http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea North Korea on Yahoo! Canada News Photos Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:00 GMT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:00 GMT http://rss.news.yahoo.com/ 160 35 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/ca/nws/ca_ma_nws_1_1.gif http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/10022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-poses-during-visit.html (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) poses during a visit to the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 10, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. The Korean characters read: 'Improvement of people's lives'. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/reuters/mtfh41813ham13i65763660.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=fUX8160cMhVW3XwgmiRF4A-- (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) poses during a visit to the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 10, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. The Korean characters read: 'Improvement of people's lives'. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/10022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-visits-february-8.html (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (3rd L) visits the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 10, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. The Korean characters read: 'Improvement of people's lives'. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:58:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/reuters/mtfh41793ham12i65763480.jpg?x=108&y=130&sig=_bUroSsCROAaSTYsRTHTaw-- (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (3rd L) visits the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 10, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. The Korean characters read: 'Improvement of people's lives'. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il.html (AFP) - A photo release by North Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) in Pyongyang on February 8. Kim reaffirmed his pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:05:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/afp/iphoto_1265731827906-4-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=J8hY8lziMheAD6jcllGH3g-- (AFP) - A photo release by North Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) in Pyongyang on February 8. Kim reaffirmed his pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-south-korean-marines-guard-anti-aircraft-gun-position-yeonpyeong.html (AFP) - South Korean Marines stand guard at an anti-aircraft gun position on Yeonpyeong Island in the disputed Yellow Sea on the border with North Korea in January 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il reaffirmed his pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks. Photo:Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

]]> (AFP) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:05:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/afp/iphoto_1265697034707-4-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=1PH4zzKcBLwZMZjB1rEIMQ-- (AFP) - South Korean Marines stand guard at an anti-aircraft gun position on Yeonpyeong Island in the disputed Yellow Sea on the border with North Korea in January 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il reaffirmed his pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks. Photo:Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-wang-jiarui-l-chinese-communist-party-s-key-official.html (AFP) - Wang Jiarui (L), Chinese Communist Party's international department chief, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-Il upon his arrival at Pyongyang airport on February 6. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:05:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/afp/iphoto_1265683516418-3-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=TqqY53ws55zmyiaGjkbYtQ-- (AFP) - Wang Jiarui (L), Chinese Communist Party's international department chief, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-Il upon his arrival at Pyongyang airport on February 6. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-north-korea-s-kim-jong-il-c-visiting-factory.html (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C) is seen visiting a factory in Hambung City, South Hamgyong Province in a photo released February 8. Kim restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:05:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/afp/iphoto_1265683633215-3-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=JwJrEppW5b0ZwERemrvUsg-- (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C) is seen visiting a factory in Hambung City, South Hamgyong Province in a photo released February 8. Kim restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-mock-north-korean-missile-during-rally-denouncing-north-korea.html (AFP) - File photo shows a mock North Korean missile during a rally denouncing North Korea's nuclear and missile tests in Seoul. UN chief Ban Ki-moon's top political adviser Lynn Pascoe was due in Pyongyang Tuesday in another apparent attempt to press the North to restart the nuclear disarmament dialogue. Photo:Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

