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N. Korean leader renews call for resumption of nuclear talks without preconditions

Oct 20, 2011

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
N. Korean leader renews call for resumption of nuclear talks without preconditions

Oct 19, 2011

(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
Six-nation nuclear talks ‘golden key’ to peace: Tang Jiaxuan

Oct 19, 2011

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
N.K. leader’s grandson draws international attention

Oct 19, 2011

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
‘90% of N. Koreans see Kim’s word as law’

Oct 18, 2011

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
N.K. official threatens war with South Korea

Oct 18, 2011

ATHENS (Yonhap News) ― A senior North Korean official, who is on a rare trip to the United States, said Monday the security condition on the Korean Peninsula is so unstable that a war may occur again anytime.Rhee Jong-hyuk, a ranking member of the all-powerful Workers’ Party of the communist nation,
N.K. defector joins S. Korea’s spy agency

Oct 18, 2011

A North Korean defector who formerly served as a key member of Pyongyang’s youth organization was recently appointed a researcher of an organization affiliated with Seoul’s spy agency, a source said Tuesday. The defector, Sol Jong-sik, who had headed the Yanggang Province for the League of Kim Il-su
N.K. official threatens war with S. Korea

Oct 18, 2011

ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean official, who is on a rare trip to the United States, said Monday the security condition on the Korean Peninsula is so unstable that a war may occur again anytime.Rhee Jong-hyuk, a ranking member of the all-powerful Workers' Party of the communi
North Korean artist in Egypt defects to S. Korea

Oct 17, 2011

A North Korean artist formerly residing in Egypt has arrived in South Korea in a rare defection through the South Korean embassy in the Middle East country, a diplomatic source said Monday.The North Korean did not return to Pyongyang after his term in Egypt expired and sought refuge in the embassy a
N. Korea denounces ruling party candidate for Seoul mayoral race

Oct 17, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media have been paying close attention to the upcoming Seoul mayoral election for months, mainly attacking the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and its candidate, an analysis by Yonhap News Agency showed Monday. The Oct. 26 by-election was made necessary in lat
N.K. leader's grandson shares room with Libyan student at Bosnia school

Oct 17, 2011

MOSTAR, Bosnia (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's grandson is sharing a dormitory room with a Libyan student at an international school here, one of the school's students said Monday, an encounter that could give him a glimpse of pro-democracy movements spreading from the Middle East and
N. Korean leader's grandson enrols at Bosnia college

Oct 15, 2011

The grandson of reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has enrolled to study at a college in Bosnia amid intense interest in the bespectacled 16-year-old whose father fell out of favour with Pyongyang in 2001.Kim Han-Sol, described as charismatic and idealistic by one schoolmaster, turned to the
N. Korean leader‘s grandson begins studying in Bosnia

Oct 14, 2011

MOSTAR, Bosnia, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s grandson appears to be enjoying his new life as he began studying in an international high school in Bosnia earlier this week.Kim Han-sol has enrolled at the United World College‘s branch in the southern Bosnian town of Most
N. Korean leader's grandson arrives in Bosnia

Oct 13, 2011

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) _ Officials in Bosnia say North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's grandson has arrived in the country to enroll at a private high school made up of international students.A border police spokeswoman said 16-year-old Kim Han Sol entered the country at Sarajevo airport Wedn
N. Korean leader's grandson arrives in Bosnia

Oct 13, 2011

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Officials in Bosnia say North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's grandson has arrived in the country to enroll at a private high school made up of international students.A border police spokeswoman said 16-year-old Kim Han-sol entered the country at Sarajevo airport Wed