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Payment for N.Korea Tours Proves Headache for Gov't
There are differences in opinion in the government over whether package tours to the Mt.
Internet freeze in North Korea begins to thaw
Internet access in North Korea has long been severely restricted, at least on an official basis.
Pyongyang Embroidery Institute
"Korean embroidery is beautiful. More beautiful are the Korean women." This is a passage of the visitor's book of the Pyongyang Embroidery Institute, which was written by a foreigner.
S. Korean Authorities Accused of Escalating Confrontation
Pyongyang, November 23 -- Shortly ago, the south Korean puppets became one of the co-sponsors of the so-called "resolution on human rights situation in north Korea" at the UN General Assembly, zealously joining the United States in its conspiratorial "human rights" row against the DPRK.
Kim Jong-il: Friendship with China 'unbreakable'
DPRK top leader Kim Jong-il meets Defense Minister Liang Guanglie in Pyongyang on November 25, 2009.
US rebuff as Beijing backs Pyongyang
CHINA'S Defence Minister has reaffirmed Beijing's defence alliance with Pyongyang, saying the relationship was ''sealed with blood'' in the Korean War.
N.Korea Gets Impatient About Package Tours
North Korea on Saturday criticized Unification Minister Hyun In-taek for hindering efforts to improve inter-Korean relations.
Bosworth's Upcoming Visit to Pyongyang Stirs Attention
Rumors are swirling in South Korea over the upcoming visit to North Korea for direct talks by U.S. special envoy Stephen Bosworth slated for Dec.
CHINESE and North Korean defence chiefs have pledged to strengthen their military alliance - dating back to the Korean War - during talks in Pyongyang, state media said on Monday.
N. Korea: Kim Jong-il’s mistress may have new lover
A one-time partner of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il may have married another man and left her job as Kim's secretary, South Korean intelligence sources said.
Japan cautious on US-North Korea talks next month
Japan 'would like to hope that some kind of progress will be made,' Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told reporters.
North Korea suspected in fresh wave of hacker attacks
A fresh wave of cyber attacks that slowed U.S. and South Korean websites this week hit more targets Thursday, a Web security firm said, while the South's spy agency has said the hacking may be linked to North Korea.
N. Korea blasts U.N. passage of resolution on human rights as 'political plot'
21 KYODO North Korea on Friday blasted the latest U.N. passage of a resolution on its human rights situation as ''a trite political plot'' crafted by the United States.
If you go About 300 U.S. tourists travel to North Korea annually between Aug. 1 and Oct.
DM's DPRK trip may aid nuke talks
China and the United States announced Thursday they will send senior officials to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as nations try to get the DPRK back to negotiations over its nuclear programs.
UN committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights
A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries.
China welcomes U.S. envoy's upcoming visit to Pyongyang
China welcomes and supports the dialogues and contacts between Washington and Pyongyang, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang here on Thursday.
North Korea maneuvers to evade U.N. sanctions: experts
North Korea appears to be taking elaborate measures to evade U.N. sanctions aimed at its nuclear and missile activities, arms trading and import of luxuries, U.N. experts say in a new report.
Clinton: Naval Clash Won't Stop Outreach to N.Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses a press conference after attending APEC ministerial meetings in Singapore on Nov.
N.Korea 'Planned to Invade South Despite Sunshine Policy'
North Korea built about 800 bunkers in the demilitarized zone to keep military equipment between 2004 and 2007, Radio Free Asia said Monday quoting a former North Korean colonel who has worked for a South Korean military intelligence agency after defecting during the 2000s.
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