]]> (AFP) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:05:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/afp/iphoto_1265696411063-3-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=.e1XG_QbTGNazdRwjuVzjg-- (AFP) - File photo shows a mock North Korean missile during a rally denouncing North Korea's nuclear and missile tests in Seoul. UN chief Ban Ki-moon's top political adviser Lynn Pascoe was due in Pyongyang Tuesday in another apparent attempt to press the North to restart the nuclear disarmament dialogue. Photo:Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-kim-jong-il-wang-jiarui-walk-together-meeting-hamheung.html (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, walk together for their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:26:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/reuters/mtfh33866ham05i65721960.jpg?x=85&y=130&sig=yaXMe7HCqMcJTruds9tUcQ-- (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, walk together for their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-looks-gifts-presented.html (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) looks at gifts presented by Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, during their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:19:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/reuters/mtfh33767ham03i65721540.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=guDDF_9.TizB8VD72d5Ebg-- (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) looks at gifts presented by Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, during their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-lynn-pascoe-u-n-under-secretary-general-political-affairs.html (Reuters) - Lynn Pascoe (L), U.N. Under Secretary General for Political Affairs and special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, arrives at an airport in Pyongyang February 9, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:07:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/reuters/mtfh33582pyo04i65720820.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=fIEGLSXW5nLEI0iK.mi5Mg-- (Reuters) - Lynn Pascoe (L), U.N. Under Secretary General for Political Affairs and special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, arrives at an airport in Pyongyang February 9, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-lynn-pascoe-poses-delegation-s-arrival-airport-pyongyang.html (Reuters) - Lynn Pascoe (2nd L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, poses upon his delegation's arrival at an airport in Pyongyang February 9, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:55:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/reuters/mtfh33400pyo03i65720100.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=uDwEcBPO9MebnUIcui5YXg-- (Reuters) - Lynn Pascoe (2nd L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, poses upon his delegation's arrival at an airport in Pyongyang February 9, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/6/photo/photos-n-top-news-border-security-soldier-south-korea-checks-bus-carrying-south.html (Reuters) - A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

]]> (Reuters) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:47:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/reuters/btre617030100btre617030100i65719620.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=QYG6mdkHnltkn1JzKZvcuA-- (Reuters) - A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-video-grab-chinese-communist-party-international-affairs-chief-wang.html (Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (L) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-il a gift in this video grab of a still photo taken from a video footage released by KRT on February 9, 2010. Wang met Kim on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. REUTERS/KRT (NORTH KOREA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NORTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES INNORTH KOREA

]]> (Reuters) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:54:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100209/reuters/mtfh31936sin882i65712840.jpg?x=115&y=130&sig=xXXLFjxxnfiTwjSpMMrPCA-- (Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (L) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-il a gift in this video grab of a still photo taken from a video footage released by KRT on February 9, 2010. Wang met Kim on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. REUTERS/KRT (NORTH KOREA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NORTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES INNORTH KOREA

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-china-s-wang-participates-meeting-pyongyang.html (Reuters) - Wang Jiarui (C), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, participates in a meeting that the North's KCNA news agency said was with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (not pictured) in this photo released by KCNA in Pyongyang early February 9, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA) QUALITY FROM SOURCE (HEADSHOT POLITICS MILITARY) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:24:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/reuters/mtfh25863pyo02i65678640.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=iirOqN6MQuXQ1H5PwPKEvA-- (Reuters) - Wang Jiarui (C), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, participates in a meeting that the North's KCNA news agency said was with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (not pictured) in this photo released by KCNA in Pyongyang early February 9, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA) QUALITY FROM SOURCE (HEADSHOT POLITICS MILITARY) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/09022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-il-participates-meeting.html (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) participates in a meeting that the North's KCNA news agency said was with a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China led by Wang Jiarui (not pictured), in this photo released by KCNA in Pyongyang early February 9, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA) QUALITY FROM SOURCE (POLITICS MILITARY) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:20:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/reuters/mtfh25829pyo01i65678400.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=zkq5JWzeqDWpGTPTQAyu_A-- (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) participates in a meeting that the North's KCNA news agency said was with a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China led by Wang Jiarui (not pictured), in this photo released by KCNA in Pyongyang early February 9, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA) QUALITY FROM SOURCE (POLITICS MILITARY) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-north-korea-quit-six-party-talks-april-2009.html (AFP) - Graphic outlining border issues between North and South Korea. Pyongyang has accused Seoul of plotting to topple its regime, souring relations again as a top Chinese official visited North Korea in a new drive to bring it back to nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:AFP/Graphic/AFP

]]> (AFP) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:33:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/afp/iphoto_1265642832655-2-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Rcpn.3f1fC45WAe4Euzupw-- (AFP) - Graphic outlining border issues between North and South Korea. Pyongyang has accused Seoul of plotting to topple its regime, souring relations again as a top Chinese official visited North Korea in a new drive to bring it back to nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:AFP/Graphic/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-tourists-look-across-yalu-river-towards-north-korea.html (AFP) - Tourists look across the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism is important to North Korea and over a decade the Kumgang resort in North Korea has earned the impoverished nation a total of 487 million dollars. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

