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Some progress but no major breakthroughs in talks with N. Korea: U.S.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (Yonhap) -- After two days of high-level talks in Geneva, North Korea and the United States said Tuesday that there was some progress but no concrete deal.The North's chief delegate said the meetings produced "big progress," but U.S. officials chose more diplomatic and careful wo
Oct. 26, 2011
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N. Korea, U.S. start 2nd day of nuclear talks
GENEVA/SEOUL -- North Korean and U.S. diplomats on Tuesday began a second day of talks during which Washington wants to see whether the North is indeed prepared to take concrete steps toward denuclearization before the stalled six-nation talks can resume.North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gw
Oct. 25, 2011
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Activists call for global protests against N.K. rights abuses
An online global network of activists called on the international community Tuesday to stage simultaneous protests and hunger strikes against North Korea’s human rights abuses to mark the anniversary of a United Nations genocide convention in December.In an e-mail to journalists and other North Korea watchers, the N.K. Liberation Prayer Network urged readers to take part in its Worldwide Demonstration for North Korean Liberation and Human Rights on Dec. 9. The date marks the 63rd anniversary sin
Oct. 25, 2011
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N.K. invites S. Korean aid staff to Pyongyang
North Korea invited representatives of an association of South Korean charity groups to Pyongyang, an association official said Tuesday, the first such invitation since the two Koreas exchanged fire near their tense sea border last year. North Korea sent the invitation to the Korea NGO Council for Cooperation, a collaboration of some 50 non-governmental aid groups, suggesting a meeting in its capital city to discuss aid from Wednesday through Saturday, Park Hyun-seok, secretary general of the as
Oct. 25, 2011
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WHO bans staff from using N.K. airline
The World Health Organization has asked its officials not to use North Korean airliners in the latest such move by an international organization prompted by safety concerns, a U.S.-funded radio station reported Tuesday. The WHO Southeast Asia office recently gave Pyongyang’s Air Koryo a “C” rating for safety in May, which means officials are banned from using the airliners unless special approval is given by the body’s travel officer, according to Voice of America. Air Koryo was rated the lowest
Oct. 25, 2011
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N. Korea, U.S. in 'businesslike, useful' talks in Geneva
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea and the United States on Monday opened another round of direct talks in a "businesslike and useful" manner, U.S. officials said, but they remained guarded about whether there will be progress this time."I would say that they have been ongoing in a b
Oct. 25, 2011
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U.N. says aid to N.K. should be separate from politics
With four in every 10 North Korean children suffering from severe malnutrition, donor states should keep the issue of humanitarian aid to the country completely separate from political agendas related to the nuclear-armed state, the visiting top relief official of the United Nations said. Speaking in Seoul after her recent trip to North Korea and China, Valerie Amos, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said some 6 million North Koreans, particul
Oct. 24, 2011
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N. Korea, U.S. hold 2nd round of bilateral nuclear talks
GENEVA (Yonhap News) -- North Korea and the United States on Monday started a second round of bilateral talks in less than three months to see whether the North is indeed prepared to take concrete steps toward denuclearization before the stalled six-nation negotiations can resume. While South Korea and the U.S. consider the discussions “exploratory,” they remained cautious, with the North showing no signs of accepting terms set by Seoul and Washington for a resumption of the six-party talks. Nor
Oct. 24, 2011
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Number of ethnic Koreans in Japan obtaining S. Korean citizenship falls
The number of ethnic Koreans in Japan acquiring South Korean citizenship is declining after a surge in the 2000s, a government report said over the weekend. Currently, there are about 700,000 Koreans living in Japan, a legacy of Japan’s colonial occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910-45. Of th
Oct. 23, 2011
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China says trade with N. Korea has nearly doubled
BEIJING (AP) -- China's trade with its close ally North Korea nearly doubled in the first seven months of the year compared with the same period in 2010, state media reported Sunday.The 87 percent increase to $3.1 billion was announced at the start of a visit to the North by Chinese Vice Premier Li
Oct. 23, 2011
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N. Korean envoy arrives in Geneva for talks with U.S.
GENEVA, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea’s top negotiator has arrived in Geneva for a second round of bilateral meeting with his U.S. counterpart as part of diplomatic efforts to resume long-stalled negotiations on ending Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programs.The talks, scheduled for Monday and Tuesda
Oct. 23, 2011
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UN says North Korea needs food aid, not politics
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) _ Wealthier countries need to put aside politics to help millions of North Koreans going hungry from food shortages, the U.N.'s top relief official said, renewing an appeal for assistance that has largely gone unmet.Speaking at the end of a five-day visit to North Korea,
Oct. 22, 2011
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Up to 200,000 political prisoners in N. Korea: UN
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- Up to 200,000 political prisoners are languishing in North Korean prison camps, a sharp increase from 10 years ago, a United Nations envoy said Wednesday.Compared to 2001, the latest satellite pictures of the country indicate a “significant increase in the scale of the camps,
Oct. 20, 2011
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UN concerned about N.K. asylum seekers
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The UN investigator for human rights in North Korea said Wednesday he’s concerned about the growing number of asylum seekers leaving the country, with nearly 870 arriving in Thailand in the first quarter of this year.Marzuki Darusman, the United Nations rights rapporteur for t
Oct. 20, 2011
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Up to 200,000 political prisoners in N. Korea: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19, 2011 (AFP) - Up to 200,000 political prisoners are languishing in North Korean prison camps, a sharp increase from 10 years ago, a United Nations envoy said Wednesday.Compared to 2001, the latest satellite pictures of the country indicate a "significant increase in the scale
Oct. 20, 2011
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N. Korean leader renews call for resumption of nuclear talks without preconditions
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pressed for the quick resumption of long-stalled talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs without preconditions, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.Kim also repeated the North's longstanding stance that the denuclearizati
Oct. 20, 2011
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N. Korean leader renews call for resumption of nuclear talks without preconditions
(Yonhap News) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pressed for the quick resumption of long-stalled talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs without preconditions, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday. Kim also repeated the North's longstanding stance that the
Oct. 19, 2011
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Six-nation nuclear talks ‘golden key’ to peace: Tang Jiaxuan
The six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs is the “golden key” to opening the door for regional powers to achieve peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia, former Chinese state councilor Tang Jiaxuan said Wednesday. The comments come amid a flurry of renewed diplomatic efforts on h
Oct. 19, 2011
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N.K. leader’s grandson draws international attention
Looking like an ordinary teenager, Kim asks media to respect privacy as he starts school in BosniaAs one of the most reclusive countries in the world, North Korea has a strange force that draws outsiders’ attention and curiosity to the veiled lives of its leader and the “royal family.” When Kim Jong
Oct. 19, 2011
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‘90% of N. Koreans see Kim’s word as law’
Nine out of every 10 North Korean defectors regard their leader Kim Jong-il’s words as law, contrary to expectations of North Korean citizens’ weakening loyalty to the totalitarian regime, a survey showed Tuesday. About 90 percent of the defectors said the dictator’s instructions “were laws to keep
Oct. 18, 2011