N. Koreans relay message from leader Kim Jong Il during rare meeting with S. Korean presidentSEOUL, South Korea — A high-level North Korean delegation conveyed a message from leader Kim Jong Il to the South Korean president during a rare meeting Sunday in the latest sign of warming ties on the tense Korean peninsula. South Korean president to meet officials visiting from Pyongyang amid signs of warming tiesSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak agreed to meet a visiting high-level delegation from North Korea on Sunday in what is likely to be a test of his 18-month hard-line policy against the communist country. 2 Koreas hold high-level talks in nearly 2 years amid NKorea’s conciliatory gesturesSEOUL, South Korea — Top South and North Korean officials in charge of inter-Korean relations held talks Saturday for the first time in nearly two years amid a series of conciliatory moves by North Korea after months of tensions on the divided peninsula. SKorean unification minister, high-level NKoreans to talk during rare condolence trip to SeoulSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s unification minister will hold talks with six North Korean officials visiting Seoul to pay their respects to the late Kim Dae-jung, a former president beloved on both sides of the border, a government spokesman said Friday. Glitch forces SKorea to abort rocket launch that threatened to heat up tensions with NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — A technical glitch forced South Korea to abort liftoff of its first rocket into space Wednesday, delaying a launch that threatened to stoke tensions with North Korea even as Pyongyang joined in mourning a leader who pushed tirelessly for reconciliation. North Korea sends condolences to South following death of Kim Dae-jung, ‘Mandela of Asia’SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans mourned former President Kim Dae-jung on Thursday, offering flowers and prayers as the government arranged a state funeral for the longtime democracy and human rights campaigner. South Korea aborts launch of 1st rocket minutes before liftoffSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Wednesday aborted its first domestic launch of a rocket just minutes before scheduled liftoff because of a technical problem, delaying space ambitions that have threatened to anger rival North Korea. Last checks before SKorea sends rocket into space, 4 months after controversial NKorean launchSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean scientists were making final checks Wednesday before sending the country’s first rocket into space — a liftoff that threatens to raise the ire of rival North Korea. Former SKorean President Kim Dae-jung, who won Nobel for improving ties with North, dies at 85SEOUL, South Korea — Former President Kim Dae-jung, who spent years as a dissident under South Korea’s military dictatorship and later won the Nobel Peace Prize for seeking reconciliation with communist North Korea, has died. He was 85. NKorea to resume SKorean tours, family reunions in North; could ease tensions on peninsulaSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday it would restart tours to a scenic mountain resort and allow reunions for families separated since the Korean War — a surprise move that could help ease months of tensions with South Korea over Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear tests. NKorea agrees to resume family reunions, tourism trips, though army goes on ’special alert’SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday that it will resume largely stalled cross-border exchanges with South Korea, a surprise move that could help ease months of tensions over the communist country’s missile and nuclear tests. NKorea threatens to retaliate against US, SKorea over sanctions after Seoul renews aid offerSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea followed recent conciliatory gestures toward the U.S. and South Korea with a return to threats Sunday, warning them of “merciless retaliation” over sanctions imposed on its government, and nuclear attacks in response to any atomic provocation. SKorea president uses anniversary of end of Japanese rule to renew NKorea aid offerSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president renewed his offer of aid for impoverished North Korea if it abandons its nuclear weapons and called Saturday for talks on the reduction of conventional weapons along their heavily fortified border. SKorea’s president uses 64th anniversary of end of Japanese rule to renew aid offer to NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president renewed his offer of aid Saturday for impoverished North Korea if it abandons its nuclear weapons on the 64th anniversary of the divided peninsula’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule. N.Korea willing to hold talks with the USPYONGYANG - A senior North Korean diplomat has said that his country’s government is willing to hold talks with Washington. South Korea to renew its aid offer to North Korea in return for nuclear disarmamentSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea plans to renew its offer to give aid to North Korea if the impoverished communist country gives up its nuclear ambitions, the president’s office said Friday, a day after the North freed a South Korean worker detained for months. Hyundai Group chief heads to North Korea to try to win release of detained SKorean workerSEOUL, South Korea —The chairwoman of South Korea’s Hyundai Group conglomerate headed to Pyongyang on Monday to try to win the release of a detained employee and to discuss restarting joint projects in North Korea. North Korea will ‘closely watch’ international response to South Korea’s satellite launchSEOUL, South Korea —North Korea said Monday it will closely watch the international response to South Korea’s planned satellite launch after Pyongyang was brought before the U.N. Security Council for what it said was a similar move. Hyundai Group chief heading to North Korea to try to win release of detained SKorean workerSEOUL, South Korea —The chairwoman of South Korea’s Hyundai Group conglomerate will travel to Pyongyang on Monday to try to win the release of a detained employee and to discuss restarting joint projects in North Korea. SKorea says it’s doing everything possible to secure release of citizens from NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president said Friday the country is “doing everything it can” to win the release of its citizens detained in North Korea, after former President Bill Clinton brought home two American journalists. Report: North Korea ready to negotiate detained South Korean worker’s releaseSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea expressed its willingness to talk about a South Korean worker being held in the communist nation, a news report said Friday after Pyongyang freed two American journalists following a trip by former President Bill Clinton. Officials: Clinton urged NKorea to free South Koreans, make progress on Japanese abductionsSEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton urged North Korea to free detained South Koreans and make progress on the issue of abducted Japanese citizens, South Korean and Japanese officials said Thursday. Administration insisted on no strings attached in Clinton mission, now hopes to reap benefitsWASHINGTON — The White House approved Bill Clinton’s high-stakes rescue mission only with caution, intent that North Korea not benefit on the world stage. Yet officials now suggest it could mark a fresh start with the volatile regime. Analysis: North Korea’s Kim faces choice on nuclear program after meeting with ClintonSEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong Il’s smile said it all. Freed journalists were kept separated, fed bad food during 140-day captivityLOS ANGELES — Two American journalists who returned home Wednesday after being held nearly five months in North Korea were separated and fed bad food during their ordeal, but their families never lost faith that they would come back. Freed journalists back home in US after Clinton mission to N. Korea wins pardonBURBANK, Calif. — Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton, whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests. Clinton’s ‘rock star status’ helped release US journalists in North KoreaPYONGYANG - Former U.S. president Bill Clinton’s ‘ rock star status’ has helped to secure the release of two American journalists from the clutches of the North Korean Government. Journalists return to US after N. Korea grants pardon and Bill Clinton helps win releaseLOS ANGELES — Former President Bill Clinton and two American journalists flew back to the United States on Wednesday for what was expected to be an emotional reunion with family and friends after the reporters spent the last four months detained in North Korea. Clinton, 2 pardoned American journalists heading back to US after departing NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally. N Korea frees american journalists upon Clinton’s request: Full case story
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SEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea early Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally.