]]> (AFP) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:33:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/afp/iphoto_1265642855076-2-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=7Vehea2vZ2Y1xqmntvtMog-- (AFP) - Tourists look across the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism is important to North Korea and over a decade the Kumgang resort in North Korea has earned the impoverished nation a total of 487 million dollars. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-chinese-official-wang-jiarui-l-north-korean-representative-kim.html (AFP) - Chinese official Wang Jiarui(L) is greeted by North Korean representative Kim Yong-Il at Pyongyang airport on February 6. Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:33:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/afp/iphoto_1265642500128-2-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=XhgvUYK.z_gsX7YGRlDLBQ-- (AFP) - Chinese official Wang Jiarui(L) is greeted by North Korean representative Kim Yong-Il at Pyongyang airport on February 6. Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-chinese-official-wang-jiarui-north-korean-representative-kim-yong.html (AFP) - Chinese official Wang Jiarui (left) is greeted by North Korean representative Kim Yong-Il at Pyongyang airport on February 6. Pyongyang has accused Seoul of plotting to topple its regime, souring relations again as a top Chinese official visited North Korea in a new drive to bring it back to nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:56:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/afp/iphoto_1265642500128-1-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=XL5j8Ve42jsTzt.mcoBwJg-- (AFP) - Chinese official Wang Jiarui (left) is greeted by North Korean representative Kim Yong-Il at Pyongyang airport on February 6. Pyongyang has accused Seoul of plotting to topple its regime, souring relations again as a top Chinese official visited North Korea in a new drive to bring it back to nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/2/photo/world-kim-nam-sik-center-head-south-korean-delegation-talks.html (The Canadian Press) - Kim Nam-sik, center, head of a South Korean delegation, talks to reporters' questions during a press conference after returning from North Korea's border city of Kaesong at the Unification Ministry in Seoul. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ahn Young-joon)

]]> (The Canadian Press) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:36:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/capress/i12656289601052734823.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=yJicglafeDY4WeB6Lp0bzw-- (The Canadian Press) - Kim Nam-sik, center, head of a South Korean delegation, talks to reporters' questions during a press conference after returning from North Korea's border city of Kaesong at the Unification Ministry in Seoul. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ahn Young-joon)

]]> (The Canadian Press) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-korean-central-news-agency-photo-shows-chinese-official-wang.html (AFP) - Photo issued by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency shows Chinese official Wang Jiarui (left) alongside North Korean representative Kim Yong-Il (right) at Pyongyang airport on February 6. Wang, trying to restart nuclear disarmament negotiations with North Korea, is set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, reports have said, as the two Koreas held separate talks on tourism. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:25:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/afp/iphoto_1265598228210-2-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=83&sig=5QIyWsIX4UcfDET4JnvW6Q-- (AFP) - Photo issued by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency shows Chinese official Wang Jiarui (left) alongside North Korean representative Kim Yong-Il (right) at Pyongyang airport on February 6. Wang, trying to restart nuclear disarmament negotiations with North Korea, is set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, reports have said, as the two Koreas held separate talks on tourism. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-chinese-official-wang-jiarui-greets-north-korean-counterpart-kim.html (AFP) - North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency-issued photo shows Wang Jiarui (left), a high-ranking Chinese official meeting his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-Il in Pyongyang. Wang held talks with North Korea, state media said, as Pyongyang comes under growing pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:25:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/afp/iphoto_1265566038674-2-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig=WLgokMlL3zWaPWeY2BVcvA-- (AFP) - North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency-issued photo shows Wang Jiarui (left), a high-ranking Chinese official meeting his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-Il in Pyongyang. Wang held talks with North Korea, state media said, as Pyongyang comes under growing pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-tourists-look-across-china-north-korea-border-yalu-river.html (AFP) - Tourists look across the China-North Korea border on the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism is important to North Korea and over a decade the Kumgang resort in North Korea has earned the impoverished nation a total of 487 million dollars. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

