North Korea

"Every time you do these scenarios, one of the first objectives is trying to find out what's going on inside North Korea. "

"North Korea should take a step forward toward the dismantlement of its nuclear weapons, " he said.

South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung says North Korea is ready to talk about the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

They did not agree about North Korea, or much else. But at least they avoided a row.

Washington says it believes that North Korea is operating at least one more uranium enrichment site than Pyongyang has so far acknowledged.

Designed as an act of deterrence against North Korea, it has turned into something of a battle of wills with China.

While those tensions seem to have eased , the United States' nuclear disarmament deal with North Korea is also a concern.

Amid reports of a major political gathering in North Korea, communist history suggests post-Kim moderation is possible.

North Korea, a nuclear-armed state, seems to be increasingly unstable. What can the big powers do about it?

His image in North Korea was one of a hero in the typical manner of the dictator's cult of personality.

But he says any exhaust from such a small test could be very difficult to detect, and North Korea says there was no such exhaust.

Within a week I had decided to send Patriot missiles to South Korea and to ask the UN to impose economic sanctions against North Korea.

Although the agreement obligates North Korea to abandon its nuclear programs, Hill said, the other five parties also have made commitments.

That's an extreme step, but the nightmare would be if Iran simply decided to save time and buy a nuclear weapon or two from North Korea.

The White House said North Korea appeared to be telling the truth, an assessment shared by China and South Korea.

Now Chinese scholars and officials do indeed seem to be sending strong signals to North Korea that enough is enough.

Al Gore is back in the news today because President Obama is saying he might send him to North Korea to negotiate with Kim Jong-Il.

And let me go onto a problem that has vexed us over the last two years and particularly in the last several months, namely North Korea.

Even after Chinese forces began moving into North Korea a few weeks later, CIA analysts failed to understand what that movement meant.

Sin on Tuesday insisted that North Korea be allowed to conduct its own investigation of the site, a request so far refused by the South.

Wen Jiabao, China's premier, can hail his visit to North Korea as a bit of a diplomatic coup.

Kim noted that this year marks the 50th anniversary of a friendship and cooperation treaty between North Korea and China, Xinhua reported.

North Korea would probably not be a nuclear power today if China had been prepared to exert more pressure on it in the past.

China, for one, has so far sided with North Korea's protestation that this was a satellite launch, pure and simple.

But, as Mr. Wu said, "The resources are plentiful, North Korea has tax incentives, it was a perfect situation. "

And I cannot believe that the Chinese should, in a mature fashion, not find it in their interest to restrain North Korea.

' He said the international community won't accept North Korea 'unless it verifiably abandons its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Clinton praised Chinese cooperation in dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons but said the path ahead would not always be easy.

HE MAY be a few pixels short of a picture these days, but as an auctioneer North Korea's nuclear-capable Kim Jong Il is without peer.

They argue North Korea's unexpectedly strong announcement that it would never again attend six-party talks forms part of that strategy.

These rounds of talks are expected to take up the question of North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

In his speech, Mr. Lee defended the military and said North Korea would pay 'a dear price without fail' if it attacks again.

Hill was unwilling to provide details Friday about what sort of compromise verification measures he may have proposed to North Korea.

Such talks will no doubt result in a renewed series of concessions to North Korea in exchange for promises of good behaviour.

The committee said the company had moved millions of dollars from Iran to North Korea on behalf of two institutions previously blacklisted.

"If it continues not to rain, it would be a problem, " said Mr. Jamann, who just returned from a trip to North Korea.

Severing military communications had an immediate effect on workers trying to reach South Korea's investment zone at Kaesong in North Korea.

American sanctions against the bank will continue to scare other banks around the world away from doing business with North Korea.

The U. N. last sent an envoy to North Korea in February and it was unclear whether the U. S. and South Korea would back such a move.

The best he could hope for was gradual reform. "North Korea will change, albeit in a very slow fashion, " he said.

In 2002 Mr Bush lumped Iraq, North Korea and Iran together in an "axis of evil" and said he would stop them acquiring nuclear weapons.

