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North Korea envoy hands over China's Xi a note of peace

BEIJING - A senior North Korean envoy delivered a letter from his leader Kim Jong-un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him that Pyongyang was ready to take "positive action" to re-join stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. The letter was handed over by envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae. Choe told Xi that North Korea is willing to take positive actions to solve problems ...
North Koreas bid to return to n-talks welcomed by Moscow

Russia regards as a "positive development" reports that North Korea is willing to return to six-party talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, a Russian diplomat said. China's Xinhua news agency and South Korea's Yonhap reported Friday that Choe Ryong Hae, a special envoy for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, met Chinese President Xi Jinping and reaffirmed that Pyongyang "is ready ...
Seoul press doubtful over N.Korea dialogue offer

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's press on Saturday expressed scepticism over an apparent offer by North Korea that it was willing to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks.North Korean special envoy Choe Ryong-Hae met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and reportedly handed him a letter from leader Kim Jong-Un in a sign Pyongyang may be backing away from confrontation with the ...
Chinas blunt message to North Korea

North Korea launched several short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast May 18, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as ...
North Korean envoy to China pledges renewed commitment to nuclear disarmament talks

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing Friday, May 24, 2013. The top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for ...

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According to a recent unclassified Defense Intelligence Agency report, "DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles." The day the DIA report came out, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel stated that neither Iran nor North Korea is capable of attacking the U.S. with nuclear weapons. Despite the Obama ...
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Chinese FM talks with U.S. South Korean counterparts on Korean Peninsula tensions

BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has held separate talks by phone with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts Hillary Clinton and Kim Sung-hwan on tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Speaking to Clinton Friday and Kim Saturday, Yang said the Chinese side noted the concern of various parties about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) ...
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South Korea's Catholic aid agency delivered 100 tons of flour to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Thursday, soon after the government granted approval for civilian food aid to the impoverished neighbor.Caritas Korea sent 100 tons of flour to the border city of Kaesong, which will then be delivered to nurseries and hospitals in Kangnam-gun County in North Hwanghae ...

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North Korea's bid to return to n-talks welcomed by Moscow

Russia regards as a "positive development" reports that North Korea is willing to return to six-party talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, a Russian diplomat said.

China's Xinhua news agency and South Korea's Yonhap reported Friday that Choe Ryong Hae, a special envoy for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, met Chinese President Xi Jinping and reaffirmed that Pyongyang "is ready to work with parties concerned to properly solve relevant issues through multiform dialogue and consultation, including the six-party talks".

"It is a positive development, especially after weeks of harsh military rhetoric from Pyongyang," Russian Ambassador at Large Grigory Logvinov said in Moscow.

"We all worked hard for this, and Russia has made serious efforts to avert the looming crisis and create conditions for the resumption of the talks," Logvinov said, adding that now efforts should be focused on "transforming political statements into practical actions."

The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme involve North and South Korea, the US, China, Japan and Russia. The talks have been stalled since 2009.

Tensions rose sharply on the Korean Peninsula in December last year after North Korea tested a Taepodong 2 missile and again in February when it carried out its third nuclear test. ...