]]> (AFP) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:25:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100208/afp/iphoto_1265598392432-2-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=KK5ai3rqnEEKEuHQ4yX33A-- (AFP) - Tourists look across the China-North Korea border on the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism is important to North Korea and over a decade the Kumgang resort in North Korea has earned the impoverished nation a total of 487 million dollars. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-bus-carrying-south-korean-delegation-leaves-ciq-office-south.html (Reuters) - A bus carrying a South Korean delegation leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left for North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

]]> (Reuters) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:46:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100207/reuters/mtfh11083paj04i65589960.jpg?x=98&y=130&sig=GjDRsbBLDZXnT6xvvxhDHg-- (Reuters) - A bus carrying a South Korean delegation leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left for North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-border-security-soldier-south-korea-checks-bus-carrying-south.html (Reuters) - A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

]]> (Reuters) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:41:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100207/reuters/mtfh11050paj03i65589660.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=bb4XTjjYl0OMwjo5MPEuZQ-- (Reuters) - A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-kim-nam-sik-head-south-korean-delegation-leaves-ciq.html (Reuters) - Kim Nam-sik, head of a South Korean delegation, leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

]]> (Reuters) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:39:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100207/reuters/mtfh11036paj02i65589540.jpg?x=55&y=130&sig=mP6UNvDzPyvVy0iH_wxH0g-- (Reuters) - Kim Nam-sik, head of a South Korean delegation, leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/08022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-kim-nam-sik-head-south-korean-delegation-answers-reporters.html (Reuters) - Kim Nam-sik (C), head of a South Korean delegation, answers reporters' questions as he leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

]]> (Reuters) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:36:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100207/reuters/mtfh10995paj01i65589360.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=28A3U30yoSSMRY_jiTpLzw-- (Reuters) - Kim Nam-sik (C), head of a South Korean delegation, answers reporters' questions as he leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/07022010/24/photo/photos-n-usa-robert-park-illegally-entered-north-korea-urge-leader-kim.html (AFP) - US missionary Robert Park addresses a human rights rally in South Korea. Park was quoted as saying by North Korea media that he had been treated 'in a kind and gentlemanly manner' and that 'religious freedom is fully ensured' in the North. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:14:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100207/afp/iphoto_1265428097284-1-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=g0tJB0CF1301jE0eqfg.BQ-- (AFP) - US missionary Robert Park addresses a human rights rally in South Korea. Park was quoted as saying by North Korea media that he had been treated 'in a kind and gentlemanly manner' and that 'religious freedom is fully ensured' in the North. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-robert-park-illegally-entered-north-korea-urge-leader-kim.html (AFP) - US missionary Robert Park addresses a human rights rally in South Korea. Park has arrived in Beijing after being freed by N.Korea, where he had been held since December 25. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:49:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/afp/iphoto_1265428097284-5-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=K.i1TbhmjfUJwtxYdzn6wg-- (AFP) - US missionary Robert Park addresses a human rights rally in South Korea. Park has arrived in Beijing after being freed by N.Korea, where he had been held since December 25. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-satellite-image-yongbyon-nuclear-facility-north-korea.html (AFP) - A satellite image taken in 2002 shows the Yongbyon nuclear facility in North Korea. A senior Chinese official is heading for North Korea, as the international community tries to persuade Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:AFP/AFP