"I could smell my flesh burning, " he said. "They also threatened several times to send me to North Korea. "

He said the group is in regular phone contact with people in North Korea.

In addition, Philip Coyle says efforts have no doubt been made to sample the air near North Korea.

He added that the US did not comment on intelligence matters but that "North Korea missiles programmes are of concern to the region" .

After Wen spoke, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said he welcomed the idea of Seoul having its own two-way talks with North Korea.

Being close to North Korea is always charming as you can imagine.

Now North Korea has only China to turn to if the political transition that seems to be starting goes awry.

The paper said Wen said he did not know if North Korea possessed nuclear weapons.

Cartwright said he was "90%-plus" confident that the U. S. could shoot down a missile launched at the United States from North Korea.

North Korea-watchers in and out of the U. S. government are wanting to know how he looked, how he seemed and what he talked about.

North Korea's coal-fired power equipment only 27% was in 1980, after the construction of other equipment have been used up to 35 years.

Far from living up to its pledge, North Korea has pressed ahead with its nuclear program.

"This is an important step in the process of beginning to verify North Korea's claims about its nuclear programs, " she said.

He said the lack of response so far does not mean Pyongyang is backing down, noting that North Korea thrives on "surprise" attacks.

In North Korea, it may be a crime to speak ill of the Dear Leader, but visitors are also advised not to bad mouth the beloved national dish.

The admiral said he had not been a party to discussions with China about North Korea, which had been led by Mrs Clinton.

Since then, North Korea said it would reconsider disarmament negotiations, but only if it gets to talk to the U. S. first.

US officials have been discussing with the Macao authorities how much of the $24m should be returned to North Korea.

America is trying to deal with the twin problems of Iran and North Korea through multilateral institutions.

North Korea says it may be ready to move in a standoff over frozen assets it insists be unblocked before shutting down its nuclear reactor.

This week, Beijing appeared to be cutting Pyongyang yet more slack by welcoming Kim Jong-il, North Korea's leader, for a secretive visit.

The defence minister said the explosion might have been caused by a mine laid by North Korea during the Korean war, from 1950-53.

North Korea had already secretly built a nuclear reactor in Syria before Israel destroyed it in an air raid.

"North Korea broke the rules once more by testing a rocket that could be used for a long-range missile, " Obama said.

This name traders also said the recent strict supervision has been unable to Korean merchandise exports to North Korea.

He said he talks to his family using cellphones, which are illegal in North Korea.

Washington is also concerned that Kim Jong Il is trying to present North Korea internationally as a declared nuclear-power.

AS IF North Korea's people did not have enough reasons for gloom, on November 30th their savings were wiped out by government decree.

The White House said the talks touched on a wide range of topics, including North Korea, and Iran, as well as economic and security issues.

On Saturday, North Korea said offers like Mr. Donilon's "may work for other nations, but to us, they are nothing but the barking of a dog. "

but this department is usually notified by North Korea if there is going to be a missile launch.

That long-range test took place just a few months before North Korea conducted a test explosion of its first nuclear weapon.

It would send a powerful signal to North Korea that we were prepared to allow them to participate in the banking community in a normal way.

Mr. Lee says he is ready to cooperate with North Korea, if it is ready to give up nuclear weapons.

But he added that he has no doubt that North Korea has the ability to produce nuclear weapons.

North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il is thought to be ill and trying to ensure the succession of his youngest son.

But can the U. S. , North Korea and China break out of a pattern of years of talks without real progress?

A week earlier he was also in North Korea with a parliamentary delegation.

Instead the Obama administration now seems ready to show China there is a cost to its actions. North Korea could be a case in point.

North Korea said the South Korean government "is still adhere to the anti-DPRK hostile policy, " the situation, not summit.

North Korea's relationships in the Northeast Asian region could also improve as it abandons its nuclear weapons and programs, he said.

I lied, earlier: I do fear China, I fear there going to be nothing but a massive North Korea in the next few decades.

