inter-Korean sea border
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected front-line military units that launched the deadly 2010 artillery attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, a media report said Tuesday.Kim's visit marks the third time since he took power in late2011 that he toured the Jangjae and Mu islets that lie just a few kilometers north of the northern limit line (NLL) separating the two Koreas. He toured the small islands in August 2012 and early March of this year when the communist country ratcheted up tensio
Sept. 3, 2013
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China reaffirms 'clear-cut' goal of denuclearizing N. Korea
A senior Chinese military official renewed his country's "clear-cut" goal of ending North Korea's nuclear program through dialogue during a meeting with South Korean defense officials last week, China's defense ministry said Tuesday. Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, made the remark on Friday when he met a delegation of the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, which is affiliated with South Korea's defense ministry, in Beijing."China's stand on
Sept. 3, 2013
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Koreas stuck on when to reopen factory park, agree on future talks
The two Koreas failed Monday to agree on the reopening date of the joint industrial complex in North Korea's border town of Gaeseong, but agreed to meet again later this week. South and North Korea have hit a snag on how to ensure the smooth running of the complex and prevent political or other non-economic factors from disrupting future operations, officials said.The two sides agreed to hold the next round of joint committee talks on Sept. 10 with sub-committee talks to be held on Wednesday and
Sept. 3, 2013
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Bombs and pop songs: makings of N.K. spy
As well as the obvious classes like bomb-making, Kim Dong-sik’s intensive spy training in North Korea included memorizing hundreds of South Korean pop songs and dance moves.Such strategies for assimilating into South Korean society were considered essential to avoid suspicion, Kim revealed in a recently-published memoir that lifts the lid on some of the workings of the North’s spy agency.Now 51, Kim was captured in the South in 1995 and spent years undergoing interrogation before renouncing comm
Sept. 2, 2013
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Seoul to give $6.3m in aid to N.K.
GAESEONG/SEOUL ― South Korea has decided to resume support for World Health Organization programs to help malnourished North Korean children in a fresh sign of warming cross-border relations. The Unification Ministry said Monday the government would finance half the $12.6 million project, which was launched in 2006 to help improve hospitals, train personnel and boost supplies of essential medicine in the North. Seoul contributed about $10 million annually to the program between 2006 and 2008 and
Sept. 2, 2013
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N. Korea, China discuss resumption of six-party talks
The chief nuclear envoys from China and North Korea discussed ways to resume the long-stalled six-party talks on the North's nuclear weapons programs, China's foreign ministry said Monday.Amid indications Beijing is accelerating its efforts to revive the six-party talks, the Chinese nuclear envoy, Wu Dawei, made a five-day visit to North Korea last week and held talks with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye-gwan."The two sides exchanged views on the current situation on the Korean Peninsula a
Sept. 2, 2013