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.
US envoy urges new nuclear talks with North Korea as Washington warns of sanctionsJuly 18th, 2009 US envoy urges new meetings with NKorea on nukesSEOUL, South Korea — A top envoy said the U.S. remains ready for talks with North Korea, while Washington warned of aggressive sanctions against the North unless it returns to stalled multinational talks on ending its nuclear programs.
Slowly but surely US is approaching discussion with SKorea; cautious with NorthJuly 18th, 2009 SEOUL, South Korea — A top US envoy plans to hold talks with South Korean officials as Washington warned of aggressive sanctions on North Korea unless Pyongyang returns to the stalled multinational talks on ending its nuclear programs. Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, was to meet his South Korean counterpart later in the day and Seoul's foreign minister and its top nuclear envoy on Monday.
Sister says detained American journalist acknowledges breaking North Korean lawJuly 9th, 2009 Sister: Journalist says she broke North Korean lawSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The sister of an American journalist jailed in North Korea says the woman acknowledged breaking North Korean law during a recent phone call.
Independent missile experts think NKorea missile can reach Seattle, uses Soviet technologyJuly 3rd, 2009 Missile experts see Soviet parts in NKorean rocketWASHINGTON — With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States. North Korea is not known to have nuclear warheads and faces years of research and testing before building such a reliable weapon.
Source: Suspected N. Korean weapons ship changes course after days under eye of US NavyJune 30th, 2009 Source: North Korean ship now going the other wayWASHINGTON — A U.S. official says a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back the way it came, after being tracked for days by American vessels on suspicion it was carrying illicit weapons.
UN ambassador says US keeping close tabs on suspected North Korean arms shipJune 28th, 2009 UN ambassador: US closely monitoring NKorean shipWASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the U.S.
Pentagon: No decision yet whether to contact, request boarding of North Korean shipJune 24th, 2009 Pentagon: No decision yet on North Korean shipWASHINGTON — The U.S. and its allies have not decided whether to contact and request inspection of a suspected North Korean arms ship that the U.S.
SKorean president arrives for talks with Obama on NKorean nuke standoffJune 15th, 2009 SKorean president arrives for talks with ObamaWASHINGTON — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has arrived for talks with President Barack Obama that will be dominated by a nuclear standoff with North Korea. Lee arrived in Washington on Monday and will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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.
UK's RAF sniffing out N. Korean nukesMay 30th, 2009 LONDON - Britain has reportedly sent out a military plane equipped with a "nuke sniffer" to find out the power of the bomb tested by North Korea. According to The Sun, the VC-10 tanker was scrambled from RAF Brize Norton, Oxon, to take air samples near the rogue state with an underwing pod.
North Korea risks severe retaliatory strike if it fires a nukeMay 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former President Reagan's defence adviser and author of Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, Graham Allison, has warned the North Koreans of the consequences they face should they consider firing a nuclear missile - or selling nukes to terrorists. According to Allison, if North Korea's next act goes beyond launching another long-range missile, or conducting a nuclear weapons test, it could expect an overwhelming retaliatory strike.
North and South Korea consulting to hold new round of official talksMay 5th, 2009 Koreas consulting over new round of official talksSEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea are discussing the possibility of a new round of government-level talks, a Seoul official said Tuesday, after a brief and contentious meeting last month ended with little progress. Government officials from the divided countries met on April 21 in the North Korean border city of Kaesong for their first official talks since a conservative, pro-U.S.
Russia regrets North Korean decision to restart nuclear programmeApril 14th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia Tuesday said it regretted the decision by North Korea to restart its nuclear programme and urged the reclusive state to return to talks. 'We can only express our regret at the decision of North Korea and urge it not to halt six-party talks on the nuclear problem in the Korean Peninsula,' a foreign ministry official said.
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.
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