Under North Korea's "Three Generation Rule, " up to three generations of the criminal's family must be imprisoned as traitors.

Mr Clinton had expressed regret that he did not try to normalise relations with North Korea during his last days in office.

The United States and Japan have been working since then to strengthen Japan's defense mechanisms in case of an attack by North Korea.

Some analysts say North Korea is trying to use the women as bargaining chips to gain a diplomatic advantage with the United States.

By asking (begging) China to help out with North Korea, the US is showing weakness to China, North Korea and our allies in Asia.

North Korea looks like a grotesque parody of Mao's centrally controlled China, precisely the sort of system that Beijing has left behind.

For now, however, Dandong is where North Korea meets the world; in so far as such a closed country cares to meet it at all.

By asking (begging) China to help out with North Korea, the US is showing weakness to China, North Korea and our allies in Asia.

North Korea looks like a grotesque parody of Mao's centrally controlled China, precisely the sort of system that Beijing has left behind.

For now, however, Dandong is where North Korea meets the world; in so far as such a closed country cares to meet it at all.

But you know what? I bet that Obama will start apologizing to North Korea and try to open a 'friendly hand' to them.

It said the key to settling the nuclear issue is to bring an end to what the agency calls the U. S. "hostile policy" towards North Korea.

Some analysts say North Korea may be trying to gain leverage for negotiations with the international community.

Yet deep divergences remain among the states trying to coax North Korea out of its nuclear-armed isolation.

"My church may be at risk, " he said. "But my country is at much greater risk. The invasion tunnels are North Korea's last secret weapon. "

North Korea said the South had ignored repeated warnings not to hold military exercises in the area and began the firing.

To that end, North Korea's determination to weightlifting Olympic Games in Beijing as an opportunity to stand up to fight a battle.

For a while, it was argued that bilateral negotiations between the United States and North Korea would prove more effective.

Nobody in Washington is ready to sit down with North Korea as if nothing had happened.

Sin said that blaming North Korea caused the Japanese government to reverse a decision to ask the U. S. base on Okinawa to leave.

North Korea's deputy ambassador at the UN Pak Tok Hun did not say what steps would be taken except that they would be stronger.

Yet it has no choice, for two reasons: North Korea is a nuclear menace; and some of its people risk starvation.

North Korea said on Monday that it was ready to discuss humanitarian aid from the South to alleviate damage caused by flooding and typhoons.

He said the U. S. will end sanctions on North Korea if it 'is taking serious steps around the nuclear issue. '

Over the next week, no doubt, we'll see a lot of arguing about what North Korea's launch test means.

Kyodo said the Japanese government hopes to issue before the original visit to South Korea to North Korea "a strong signal. "

"The possible missile launch that North Korea is talking about would be very unhelpful in moving our relationship forward, " she said.

North Korea has for years relied on its nuclear build-up to squeeze aid from its neighbors and the United States.

North Korea protested for more than a year about not being able to access its money in the bank.

China, which hosted the six-party talks and is North Korea's closest ally, said the discussions yielded 'positive results. '

Although North Korea is a sovereign country, "China is pivotal to moving North Korea in a fundamentally different direction, " he said.

But he said he and Mr. Lee want to break North Korea's cycle of acting belligerently and then expecting rewards for turning nice.

As the broker in North Korea did not ask a fee in advance, she assumed payment would be made upon her return.

Kim said the issue of prisoners of war and citizens believed kidnapped by North Korea remains to be solved.

Plus, it would be impossible for Japan to cope with a nuclear North Korea without a strong alliance with United States (and China).

He went on to say that the resumption of the Six-Party talks begun in 2003, but which North Korea withdrew from in 2009, is possible.

At the White House Monday, Mr. Obama said the international community must stand up to North Korea on the nuclear issue.

North Korea's shock October test may have been an attempt to produce a smaller warhead to put on a missile.

It seems unlikely that North Korea would be able to put a nuclear warhead on such a device.

