North Korea demands South Korea repatriate 11 defectors, Seoul declinesOctober 4th, 2009 SKorea refuses North's demand to return defectorsSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has demanded South Korea repatriate a group of 11 North Koreans who defected by sea last week, but the South does not intend to return them, the Unification Ministry said Sunday. The 11 crossed into southern waters off the divided peninsula's east coast aboard a small barge early Thursday evening.
North Korea demands South Korea return 11 defectors, but Seoul says it won'tOctober 4th, 2009 North Korea demands SKorea return 11 defectorsSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Unification Ministry says North Korea has demanded Seoul return 11 people who defected to the South by sea last week. The ministry says in a statement that the North sent its demand in a message Sunday.
WFP says restrictions, funding shortfall hindering food aid for North KoreaJuly 1st, 2009 WFP says funding shortfall for NKorea food aidBEIJING — The U.N.'s food agency cannot feed millions of hungry women and children in impoverished North Korea because international donations have dried up and the communist regime has restricted its operations, an official said Wednesday. The World Food Program has received only 15 percent of the $504 million it needs to feed 6.2 million vulnerable North Koreans as the food situation worsens during a lean growing season before the November harvest, according to Torben Due, the WFP's representative for North Korea.
S. Korea central bank: N. Korea's economy grew in 2008 after spike in agricultural productionJune 28th, 2009 S. Korean bank says N. Korean economy grew in 2008SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's economy grew in 2008 after good weather boosted agricultural production, South Korea's central bank said Sunday.
UN draft calls for inspection of North Korean cargoJune 11th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council Wednesday discussed new measures to curb nuclear proliferation by North Korea, including a proposal to inspect all suspected shipments of prohibited materials at airports, seaports and on the high seas. The six-page text said sanctions adopted by the council in 2006, after North Korea exploded its first nuclear device, would also remain in effect.
Clinton says US, allies working on ways to cut off North Korea nuclear tech, weapons shipmentsJune 8th, 2009 Clinton says interdiction possible for NKoreaWASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants help from U.S. allies and possibly China to cut off North Korean shipments that may be carrying nuclear technology or other weapons.
US working with allies to cut off North Korean arms, nuke technology shipmentsJune 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration is working with US allies to develop ways to cut off North Korean shipments that may be carrying nuclear technology or other weapons. Asked about a request from a group of senators for the administration to consider re-designating North Korea a terrorism sponsor, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration would look into it.
North Korea threatens military strike against South KoreaMay 27th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Wednesday warned it will respond militarily to South Korea joining a US-led initiative to intercept ships carrying illicit weapons, the South Korean Yonhap news agency said.
South Korean delegation in North Korea for talksApril 21st, 2009 SEOUL - A South Korean delegation reached North Korea Tuesday morning to participate in talks amid mounting tensions in the Korean Peninsula. 'The delegation has crossed the border,' a spokesman of South Korea's Unification Ministry said.
South Korea agrees for talks with North KoreaApril 19th, 2009 SEOUL - The South Korean government Sunday said that it has decided to accept Pyongyang's offer for holding inter-Korean talks next week. It will be the first governmental talks between South Korea and North Korea since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in February last year.
North Korean threats to flights 'distinctly unhelpful': USMarch 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US said Thursday that North Korea's threats against South
Korean airlines that fly into its airspace were 'distinctly unhelpful'. The North Korean government Thursday issued a statement saying it cannot guarantee the safety of South Korean civilian airlines flying near or in its airspace over the Sea of Japan while the US and South Korea conduct joint military exercises.
North Korea threatens to shoot down South Korean planesMarch 6th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Thursday indirectly threatened to shoot down South Korean passenger aircraft in its airspace, amid growing tension on the Korean peninsula. North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea made the threat as the US and South Korea prepared to undertake joint military exercises next Monday.
North Korea says ready for 'all-out confrontation' with SouthFebruary 18th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea Thursday said its army was ready for an 'an all-out confrontation' with South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported. The Lee Myung-bak administration of South Korea, which is trying to find a way-out of its serious inner crisis through escalating confrontation with North Korea, will meet 'the merciless and stern punishment by the army and people of North Korea,' a military spokesman for Korean People's Army (KPA) said.
'North Korea will not quit nuclear programme under US threat'January 16th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons programme under US threat, a foreign ministry spokesman said here Saturday. 'If there is something to be desired by us (North Korea), it is not normalisation of relations with the US, but to boost nuclear deterrent in every possible way,' the official KCNA news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.
US to deliver 21,000 tonnes of food to North KoreaDecember 23rd, 2008 WASHINGTON - The US plans to deliver another 21,000 tonnes of food to North Korea in the near future, the US State Department has said. The food shipments are continuing despite the impasse in talks over dismantling North Korea's nuclear programme.
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