South Korean president meets Pyongyang delegation

August 31st, 2009 Koreas to restore regular cross-border trafficSEOUL, South Korea — Regular traffic across the heavily fortified border dividing North and South Korea will be restored this week, officials in Seoul said Monday amid further signs of improved relations between the two nations. The North's state radio station, meanwhile, quoted leader Kim Jong Il as saying that the U.S.

August 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON/SEOUL - US special envoy Stephen Bosworth is said to have accepted an offer from North Korea for nuclear talks and is expected to visit Pyongyang next month. According to South Korean media reports, the reported invitation comes after Pyongyang was said to have proposed a summit with South Korea over the weekend, though Seoul denied the report.

August 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.

August 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.

August 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.

August 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.

August 23rd, 2009 SKorean president meets NKorean delegationSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's president met a high-level delegation from North Korea Sunday amid signs of warming ties on the divided peninsula. Relations between the Koreas have been largely frozen since conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office last year with a tougher line on the North amid the international standoff over its nuclear ambitions.

August 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.

August 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.

August 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.

August 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.

August 4th, 2009 SEOUL - Visiting former US president Bill Clinton Tuesday met North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang and conveyed a verbal message from US President Barack Obama, South Korea's state-run Yonhap news agency reported. Kim has hosted a dinner for Clinton at the state guesthouse, according to Radio Pyongyang and Korean Central Broadcasting Station.

April 21st, 2009 South Korean officials depart for meeting in NorthSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials traveled Tuesday to North Korea for the first official dialogue between the two governments under South Korea's conservative President Lee Myung-bak, amid tension over Pyongyang's April 5 rocket launch. Also adding strain to the meeting was North Korea's recent warning that the South not join a U.S.-led program to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

April 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.

April 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.