San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
A rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week is unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, media reports cited a senior Seoul official as suggesting Sunday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
A rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week is unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, media reports cited a senior Seoul official as suggesting Sunday.
ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
So will this North Korean cash cow get restarted or not': There are differences in opinion in the government over whether package tours to the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea, a cash cow Pyongyang wants to revive, fall under UN sanctions. Asked about these concerns on Thursday, one ranking official said, “The matter is relevant [...]
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
President Obama and Vice President Biden Obama's Skeptic In Chief -- David Ignatius, Washington Post With President Obama finally ready to announce his decision about Afghanistan, it's a good time to examine the role played by Vice President Biden, who emerged during the policy review as the administration's in-house skeptic -- the "questioner in chief," as one insider puts it. Read more...
Sophia Sadoughi (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A tourism website has put an addition to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on its second annual list of the “World’s Top 10 Ugly Buildings.” VirtualTourist.com puts Michael Lee-Chin’s futuristic glass “Crystal” addition at No. 8 on the list. The website site says that while many praise the glass structure, “just as many are troubled by the incongruity to...
Not PC (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
New Zealand's Parliament Building has been named the third ugliest building in the world by tourism website VirtualTourist.com , which describes the Beehive as a "a slide projector that fell on a wedding cake that fell on a waterwheel." Says the Herald , where you can vote (or at least comment) on its ugliness “The Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland was deemed the ugliest...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
North Korea Arms Trade Funds Nuclear-Bomb Work, UN Panel Says -- Bloomberg Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea is running a global arms smuggling enterprise to finance its nuclear weapons program, a United Nations panel said in a report on sanctions imposed on the regime. “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has established a highly sophisticated international network for the acquisition,...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak reaffirmed in Seoul on Thursday that they will seek a "definite and comprehensive resolution" to the North Korean nuclear issue. Mr. Obama urged the North to return to the six-party nuclear talks, adding that he will send special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth to the country on Dec. 8. In early October,...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
After troublesome stopovers in Japan and China, United States President Barack Obama ended his swing through Asia on a high in South Korea, with US troops jubilant after a rousing speech. The feel-good factor was boosted by a glowing consensus with Seoul's leader over ending Pyongyang's nuclear program. - Donald Kirk (Nov 20, '09)
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie will visit North Korea soon, state-run media said on Friday, amid efforts to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks. Liang's trip, which also will take him to Japan and Thailand, will begin on Sunday and run through December 5, the China News Service reported, without giving a specific itinerary. It gave no reason for the trip but the announcement...
Asian Gazette (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
[pba] A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Burma on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries. The 192-nation General Assembly's Third Committee, which focuses on human rights issues, approved a resolution on North Korea 97-19 with 65 abstentions. A similar resolution on Burma (Myanmar) passed 92-26 with 65 abstentions....
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak Thursday urged North Korea to return to nuclear talks, suggesting a 'grand bargain' solution to end the dispute over the Stalinist state's nuclear weapons programme.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
US President Barack Obama said he was willing to help North Korea repair its economy and end decades of international isolation if Pyongyang stopped a cycle of threats and finally moved towards nuclear disarmament.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Seoul - US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak Thursday urged North Korea to return to nuclear talks, suggesting a grand bargain solution to end the dispute over the Stalinist state's nuclear weapons pr...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Seoul - US President Barack Obama said Thursday he planned to send his special envoy to North Korea on December 8 in a bid to restart stalled multinational talks to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. Speaking at a press conference...
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hitsgaloremedia | 06/27/2008
The cooling tower now sits, demolished at the Yongbyon nuclear complex near Pyongyang, North Korea. Around 5pm their local time on Friday, the massive implosion took place at the yongbyon facility and was intended to be a huge symbol for the public. It builds momentum to end nuclear activities by the communist nation once branded as an “axis of evil” buy U.S. President George W. Bush With great timing...
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