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North Korea celebration tempered by missile failure

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:17:00 +0000

[Fox News]- Days of events scheduled to mark the 100-year birthday of North Korea founder Kim Il-sun have been tempered by the failure of a missile launch on Friday. New leader Kim Jung-un has been rallying support in his efforts to take over as leader of the Asian nation. North Korea’s leadership has vowed to continue its military development programs.

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North Korea agrees to nuclear suspension

kaitlyn — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:49:09 +0000

[BBC News]- Following talks with the US, Kim Jong-un has complied to halt uranium enrichment as well as nuclear and long range missile tests. The US will send 240,000 tons of food aid to North Korea in return. This is seen by many as a great first step in the “right direction”.

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China and South Korea hold first summit on North Korea after Kim Jong Il’s death

kaitlyn — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:44:54 +0000

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Chinese President Hu Jintao met at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China to discuss what they will do to keep stability in North/South Korea. “The presidents of South Korea and China agreed Monday to work together to achieve peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, in their first summit since im Jong Il’s death opened the chance for major changes in North Korea,” washingtonpost.com.

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China’s Hu offers condolences over Kim’s death

kaitlyn — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:15:16 +0000

“President Hu Jintao visited North Korea’s embassy in Beijing on Tuesday to offer his condolences on the death of Kim Jong Il as China moved swiftly to assure its communist ally of its strong support amid an uncertain leadership transition,” cbsnews.com.

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North Korea says leader Kim Jong Il has died

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:03:37 +0000

Kim Jong Il has been reported to have died. Latimes.com reports, “Kim’s death was announced by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. No cause of death was reported, but Kim was believed to have suffered in recent years from diabetes and heart disease.”

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North Korea criticized for human rights record by UN

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:34:51 +0000

A United Nations report urges North Korea to make improvements to its human rights record.

In a Mail & Guardian article, “The report noted that almost nine million people in North Korea were suffering from food shortages, with the World Food Programme (WFP) able to reach fewer than two million of the hungry population due to a shortfall in international aid as countries cut funding in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests.”

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N. Korea agrees to talks with South

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:34:48 +0000

[The Korea Herald]– North Korea agreed Tuesday to South Korea’s proposal for talks later this week on preventing floods of cross-border rivers and resuming reunions of separated families, government officials in Seoul said, Yonhap News reported.

The North’s latest reconciliatory gesture comes just one day after it abruptly test-fired five short-range missiles in the East Sea.

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N. Korea received US$2.3 billion through past nuke agreements: lawmaker

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:29:20 +0000

[Yonhap News]– North Korea has received some 2.7 trillion won (US$2.29 billion) from South Korea and international partners since 1994 in return for false promises to scrap its nuclear program, according to a lawmaker on Monday.

For the Geneva Framework Agreement reached in 1994, the North received $1.98 billion worth of support from South Korea, the U.S., Japan and the European Union, which was mostly used in building light-water reactors, Rep. Kwon Young-se of the ruling Grand National Party said, citing a report submitted by the foreign ministry.

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China’s premier meets with DPRK top legislator, says bilateral ties enhanced

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:26:23 +0000

[Xinhua]– Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met here Monday with Kim Yong Nam, top legislator of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and both sides stressed the need to further strengthen cooperation between the two countries.

Wen, who arrived here Sunday for a three-day visit, said good-neighborliness and generation-after-generation friendship between the two countries serve the fundamental interests of the two peoples.

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Russian gas project suspended over Korean peninsula tension

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:44:01 +0000

[RIA Novosti]– A project to pump Russian gas to South Korea through a North Korean pipeline has been suspended due to the deterioration in inter-Korean relations, the South Korean Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday.

Choo Kang-soo, head of South Korea’s state-run energy company Kogas, said Seoul would not build the pipeline through North Korea until Pyongyang officially asked the South to do so.

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