News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
South Korea has replaced its top envoy to international negotiations on North Korea's nuclear programs...The Foreign Ministry says Kim Sook has been appointed to succeed Chun Yung-woo as chief negotiator to the six-nation talks, which also include...
News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
Kim's father, Kim Il Sung, died in 1994 at age 82 but still holds the title of the country's "eternal president." The elder Kim's birthday is known as "Day of the Sun" and is celebrated along with the birthday of the country's current ruler. The...
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| about 1 year ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has promoted 35 senior army commanders on Tuesday to mark his late father's birthday, the communist state's official media reported. The North marks April 15, birthday of founding president Kim Il-Sung, as the "Day of...
News Source: Japan Times
| about 1 year ago
Kyodo) In a rare move, Japanese fugitives who hijacked a Japan Airlines jetliner to North Korea in 1970 met with a European Parliament member who recently visited Pyongyang. Glyn Ford, the parliament member for Southwest England for the Labour Party,...
News Source: Asia Times
| about 1 year ago
Now, embarking on his single five-year term as president, Lee is bent on improving his nation's relations with both Japan and the US. US President George W Bush spent much of his two consecutive four-year terms criticizing the North Korean regime's...
News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
Three North Koreans defectors left Thailand for the United States early Monday, becoming the latest refugees accepted by Washington under a 2004 law, officials said...A South Korean activist said the three were among 29 North Korean refugees who...