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Kim expected to meet Medvedev on Wednesday

Aug 23, 2011

Kim Jong-il arrived in an eastern Siberian city for talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, reports said Tuesday, as the leader of impoverished North Korea was expected to discuss a natural gas pipeline deal with its Cold War ally. Pyongyang’s reclusive leader is expected to hold the summit ne
Russia seeks N.K. guarantee on gas pipe

Aug 23, 2011

Envoy: First economic multilateral deal with Pyongyang could benefit allNorth Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong-il is visiting Russia this week for the first time since 2002 hoping to score political, economic and diplomatic support for several key projects. On the Russian front, the conditions were
Kim, Medvedev to meet Wednesday: source

Aug 22, 2011

MOSCOW (AFP) -- The summit between North Korea's Kim Jong-Il and President Dmitry Medvedev is set to take place on Wednesday in the eastern Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, a person familiar with the plan told AFP."The guest is arriving tomorrow," the person, who refused to go on the record because o
N.K. bans Seoul assets from being removed from resort

Aug 22, 2011

South Korea vows legal, diplomatic action to secure property rightsNorth Korea on Monday banned the removal of South Korean assets from a mountain resort on its east coast, claiming Seoul has given up its rights to its property by not answering how to deal with it.It also ordered all South Korean wo
N. Korea vows to legally dispose of S. Korean assets at Mount Kumgang

Aug 22, 2011

North Korea said Monday it will legally dispose of all South Korean property at its scenic mountain resort, blaming Seoul for not responding to its proposals on how to handle the assets.Pyongyang has threatened to dispose of the roughly 300 billion won (US$284 million) worth of assets unless South K
N. Korean leader tours Russian power station ahead of talks with Medvedev

Aug 21, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il toured a hydro-electric power station in eastern Siberia on Sunday in the second day of his trip to Russia, diplomatic sources said. Kim's trip to the Bureiskaya hydro-electric power station in the Amur region fueled speculation that the two countrie
N.K. leader’s Russia visit aims to bolster economic cooperation

Aug 21, 2011

Kim, Medvedev expected to discuss gas pipeline, railway constructionNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears aimed at bolstering bilateral economic cooperation in some major projects including the construction of a gas pipeline and railroad to connect Russia and the two Koreas, expe
U.S. cautious on N.K. war dead offer

Aug 21, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States responded cautiously Friday to North Korea’s announcement it would discuss operations to locate U.S. dead from the 1950-53 Korean War, saying only that the issue was important.North Korea said it had accepted a U.S. proposal to talk about resuming searches for re
Son of N.Korea's Kim absent from Russia trip: KCNA

Aug 21, 2011

SEOUL (AFP) -- North Korean's heir apparent appeared to be absent from the entourage on leader Kim Jong-Il's trip to Russia, according to a list announced by the North's state media during the rare visit.Korean Central News Agency confirmed Sunday Kim's "unofficial visit to Siberia and the Far East"
N. Korean leader's Russian visit expected to focus on economic cooperation

Aug 20, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's latest trip to Russia appears to be primarily aimed at boosting economic cooperation and attracting more aid and investment from the resource-rich neighbor, experts said Saturday.While meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a Siberian city next week, Kim
N.Korean leader in Russia, will meet with Medvedev

Aug 20, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) -- Reclusive North Korea's autocratic leader Kim Jong-il crossed into Russia Saturday on his armored train to discuss with President Dmitry Medvedev the possible renewal of nuclear disarmament talks and the construction of a pipeline that will stream Russian natural gas to both Koreas, t
Kim Jong-il’s Russia visit ‘imminent’

Aug 19, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is likely to embark on a Russian visit as early as Saturday, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Friday. “Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears imminent,” an official at the National Intelligence Agency told a parliamentary intelligence committee, according to m
[URGENT] N. Korean leader's Russian visit imminent, Seoul's spy

Aug 19, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is likely to embark on a Russian visit as early as Saturday, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Friday. “Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears imminent,” an official at the National Intelligence Agency told a parliamentary intelligence committee, according to m
N. Korea proposed summit talks with U.S., professor claims

Aug 19, 2011

North Korea proposed holding a summit with the United States in an apparent bid to seek a breakthrough for reopening the stalled aid-for-denuclearization talks, a South Korean professor claimed Friday. The proposal was made in late July when North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan hel
U.S. to offer $900,000 in relief aid for N. Korea

Aug 19, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- The United States announced a decision Thursday to provide $900,000 worth of emergency aid to flood-ravaged North Korea less than a month after the two sides resumed high-level dialogue."In response to humanitarian needs arising from recent flooding in the Democratic Peop