News http://newshourly.net/nkorea/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:35:07 +0100 Age, military ties mark Kim Jong Un's inner circle (AP) http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1501408.html FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, center, walks beside the hearse carrying the body of his late father and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during the funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea. Escorting Kim Jong Un are, Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law and vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, second from left, top propaganda official Kim Ki Nam, left, and two military officers, Ri Yong Ho, right, vice marshal of the Korean Peopleâ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href=FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, center, walks beside the hearse carrying the body of his late father and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during the funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea. Escorting Kim Jong Un are, Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law and vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, second from left, top propaganda official Kim Ki Nam, left, and two military officers, Ri Yong Ho, right, vice marshal of the Korean Peopleâ]]></content:encoded> <category>wiadomosci_en</category> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:35:06 +0100</pubDate> <guid>http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1501408.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>North Korea opens door to talks with South Korea (AP)</title> <link>http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1497659.html</link> <description><![CDATA[<p><a href=CORRECTS SPELLING OF COLONEL'S NAME - Ri Son Gwon, left, a colonel working for the Policy Department of North Koreaâ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href=CORRECTS SPELLING OF COLONEL'S NAME - Ri Son Gwon, left, a colonel working for the Policy Department of North Koreaâ]]></content:encoded> <category>wiadomosci_en</category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:46:02 +0100</pubDate> <guid>http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1497659.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>North Korea challenges Seoul to Q+A over dialogue (Reuters)</title> <link>http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1497660.html</link> <description><![CDATA[<p><a href=CORRECTS SPELLING OF COLONEL'S NAME - Ri Son Gwon, left, a colonel working for the Policy Department of North Koreaâ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href=CORRECTS SPELLING OF COLONEL'S NAME - Ri Son Gwon, left, a colonel working for the Policy Department of North Koreaâ]]></content:encoded> <category>wiadomosci_en</category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:46:02 +0100</pubDate> <guid>http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1497660.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>Power cuts pitch North Korea capital into darkness: diplomat (Reuters)</title> <link>http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1497062.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - North Korea's capital faces its worst electricity shortages in years just as a new leadership takes power in the impoverished state and pushes ahead with lavish building projects to celebrate the centenary of its founder's birth.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[Reuters - North Korea's capital faces its worst electricity shortages in years just as a new leadership takes power in the impoverished state and pushes ahead with lavish building projects to celebrate the centenary of its founder's birth.]]></content:encoded> <category>wiadomosci_en</category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:04:03 +0100</pubDate> <guid>http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1497062.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>NKorea demands preconditions for talks' resumption (AP)</title> <link>http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1497063.html</link> <description><![CDATA[<p><a href=In this Sept. 2007 photo, TV show personality Grace Lee poses during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippines' bachelor President Benigno Aquino III told reporters Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012 that, yes, he is dating again. This time it's a South Korean woman who grew up in Manila and works there as a TV show host and radio disc jockey. (AP Photo/Newsis, Kim Jong-hyun) KOREA OUTAP - North Korea is taking a step back from earlier vows that it would never deal with South Korea's leader, but it is demanding preconditions for resuming talks that include the cancellation of U.S.-South Korea military drills.


]]> In this Sept. 2007 photo, TV show personality Grace Lee poses during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippines' bachelor President Benigno Aquino III told reporters Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012 that, yes, he is dating again. This time it's a South Korean woman who grew up in Manila and works there as a TV show host and radio disc jockey. (AP Photo/Newsis, Kim Jong-hyun) KOREA OUTAP - North Korea is taking a step back from earlier vows that it would never deal with South Korea's leader, but it is demanding preconditions for resuming talks that include the cancellation of U.S.-South Korea military drills.


]]> wiadomosci_en Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:04:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1497063.html US diplomat says US open to North Korea diplomacy (AP) http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1496432.html In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo, North Korea's under-14 team 4.25, run by North Korea's military athletes corps, leave from the stadium after they boycotted a scheduled game at Kunming in China's Yunnan Province. The North Korean youth football team has boycotted a game against a South Korean squad amid renewed animosity between the two countries. (AP Photo/Korea Pool) KOREA OUTAP - In a message aimed at both Koreas, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that Washington is open to settling the North Korean nuclear standoff through diplomacy, but only if Pyongyang improves ties with archrival South Korea.


]]> In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo, North Korea's under-14 team 4.25, run by North Korea's military athletes corps, leave from the stadium after they boycotted a scheduled game at Kunming in China's Yunnan Province. The North Korean youth football team has boycotted a game against a South Korean squad amid renewed animosity between the two countries. (AP Photo/Korea Pool) KOREA OUTAP - In a message aimed at both Koreas, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that Washington is open to settling the North Korean nuclear standoff through diplomacy, but only if Pyongyang improves ties with archrival South Korea.


]]> wiadomosci_en Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:22:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1496432.html US diplomat sees 'hope in diplomacy' with NKorea (AP) http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1495836.html U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell delivers a speech during a dinner hosted by the Korea Society in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia is reassuring South Korea that any diplomatic dealings with North Korea will be backed up by an unwavering U.S.-South Korea military presence. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Bae Jung-hyun) KOREA OUTAP - A senior U.S. diplomat on Tuesday expressed "hope in diplomacy" for settling differences with North Korea, but he reassured ally Seoul that a lasting U.S.-South Korea military presence will back up any talks.


]]> U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell delivers a speech during a dinner hosted by the Korea Society in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia is reassuring South Korea that any diplomatic dealings with North Korea will be backed up by an unwavering U.S.-South Korea military presence. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Bae Jung-hyun) KOREA OUTAP - A senior U.S. diplomat on Tuesday expressed "hope in diplomacy" for settling differences with North Korea, but he reassured ally Seoul that a lasting U.S.-South Korea military presence will back up any talks.


]]> wiadomosci_en Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:44:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1495836.html US expects NKorea to continue proliferation (AP) http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1495837.html wiadomosci_en Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:44:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1495837.html NKorea's young leader gets rock star treatment (AP) http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1494595.html In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Jan. 25, 2012, North Korean new leader Kim Jong Un greets students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the occasion of Chinese New Year. Young Kim gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops, just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs. He seems to want to bond. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONAP - North Korea's young new leader gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops — just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers.


]]> In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Jan. 25, 2012, North Korean new leader Kim Jong Un greets students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the occasion of Chinese New Year. Young Kim gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops, just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs. He seems to want to bond. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONAP - North Korea's young new leader gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops — just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers.


]]> wiadomosci_en Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:22:03 +0100 http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1494595.html SKorean activists send socks to NKorea in balloons (AP) http://newshourly.net/nkorea/news_1493306.html Members of the North Korean Peace Foundation prepare to release balloons carrying 1,000 warm socks and messages of hope and love toward North Korea near the Unification Observatory Post near the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korean activists have floated giant balloons carrying boxes of socks into North Korea.


]]> Members of the North Korean Peace Foundation prepare to release balloons carrying 1,000 warm socks and messages of hope and love toward North Korea near the Unification Observatory Post near the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korean activists have floated giant balloons carrying boxes of socks into North Korea.


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