]]> (AFP) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:04:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/afp/iphoto_1265457644291-1-0jpg.jpg?x=129&y=130&sig=JDo7WhU09xAFY.5861S6ww-- (AFP) - A satellite image taken in 2002 shows the Yongbyon nuclear facility in North Korea. A senior Chinese official is heading for North Korea, as the international community tries to persuade Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks. Photo:AFP/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-missionary-robert-park-arrived-beijing-saturday-freed-north-korea.html (AFP) - This photo released by N.Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 5, shows US detainee Robert Park during an interview by KCNA in Pyongyang. Park arrived in Beijing on Saturday after being freed by N.Korea, where he had been held since December 25, according to Yonhap news agency. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:50:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/afp/iphoto_1265426608613-2-0jpg.jpg?x=97&y=130&sig=7cGAncWG08zSpyQS3YpXBA-- (AFP) - This photo released by N.Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 5, shows US detainee Robert Park during an interview by KCNA in Pyongyang. Park arrived in Beijing on Saturday after being freed by N.Korea, where he had been held since December 25, according to Yonhap news agency. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-robert-park-detained-december-25-entering-north-korea-illegaly.html (AFP) - This photo, taken on December 9, 2009, shows Robert Park, US citizen of Korean ancestry, speaking during a N.Korean human rights rally in Seoul. Park, 28, entered North Korea on Christmas Day to urge leader Kim Jong-Il to resign for human rights abuses. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:50:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/afp/iphoto_1265428097284-2-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=PyI7cTjOvJpjfKLtg6464Q-- (AFP) - This photo, taken on December 9, 2009, shows Robert Park, US citizen of Korean ancestry, speaking during a N.Korean human rights rally in Seoul. Park, 28, entered North Korea on Christmas Day to urge leader Kim Jong-Il to resign for human rights abuses. Photo:/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-member-pyongyang-kim-won-gyun-conservatory-performs-russian-opera.html (Reuters) - A member of the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory performs the Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin' in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency on February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of the North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:23:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh99524pyo09i65455380.jpg?x=76&y=130&sig=lih.tE_apUbAzU06AF5Ivw-- (Reuters) - A member of the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory performs the Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin' in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency on February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of the North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-members-pyongyang-kim-won-gyun-conservatory-clap-presenting-russian.html (Reuters) - Members of the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory clap after presenting the Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin' in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency on February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of the North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:16:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh99492pyo08i65454960.jpg?x=130&y=73&sig=DUJQTqcLExPK2mr2vPRhwA-- (Reuters) - Members of the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory clap after presenting the Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin' in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency on February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of the North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-chinese-communist-party-international-affairs-chief-wang-jiarui-poses.html (Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (C) poses with other officials after arriving at an airport near Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 6, 2010. Wang flew to North Korea at the invitation of the ruling Workers' Party of North Korea. The Chinese visit appears to be a move to press Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks, South Korean media reported. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:08:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh99453pyo07i65454480.jpg?x=130&y=57&sig=20fWUQiSSuzxkbwdOUxESg-- (Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (C) poses with other officials after arriving at an airport near Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 6, 2010. Wang flew to North Korea at the invitation of the ruling Workers' Party of North Korea. The Chinese visit appears to be a move to press Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks, South Korean media reported. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-south-korean-fm-yu-myung-hwan-talks-lynn-pascoe.html (Reuters) - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan (R) talks with Lynn Pascoe, U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, during their meeting in Seoul February 6, 2010. In a statement released last month, the world body said that Pascoe would visit North Korea February 9-12 to discuss 'all issues of mutual interest and concern in a comprehensive manner.' REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool (KOREA - Tags: POLITICS)

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh99220sin102i65450400.jpg?x=130&y=77&sig=25S9CFbFr30sMydz87oHSg-- (Reuters) - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan (R) talks with Lynn Pascoe, U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, during their meeting in Seoul February 6, 2010. In a statement released last month, the world body said that Pascoe would visit North Korea February 9-12 to discuss 'all issues of mutual interest and concern in a comprehensive manner.' REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool (KOREA - Tags: POLITICS)

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-south-korean-fm-yu-myung-hwan-shakes-hands-lynn.html (Reuters) - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan (R) shakes hands with Lynn Pascoe, U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, during their meeting in Seoul February 6, 2010. In a statement released last month, the world body said that Pascoe would visit North Korea February 9-12 to discuss 'all issues of mutual interest and concern in a comprehensive manner.' REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool (KOREA - Tags: POLITICS)

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:59:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh99215sin101i65450340.jpg?x=130&y=129&sig=E5v8IduLmd8HSo07sMazPA-- (Reuters) - South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan (R) shakes hands with Lynn Pascoe, U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, during their meeting in Seoul February 6, 2010. In a statement released last month, the world body said that Pascoe would visit North Korea February 9-12 to discuss 'all issues of mutual interest and concern in a comprehensive manner.' REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool (KOREA - Tags: POLITICS)

