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21 hrs ago | Chosun Ilbo

Bosworth's Upcoming Visit to Pyongyang Stirs Attention

Rumors are swirling in South Korea over the upcoming visit to North Korea for direct talks by U.S. special envoy Stephen Bosworth slated for Dec.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, South Korea,

Monday | The Straits Times

China, N.Korea up alliance

CHINESE and North Korean defence chiefs have pledged to strengthen their military alliance - dating back to the Korean War - during talks in Pyongyang, state media said on Monday.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, History in the News,

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Free Republic

N. Korea: Kim Jong-il’s mistress may have new lover

A one-time partner of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il may have married another man and left her job as Kim's secretary, South Korean intelligence sources said.

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Related Topix: Asia, North Korea, World News,

The Peninsula

Japan cautious on US-North Korea talks next month

Japan 'would like to hope that some kind of progress will be made,' Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told reporters.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Canada.com

North Korea suspected in fresh wave of hacker attacks

A fresh wave of cyber attacks that slowed U.S. and South Korean websites this week hit more targets Thursday, a Web security firm said, while the South's spy agency has said the hacking may be linked to North Korea.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, North Korea, Computers

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Kyodo News

N. Korea blasts U.N. passage of resolution on human rights as 'political plot'

21 KYODO North Korea on Friday blasted the latest U.N. passage of a resolution on its human rights situation as ''a trite political plot'' crafted by the United States.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, New York

Los Angeles Times

If you go to North Korea

If you go About 300 U.S. tourists travel to North Korea annually between Aug. 1 and Oct.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, Travel, North Korea Travel, Kenilworth, IL

China Daily

DM's DPRK trip may aid nuke talks

China and the United States announced Thursday they will send senior officials to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as nations try to get the DPRK back to negotiations over its nuclear programs.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, South Korea, North Korea, Lee Myung-bak

Thu Nov 19, 2009

AlertNet

UN committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights

A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, South Korea, Aung San Suu Kyi

Xinhuanet

China welcomes U.S. envoy's upcoming visit to Pyongyang

China welcomes and supports the dialogues and contacts between Washington and Pyongyang, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang here on Thursday.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, South Korea, Lee Myung-bak

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WNED.org

North Korea maneuvers to evade U.N. sanctions: experts

North Korea appears to be taking elaborate measures to evade U.N. sanctions aimed at its nuclear and missile activities, arms trading and import of luxuries, U.N. experts say in a new report.

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Chosun Ilbo

Clinton: Naval Clash Won't Stop Outreach to N.Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses a press conference after attending APEC ministerial meetings in Singapore on Nov.

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Chosun Ilbo

N.Korea 'Planned to Invade South Despite Sunshine Policy'

North Korea built about 800 bunkers in the demilitarized zone to keep military equipment between 2004 and 2007, Radio Free Asia said Monday quoting a former North Korean colonel who has worked for a South Korean military intelligence agency after defecting during the 2000s.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Korean News

Piffle of Commander of U.S. Forces in S. Korea Blasted

Pyongyang, November 16 -- Walter Sharp, commander of the U.S. forces in south Korea, was recently reported to have underscored the need to keep the "UN Command" in the future, too, claiming it is an "effective mechanism" to eliminate the "factor of conflict" from the Asia-Pacific region and it will "protect" the Korean Peninsula from "hostile ...

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The News

'DPRK unlikely to give up N-weapons'

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 SEOUL: North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future despite the upcoming talks with Washington, a former senior US diplomat who recently visited Pyongyang said on Monday.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, North Korea, Bill Clinton, History in the News

Chosun Ilbo

French Envoy Discussed 'Sensitive' Issues in Pyongyang

French President Nicholas Sarkozy's special envoy to North Korea says he held long discussions with officials there on sensitive issues when he visited the communist country last week.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Age

US envoy bound for Pyongyang

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has signalled his determination to engage with Asia by accepting an offer from North Korea to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for direct talks on nuclear issues.

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News.ncmonline.com

Obama's China Trip Full of Potential

President Barack Obama has begun his one week, four-country visit to Asia. The fact that about half of that time will be spent in China is a measure of the importance of the U.S.-China relationship.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Asian-American, Chinese-American, Wen Jiabao, North Korea, Hu Jintao

RIA Novosti

Russia, Singapore say N.Korea nuclear talks should continue

Russia and Singapore are in favor of continuing talks on North Korea's nuclear issue, according to a joint statement adopted during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Singapore.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Los Angeles Times

A trip to North Korea offers curious sites

Reporting from Pyongyang, North Korea - Visiting North Korea is like peering in the window of a store that closed long ago but where old merchandise mysteriously remains.

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