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N. Korean envoy meets China president: state media

Agence France-PresseMay 24, 2013 07:15
A North Korean envoy met China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing Friday and handed him a personal letter from leader Kim Jong-Un, Chinese state-run media reported. Choe Ryong-Hae told Xi that North Korea is willing to take positive actions to solve problems through dialogue, the semi-official China News Service said, after months of high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme. The report did not disclose the contents of the letter.

N. Korean envoy stresses dialogue in China talks

Agence France-PresseMay 24, 2013 05:45
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's special envoy told a top Chinese defence official Friday that his country wants to solve problems on the Korean peninsula through dialogue, Beijing's state media said. The comments by Kim's emissary Choe Ryong-Hae were reported by the official Xinhua news agency and came a day after Chinese state television quoted him as saying Pyongyang wants peace and is willing to engage in talks.

opposition party-NK ties

Yonhap News AgencyMay 24, 2013 05:00
SEOUL, May 24 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) called on the government Friday to normalize inter-Korean ties, saying the prolonged impasse is hurting South Korean businesses. The request came as Friday marked three years since Seoul cut off nearly all inter-Korean exchanges in the wake of the North's deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in March 2010.

S Korea-NK sanctions

Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 22:30
SEOUL, May 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is not considering easing or lifting sanctions imposed on Pyongyang after the sinking of one of the South's warships in 2010 that effectively put the kibosh on most cross-border exchanges, official sources said Friday. Seoul announced the so-called May 24 measures after a two-month-long probe that accused Pyongyang of sinking the Cheonan in waters near the maritime border in the Yellow Sea on March 26, 2010. Pyongyang has denied the accusations.

NK dialogue-US

Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 15:45
By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON, May 23 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. government declined to bite Thursday on the latest carrot offered up by North Korea, saying it needs more details on the reported overture. On a trip to Beijing, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's special envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, was quoted as saying his country is willing to take China's advice and resume joint talks with the U.S. and other nations. Choe made the remarks in a meeting with Liu Yunshan, the Chinese Communist Party's fifth-ranked leader, according to local media.

NK-joint event

Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 08:46
SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has proposed holding a joint event with South Korea to mark the 2000 signing of a landmark inter-Korean declaration, a civic organization here said Thursday. June 15 is the 13th anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North-South Joint Declaration between liberal-minded late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. The landmark declaration laid out a reconciliatory mode for the Korean Peninsula, pledging the two countries to jointly promote reunification and other economic and cultural cooperation.

North Korea-weekly review-2

Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 01:01
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK (Part 2) Seoul Urges Pyongyong to Accept Talks on Kaesong Industrial Complex SEOUL (Yonhap) -- South Korea renewed its urging of North Korea to accept its proposal for working-level talks to discuss the normalization of the suspended joint industrial park in the North Korean border town of Kaesong.

NK-joint event

Yonhap News AgencyMay 22, 2013 23:45
SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has proposed holding a joint event with South Korea to mark the 2000 signing of a landmark inter-Korean declaration, a civic organization here said Thursday. June 15 is the 13th anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North-South Joint Declaration between liberal-minded late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. The landmark declaration laid out a reconciliatory mode for the Korean Peninsula, pledging the two countries to jointly promote reunification and other economic and cultural cooperation.

China-NK-US

Yonhap News AgencyMay 22, 2013 18:15
By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON, May 22 (Yonhap) -- China gave prior notice to the United States on a high-profile North Korean envoy's trip this week to Beijing, according to a U.S. official Wednesday. The notification was seen as unusual for China, which has traditionally kept mum on its top-level diplomatic exchanges with its communist ally. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's special envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, flew into Beijing on Wednesday (local time), the first known visit by a top North Korean official to China this year.

businessmen-NK visit

Yonhap News AgencyMay 22, 2013 04:46
SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea won't allow its businessmen to visit their plants in North Korea until their safe passage across the border is guaranteed by Pyongyang through formal channels, a Seoul government official said Wednesday. The two Koreas currently have no direct channel of dialogue after Pyongyang cut off all phone links with Seoul in disputes over a joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong.
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