North and South Korea consulting to hold new round of official talksSEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea are discussing the possibility of a new round of government-level talks, a Seoul official said Tuesday, after a brief and contentious meeting last month ended with little progress. NKorea says it is intensifying investigation of detained SKorean workerSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it is intensifying its investigation into a South Korean worker detained on suspicion of denouncing the communist nation’s government, indicating it had no intention of releasing him any time soon. South Korea says North Korea has refused to free worker detained at factory complexSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea refused to release a seized South Korean worker during tense talks with Seoul officials, underlining the soured nature of relations between the two rival countries. Rare talks between North and South Korea end shortly after startingSEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea held brief talks Tuesday over a troubled industrial project in the communist country after officials spent most of the day in a procedural standoff. North and South Korea begin rare talks after hours of delaySEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says talks with North Korea about a troubled joint factory complex in the communist country have begun after hours of delay. North, South Korea at odds ahead of rare talks amid nuclear tensionSEOUL, South Korea — Procedural wrangling delayed the start Tuesday of the first formal meeting between North and South Korea since Seoul’s conservative president took office more than a year ago, amid tensions over Pyongyang’s moves to restart its nuclear program. South Korean officials travel to North for meeting over troubled factory complexnull South Korean officials depart for meeting in North over troubled factory complexSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials traveled Tuesday to North Korea for the first official dialogue between the two governments under South Korea’s conservative President Lee Myung-bak, amid tension over Pyongyang’s April 5 rocket launch. SKorea accepts NKorea’s proposal for talks on joint industrial park in first dialogue in yearSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said it will hold talks Tuesday with North Korea to discuss a troubled joint industrial complex, marking the first official dialogue between the two countries under South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. SKorea accepts NKorea’s proposal for talks on joint factory park in first dialogue in yearSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Sunday accepted North Korea’s proposal for talks on a troubled joint industrial complex, setting up the first official dialogue between the two countries in a year amid tensions over the North’s recent rocket launch. SKorea accepts NKorea’s proposal for talks on joint factory parkSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has accepted North Korea’s proposal for talks on a joint factory park, setting up the first high-level dialogue between the two countries in a year, an official said Sunday. Nouth Korea offers warning, dialogue to South Korea amid tensionsSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s military has warned South Korea to stay out of a U.S.-led initiative to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction, while Seoul postponed plans to announce its participation after a surprise offer of dialogue by Pyongyang. South Korea studying North Korea’s proposal for talks amid tensionsSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Saturday it is reviewing a North Korean proposal for talks on a troubled joint industrial complex where the North is holding a South Korean man, amid rising tensions over the North’s recent rocket launch and its expulsion of nuclear monitors. South Korea says North Korea has proposed meeting on joint industrial complexNKorea proposes meeting on joint factory park SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says that North Korea has proposed a meeting on a joint factory park in the North next week. |