It on to the grid-arrow, until Guangxu under the China-North Korea is China's northeastern region of a fine local records.

He said the cockles and crab that he buys from North Korea had been getting smaller every year over the last decade.

Once North Korea "decided to go nuclear" , it meant they knew they could expect no aid or military protection from China, he said.

The United States has so far paid a limited price for North Korea's cooperation, he said.

Furthermore, the special treatment undermines attempts to turn North Korea into a normal member of the international community.

North Korea's embassy in London suggested there might be an announcement in "two or three weeks" .

Kim Jong Il came out to the Pyongyang airport to greet him, a rare sortie for North Korea's dictator even when he was less frail.

Fitch Ratings said the hostilities are within the bounds of 'marginally increased risk' as North Korea goes through a leadership transition.

Indeed, the official North Korea news agency has already referred to Jong Eun as 'the great successor to the revolutionary cause. '

She said Washington has no appetite for lengthy negotiations with North Korea that would only lead back to the starting point.

And North Korea's growing nuclear capacity "may explain why they felt emboldened to carry out an attack as brazen as this, " he said.

A year after North Korea attacked this South Korean island, most of the destroyed homes and buildings have been rebuilt.

The United States and Japan agreed to discuss normalizing ties with North Korea, something it had long sought.

North Korea's total legal international trade is estimated to be worth $5bn a year by the South Korean government.

North Korea must be made aware that it could still "back away from the abyss" , he said.

East Asian countries with more SOEs than China (North Korea and Vietnam) are poorer, just as you'd expect.

In a rare display of restraint, North Korea responded by saying that it would not retaliate for the military exercises.

There was more condemnation of North Korea from Russia, EU and the UK, although China - the North's main ally - refused to apportion blame.

The editorial says it would be a mistake to think North Korea would give up its nuclear program in exchange for economic aid.

Some of these people say that as fall approaches, North Korea is in the midst of its worst food crisis since its late 1990s famine.

North Korea's official news agency said the country had sent a satellite into orbit, where it was transmitting revolutionary songs.

A clear account of the contents of a common response to North Korea's nuclear and missile issues and China's military expansion.

North Korea is the only communist country that has tried, and this week's moves show the regime's first family is going to try again.

North Korea and Russia are said to be among the countries that have taken advantage of such offers.

Next story takes you to North Korea, where the government may be signaling who will take over as leader of that country someday.

When North Korea shelled a South Korean island last month China did at least try to create a framework to rein in its neighbour.

He described North Korea as a "very dangerous country" led by an unpredictable leader who had once again managed to destabilize the region.

It would be in the interests of both China and North Korea at this juncture to say Beijing has little influence over Pyongyang.

President George W. Bushhad earlier said he was pleased with progress represented by the United Nations action against North Korea.

Hill, the U. S. representative to six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, is in Mongolia for a conference.

The US and China are trying to persuade North Korea to return to six-party talks on nuclear issues, which Pyongyang quit in April.

The group is also calling for the U. S. to relist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism over the abductions.

As diplomats who have had the pleasure can attest, North Korea's international negotiations tend to be high-tension, bared-fang affairs.

We will defend North Korea if it is attacked. But we will not defend it if it attacks someone else, ' he said.

Widespread malnutrition and starvation in at least some parts of the country is a reality in North Korea.

The greatest threat to health in North Korea is usually seen as inadequate food supplies and periodic starvation.

North Korean cargo ship being closely tailed by the United States Navy appears to be changing course, and may be returning to North Korea.

North Korea abruptly broke them off more than a year ago, angry about accounts frozen under American pressure at a Macau bank.

In the long term, Six - party Talks are not likely to restore, and North Korea will focus on the bilateral talks with the United States.

Otherwise, most donors will remain reluctant to give food aid to North Korea. And that would be a tragedy, on a truly massive scale.

An official with China's railway ministry said yesterday that it was not aware of any suspension of freight services into North Korea.

The U. S. -North Korea financial talks are expected to continue at least through Wednesday.

