The Korea Herald

N. Korean firm calls for talks with Hyundai over mountain resort

Sept 6, 2011

The head of a North Korean company responsible for attracting foreign capital on Tuesday proposed holding a meeting with a South Korean firm to resolve a row over assets at a scenic mountain resort in the North. Park Chol-su, head of Daepung International Investment Group, said he wants
N. Korea may have used the black market for uranium enrichment: report

Sept 3, 2011

A U.N. nuclear watchdog claimed that North Korea may have used the black market to set up its uranium enrichment facilities that can be used to make nuclear weapons, media reports said Saturday.A confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency obtained by the Associated Press claimed t
China replaces deputy envoy on North Korea: source

Sept 1, 2011

China has replaced its deputy negotiator to the stalled six-party talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs, a diplomatic source in Seoul said Thursday. Yang Houlan, who has held the post since February 2009, was recently appointed as China’s ambassador to Nepal in a “regular” reshuffle
Yu seen sending message of reconciliation to N.K.

Aug 31, 2011

Unification minister-nominee vows to work with flexibility on inter-Korean tiesPresident Lee Myung-bak appears to have expressed willingness to soften his hard-line stance toward North Korea by appointing a moderate diplomat as his next point man on Pyongyang, officials and analysts said Wednesday.
S. Korea to call for boycott of tours to N. Korean mountain resort

Aug 30, 2011

South Korea will ask the United States, China and Japan to prevent their citizens from visiting a troubled mountain resort in North Korea, a Seoul official said Tuesday.The move comes as the isolated communist country is seeking to attract foreign tourists to Mount Kumgang as part of its attempts to
EU delegation to visit N.K. next month

Aug 30, 2011

An EU delegation will visit North Korea next month, a U.S.-funded radio station reported Tuesday, confirming the annual visit which had been cancelled last year after the North’s provocations on Seoul. The European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula, led by Christian Ehl
N.K. leader’s trip aimed at support from Russia, China

Aug 28, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il wrapped up his week-long trip to Russia and China, where he struggled to pave the way for resumption of the long-stalled regional nuclear disarmament talks and economic support.Kim returned home via train on Saturday, greeted by his youngest son and apparent successor
U.S. envoy proposes talks on remains recovery to N. Korea: report

Aug 27, 2011

The United States' special representative for North Korea policy has proposed to Pyongyang that they resume their talks on recovering remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, according to a U.S. radio report Saturday.In a letter by Republican Party Senator Kelly Ayotte sent t
N. Korean leader tours industrial facilities in China

Aug 26, 2011

BEIJING/CHANGCHUN/MANZHOULI, China (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il toured industrial facilities in northeastern China on Friday on his way back home from a trip to Russia, a source said. Kim visited the facilities in the Chinese city of Qiqihar, a hub of automobile
N. Korean leader transits China on return trip from Russia

Aug 25, 2011

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The train carrying the North Korean leader was spotted at a Chinese railway station Thursday, an indication that Kim Jong-il plans to return from his trip to Russia via China.Sources said that the special train was seen stopping at the Manzhouli Railway Station in Inner
S. Korea, U.S. lukewarm toward N.K. pledge

Aug 25, 2011

Despite North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s pledge this week to unconditionally return to the long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks, the communist state still has far to go before the deadlock is fully resolved, officials in Seoul and Washington said Thursday. On the last day of his week-long visit t
Pyongyang's summit promise on nuke moratorium 'insufficient': U.S.

Aug 25, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's reported promise to impose a moratorium on nuclear testing is "insufficient," as its uranium enrichment program remains a serious concern, the U.S. government said Wednesday.Washington's cautious stance came in response to a host of media
North Korea agrees to rejoin six-nation talks: Russia

Aug 24, 2011

Pyongyang expresses support for gas pipeline in summit talksNorth Korea agreed to “unconditionally rejoin” the stalled six-nation talks aimed at resolving its nuclear standoff during a summit meeting between its leader Kim Jong-il and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for
N.K. leader arrives in Ulan-Ude for summit with Medvedev

Aug 23, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il arrived in the eastern Siberian city of Ulan-Ude Tuesday ahead of his summit talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.The meeting planned for Wednesday comes as North Korea is struggling to improve its faltering economy after years of international sanctions impos
S. Korean workers return from N.K. mountain resort

Aug 23, 2011

Workers sent by South Korea to Mount Geumgang Resort in North Korea have returned to the South, Seoul said Tuesday, a day after Pyongyang demanded they leave its territory.A total of 16 people, including two Chinese nationals, crossed the border back to South Korea around 11:30 a.m., leaving no more