NKorean delegation relays letter from leader Kim Jong Il during meeting with SKorean presidentAugust 23rd, 2009 NKorean delegation meets with SKorean presidentSEOUL, South Korea — A high-level North Korean delegation conveyed a message from leader Kim Jong Il to the South Korean president during a rare meeting Sunday in the latest sign of warming ties on the tense Korean peninsula. President Lee Myung-bak and three North Korean officials discussed inter-Korean cooperation during the half-hour meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Lee spokesman Lee Dong-kwan said.
South Korean president meets North Korean delegation for the first timeAugust 23rd, 2009 SEOUL - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met a six-member North Korean delegation here on Sunday. A meeting of this nature is taking place for the first time since the former assumed office in February 2008.
South Korean president meets Pyongyang delegationAugust 23rd, 2009 SEOUL - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held talks with a visiting North Korean delegation here Sunday amid Pyongyang's latest conciliatory moves that show signs of easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, media reports said. A high-level North Korean delegation arrived here Friday to pay their last respect to late former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung who died recently.
Official: North Korean delegation conveys leader Kim Jong Il's message to SKorean presidentAugust 23rd, 2009 NKorea conveys Kim Jong Il's message to SKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — An official says a high-level delegation from North Korea has delivered a message from leader Kim Jong Il to South Korea's president. Presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan says the delegation has conveyed Kim's message on progress on inter-Korean cooperation when they met the South's leader Lee Myung-bak on Sunday.
N. Koreans relay message from leader Kim Jong Il during rare meeting with S. Korean presidentAugust 23rd, 2009 N. Korea delegation meets with S. Korean presidentSEOUL, South Korea — A high-level North Korean delegation conveyed a message from leader Kim Jong Il to the South Korean president during a rare meeting Sunday in the latest sign of warming ties on the tense Korean peninsula.
South Korean president to meet visiting North Korean officialsAugust 22nd, 2009 South Korean president to meet visiting NKoreansSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will meet a delegation of visiting North Korean officials on Sunday, a government official said, the latest sign that ties between the divided countries are warming. Relations between Pyongyang and Seoul have been tense since Lee took office in February 2008 and he has not previously held talks with any officials from the North.
North and South Korea restart talksAugust 22nd, 2009 SEOUL - North and South Korea held their first high-level talks in almost two years Saturday amid indications of an easing of tensions on the Korean peninsula. South Korea's Minister of Unification Hyun In Taek met Kim Yang Gon, the head of the unification front department of North Korea's ruling Korean Workers' Party, South Korean media said.
High-level NKorean officials make rare trip to Seoul to mourn late ex-South Korean leader KimAugust 21st, 2009 NKoreans pay respects to SKorea's Kim Dae-jungSEOUL, South Korea — A high-level delegation of North Korean officials paid respects Friday to late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, shaking hands with his sons and leaving a wreath at the National Assembly mourning site. The visit is the first to Seoul by North Korean officials in nearly two years, and only the second time the regime has sent a delegation to South Korea for mourning rites.
North Korean condolence delegation arrives in Seoul to pay respects to late Pres. KimAugust 21st, 2009 North Korean delegation pays respect in SeoulSEOUL, South Korea — A high-level North Korean delegation arrived in Seoul on Friday to pay respects to late former President Kim Dae-jung, a rare visit that raised hopes of improved relations between the tense neighbors. A plane carrying the six-member delegation landed Friday afternoon, Gimpo airport official Park Hyun-il told The Associated Press.
Pyongyang sends delegation for South Korea ex-president's funeralAugust 21st, 2009 SEOUL - A delegation sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived Friday in Seoul to pay respects to the late South Korean president Kim Dae Jung, who won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reconcile the two Koreas. The visit was the first to South Korea by high-ranking North Korean functionaries since the inauguration of conservative South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in February last year.
North Korean condolence delegation arrives in Seoul to pay respects to late President KimAugust 21st, 2009 NKorean condolence delegation arrives in SeoulSEOUL, South Korea — A high-level North Korean delegation arrived in Seoul on Friday to pay respects to late former President Kim Dae-jung, a rare visit that raised hopes of improved relations between the tense neighbors. A plane carrying the six-member delegation landed Friday afternoon, Gimpo airport official Park Hyun-il told The Associated Press.
South Korea allows North Korea to send condolence delegation for late presidentAugust 20th, 2009 SKorea allows NKorea to send condolence delegationSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Thursday accepted North Korea's request to send a delegation to pay respects to late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, amid signs of warming ties between the neighbors. North Korea's Kim Jong Il sent a rare condolence message Wednesday for Kim Dae-jung, whom he met in a historic 2000 summit in Pyongyang that spawned a flurry of reconciliation projects on the divided peninsula.
Talks between North, South Korea end after 20 minutesApril 21st, 2009 SEOUL - The first direct talks between the governments of North and South Korea in more than a year lasted for around 20 minutes Tuesday, South Korean officials said. There were no details as to what had been discussed at the meeting, which took place in the North Korean border city of Kaesong at an industrial park operated jointly by the two neighbours.
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 Korean president urges expansion of ties with IranMarch 17th, 2009 BEIJING - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Tuesday that his country was ready to boost ties with Iran. In a meeting with Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi in the South Korean capital, Lee said Seoul attaches great importance to its ties with Tehran.
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