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DPRK fires short-range missile into East Sea media
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, Yonhap News Agency said quoting a Seoul military official. The launch came a day after the DPRK fired three short-range guided missiles into the same body of water, according to the ...
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Pyongyang proposes joint event with South Korea
Two businessmen shed tears when listening to an introduction to the history of Kaesong Industrial Complex on Thursday. Representatives of South Korean enterprises based in the complex held a meeting on Thursday, urging North and South Korea to allow businessmen to enter the complex. Photo: CFP The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Wednesday sent a fax to propose joint ...
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North Korea China have talks - Fri 24 May 2013 PST
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China says hopes visit of North Korean envoy can ease tension
Choe Ryong-hae (C), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA) of North Korea, walks with Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai (2nd R) before departing Pyongyang airport for China, in this May 22, 2013 picture released by the North Korea's KCNA news agency in ...
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North Korea sanctions may force NGOs to carry sacks of cash over the border
the back foot , but U.S. sanctions on Kim Jong-un's tempestuous regime are having unintended consequences for aid agencies trying to feed the impoverished country. In early ...
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North Korea town opens to Western tourists Travel agents
BEIJING: North Korea's authorities have opened the border town of Sinuiju to Western tourists, Chinese-based travel agencies said, despite international tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear test in February. The move opens up the possibility of foreign tourists being able to make day tours to the secretive state, a considerably cheaper option than the more expensive multi-day trips ...
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North Korea envoy offers talks says Chinese media
A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said.The accounts depicted on Thursday's meeting between North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae and Chinese Communist Party leader Liu Yunshan as paying Beijing the deference it sought after months of rising ...
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Willing to start talks North Korea saysHowever that prospect seems unlikely as North Korea has repeatedly said it will not abandon nuclear weapons while the United States insists North Korea must take meaningful steps on denuclearization before there ca
BEIJING: North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula after the North's latest nuclear test. However, that prospect seems unlikely as North Korea has repeatedly said it will not abandon nuclear weapons while the United States ...
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Pyongyang envoy leans towards nuke talks at Beijings behest
(26 mins ago) A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his visit to China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said. The accounts depicted yesterday's meeting between North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae and Chinese Communist Party leader Liu Yunshan as paying Beijing the deference it sought after months of rising friction ...
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DPRK agrees to dialogue
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will accept the proposal by China to open up dialogue, said a DPRK envoy after meeting with senior Chinese leader Liu Yunshan in ...
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Pyongyang to heed Beijing
Pyongyang is willing to take Beijing's advice to engage in dialogue on the Korean Peninsula issue, a visiting special envoy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong-un said on ...
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N.Korea ‘Willing’ to Resume Denuclearization Talks - Agency
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – Pyongyang "is willing" to accept China's advice to restart dialog with "relevant parties" on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, China’s Xinhua news agency said on Thursday citing a senior North Korean official who is on a visit to China. Choe Ryong Hae, the special envoy to DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, met with Liu ...
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US sanctions hit NK aid agencies
Foreign aid agencies in North Korea say US financial sanctions are severely restricting their operations there. Six European agencies say foreign banks are no longer transferring money to North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank, which is being targeted by the US Treasury. The agencies say their projects to support nutrition and agriculture in the country will be affected. A North Korean envoy ...
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Kim Jong-Un completes generational shift in the top military leadership
East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL -- North Korea's Kim Jong-Un has put the final touches on his year-long drive to reorganize the powerful military by replacing aged defense minister with younger ...
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Pyongyang says now willing to resolve tensions through dialogue
An envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told a senior Chinese leader on Thursday that North Korea is willing to take China's advice and start talks to resolve tension on the Korean peninsula.Choe Ryong-hae, a vice marshal and the director of the Korean People's Army's General Political Bureau, arrived in Beijing Wednesday as a "special envoy" of Kim Jong-un. During ...
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N. Korea nuke arsenal ‘matter of time’
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an aide, Mr. Isao Iijima — a former secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — to North Korea last week in an effort to make progress on unresolved bilateral issues, including the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North ...
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An overture to Pyongyang
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an aide, Mr. Isao Iijima — a former secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — to North Korea last week in an effort to make progress on unresolved bilateral issues, including the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents. Japan has made it clear to North Korea that the abduction issue as well as the issue of the North’s ...
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N.Korea says willing to take Chinas advice to start talks
By Ben Blanchard and Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula after the North's latest nuclear test. However, that prospect seems unlikely as North Korea has repeatedly said it will not ...
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