One particular goal was to persuade other Asia-Pacific leaders to take a resolute line over North Korea's recent test of a nuclear bomb .

The threat of North Korea acquiring nuclear missile technology, he said, "matters to all people, everywhere" .

Still, North Korea, also known as the DPRK, set no date for sitting down to talk about implementing its nuclear disarmament commitments.

White House officials said there was a very specific and very positive discussion on North Korea.

Like North Korea, it has borne isolation and rhetorical hostility from the West by cosying up to the neighbours, notably China.

China cannot pretend to be in charge of a sphere of influence when a rogue neighbor behaves as North Korea is behaving.

That crisis, officials and independent experts said, is all the more treacherous because of the deep political uncertainty in North Korea.

A human rights group says North Korea is increasing punishment for citizens who try to leave the country for neighboring China.

North Korea might be preparing for an engine test ahead of a long-range rocket test, the source was quoted as saying.

China is ready to strengthen communication and consultations with North Korea.

The inner workings of North Korea's political leadership and mythmaking have never been easy for the outside world to fathom or confirm.

Diplomats say that China's caution has even affected the flow of food to North Korea, an old ally heavily reliant on shipments from abroad.

So much about North Korea remains impenetrable that it would be folly to claim I've gotten everything right.

North Korea, which has consistently denied its involvement in the sinking, has warned of a war in response to any punishment attempts.

Obama also insisted the purpose of the shield was to intercept missiles from Iran or North Korea or other states rather than from Russia.

South Korean officials say North Korea could be getting ready to test-fire a missile.

Beijing did not shift its basic stance on North Korea, but it became a bit more cooperative with Washington.

It is far too early, however, to believe that North Korea is really ready to come in from the cold.

The point of engaging North Korea was to coax Kim Jong Il and his regime to behave better.

American smiles, however, might have been broader had they persuaded the Chinese to use their clout to rein in a belligerent North Korea.

" China must lead and guide North Korea to a better future . There is too much at stake for this sort of myopia , " Adm Mullen said.

He welcomed Clinton's visit to the DPRK (North Korea) and had an exhaustive conversation with him.

The U. N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test.

At least that's the official portrait emerging of the young man who in just one year has cemented his status as North Korea's next leader.

Analysts said the move runs the risk of a direct confrontation with North Korea.

North Korea requested talks at the weekend, saying it had an important message to deliver during a period of worsening tensions.

Remakes are generally bad, but a small country like North Korea invading the USA turns the movie into a post cold war comedy.

With its bomb-making ability now demonstrated, North Korea may well feel it has little to lose by appearing a little more talkative.

These markets, he said, thrive especially along the border with China, North Korea's closest ally.

Squaring up to North Korea ensured his reputation as a bulldozer travelled beyond the demilitarised zone.

Yet even in a country as batty as North Korea, it would be odd to throw a lavish get-together of the main party hacks for no reason.

Third, North Korea is not just a fellow pariah to Myanmar, it is a partner, perhaps even in the clandestine trade in the nuclear black arts.

Back in Seoul, her mother was shot dead by someone loyal to North Korea.

U. S. officials said North Korea was not promised any rewards for their release and there was no link to nuclear non-proliferation talks.

One question was why Sweden, a part of the investigating team, did not sign the final report blaming North Korea.

For this he has secured the additional support of Russia and China, as well as that of a bunch of dictators from Belarus to North Korea.

"This resolution will give us new tools to impair North Korea's ability to proliferate and threaten international stability, " she said.

But, with a wry smile, he added that a neighboring island, far less populated but a bit closer to North Korea, would probably take the hit.

The State Department said North Korea had given assurances that it would comply with international verification of its nuclear facilities.

Analysts have often commented that it does not really matter who the next figurehead is in North Korea.

But North Korea's official news agency said the "main emphasis" of the talks was bilateral.

The growing feeling in Seoul is that North Korea may be trying to dash across the nuclear finishing line.

"There should be continued negotiations and patience" with North Korea, he said from a wheelchair.

The last days of March marked the beginning of a serious crisis with North Korea.

China's leverage over North Korea is limited but it is more significant than that of any other nation.

Moghaddam was an engineer by profession, reported to have been trained in ballistic science by China and North Korea.

In Mr Yan's view, China's outrage at North Korea's test is similar to that of France and Germany over America's invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Last month, South Korea's Unification Ministry said it had reopened communication channels with North Korea in the border area of Panmunjom.

Then what happened next must have been a rather unusual sight for North Korea - a media scrum.

Macau authorities had frozen the assets during investigations into the bank's illicit activities on behalf of North Korea.

As you know, he was not invited to go to North Korea, which we regret.

Meanwhile, Mr. Kan said he expressed concerns during the summit about North Korea's uranium enrichment.

North Korea renewed its former position that it wouldn't give up weapons until the U. S. forges diplomatic relations with it.

North Korea would like the same: to be accepted by America as a nuclear power and still rewarded.

North Korea's state media continued to issue eulogies of Kim Jong Il and plaudits of the new leader Kim Jong Eun on Wednesday.

Kim Jong-il inspects a cotton farm of the Korean People's Army's 1596 unit in an undisclosed place in North Korea.

More international warnings and naval deployments are leading up to North Korea's planned launch of a long-range missile.

North Korea hopes that its financial problems will be solved with the long-awaited return of its funds frozen in a tiny Macao bank.

Well, I lost a year while my family Was tunneling out of north korea. Advantage Kim.

North Korea is still some way from being able to miniaturise nuclear weapons to use on missiles or even to drop from planes.

Instead, they expected to begin talks aimed at persuading China not to veto a strong condemnation of North Korea at the security council.

QUESTION: You know next week the New York Philharmonic orchestra will be in North Korea.

"Any effort, of course, must start with North Korea ceasing all provocative and belligerent behavior, " she said.

By all that, I'm not saying that any capable nation shouldn't intervene and help the oppressed in North Korea, of course they should!

NUCLEAR blackmail is an old trick of Kim Jong Il, North Korea's 68-year-old dictator, learnt at the knee of his father, Kim Il Sung.

This weekend foreign journalists had a chance to confirm that suspicion when they were unexpectedly allowed to visit North Korea.

Uncounted others have come for a few months and then slipped back to North Korea with food and money.

But he did not mention North Korea by name or show support for possible UN sanctions against Pyongyang.

The IAEA inspectors have been asked to leave North Korea at the earliest possible time.

North Korea tested a nuclear weapon two years ago, causing unanimous support for a strict sanctions resolution at the United Nations.

North Korea says it is ready to attend a second round of nuclear crisis talks early next year.

The US State Department said the Obama administration was still reviewing its policy toward North Korea.

Meanwhile, Chinese foreign policy scholars were almost queuing up to point out all the problems that come with close ties to North Korea.

The investigators said the torpedo parts match the design of one that North Korea advertises and exports to overseas customers.

He wants North Korea to be accepted as a nuclear power, his officials say, just as India in practice has been.

North Korea has to live up to its commitments in the joint statement and take concrete steps to denuclearize.

Pyongyang routinely accuses the U. S. and South Korea of staging the military drills as a rehearsal for an attack on North Korea.

The design of the oxidizer tank also suggested an "Iran connection" in North Korea's rocket program, he said.

But terrorism is not the only national security concern. The strategy also deals with issues like North Korea.

"The point is that North Korea has been providing that kind of aid to Iran, Syria and Burma, " he said.

He kept similar compounds in cities around North Korea, some of which can be reached by rail lines used only by his entourage.

Sri Lanka officials say there was no shipment scheduled to come in from North Korea.

North Korea must end its nuclear weapons program or face further isolation and international sanctions, she said.

Bush said the missile launches have served to further North Korea's isolation from the international community.

North (Korea) denies reports that it's getting ready to test a long-range missile.

But if they are allowed to destroy the conference in a blaze of recrimination, the only victors will be Iran and North Korea.