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-members-pyongyang-kim-won-gyun-conservatory-present-russian-opera.html (Reuters) - Members of the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory present the Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin' in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency on February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of the North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:55:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh98936pyo04i65446500.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=L46R2U5bwv.OgLM0BW1cUw-- (Reuters) - Members of the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory present the Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin' in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency on February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of the North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-north-korea-s-leader-kim-watches-performance-russian-opera.html (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) watches performance of Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin', reproduced by the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory, in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:41:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh98872pyo02i65445660.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=pvuSS9kh0XkZ4x_HR93m2A-- (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (C) watches performance of Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin', reproduced by the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory, in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-north-korea-s-leader-kim-talks-performance-hall-pyongyang.html (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (L) talks at a performance hall where the performance of Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin' was reproduced by the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: HEADSHOT ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:37:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh98851pyo01i65445420.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=Y7HXcu2pqY5n1T6ae_l4pA-- (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (L) talks at a performance hall where the performance of Russian opera 'Evgeni Onegin' was reproduced by the Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory in Pyongyang February 5, 2010 in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency February 6, 2010. The performance was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the conclusion of North Korea-Russia treaty. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: HEADSHOT ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-park-arrives-airport-beijing-north-korea.html (Reuters) - Robert Park, a U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December, arrives at an airport in Beijing from North Korea February 6, 2010. Park's release clears an obstacle between North Korea and the United States as pressure mounts on the reclusive communist state to end its year-long boycott of international nuclear disarmament talks. Park arrived in Beijing on a flight from North Korea in the morning and will later be taken to the U.S. embassy, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported from Beijing citing unnamed sources. REUTERS/Hong Je-sung/Yonhap (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:59:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh98754seo03i65443140.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=U4_w0C5EzKamyVp0TBZV4Q-- (Reuters) - Robert Park, a U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December, arrives at an airport in Beijing from North Korea February 6, 2010. Park's release clears an obstacle between North Korea and the United States as pressure mounts on the reclusive communist state to end its year-long boycott of international nuclear disarmament talks. Park arrived in Beijing on a flight from North Korea in the morning and will later be taken to the U.S. embassy, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported from Beijing citing unnamed sources. REUTERS/Hong Je-sung/Yonhap (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-pascoe-leaves-meeting-south-korean-nuclear-envoy-wi-south.html (Reuters) - Lynn Pascoe (L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (not pictured) at South Korea's foreign ministry main office in Seoul February 6, 2010. The special envoy will visit North Korea February 9-12. REUTERS/Lee Ji-Eun/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:32:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh98691seo01i65441520.jpg?x=53&y=130&sig=nV7_6pPbDwUokHor4NibiA-- (Reuters) - Lynn Pascoe (L), under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (not pictured) at South Korea's foreign ministry main office in Seoul February 6, 2010. The special envoy will visit North Korea February 9-12. REUTERS/Lee Ji-Eun/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-lynn-pascoe-under-secretary-general-un-political-affairs-special.html (Reuters) - Lynn Pascoe, under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (not pictured) at South Korea's foreign ministry main office in Seoul February 6, 2010. The special envoy will visit North Korea February 9-12. REUTERS/Lee Ji-Eun/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:29:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh98684seo02i65441340.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=.CG9W5rRkOOIkjxI8sBPSQ-- (Reuters) - Lynn Pascoe, under-secretary-general of the United Nations for political affairs and a special envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to North Korea, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (not pictured) at South Korea's foreign ministry main office in Seoul February 6, 2010. The special envoy will visit North Korea February 9-12. REUTERS/Lee Ji-Eun/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-top-news-file-photo-robert-park-speaking-during-interview-reuters-seoul.html (Reuters) - Robert Park, 28, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul in this December 22, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/Files

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:05:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/btre6150jor00btre6150jor00i65439900.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=hXxw2c8_Bc39UNS0Y6a9LA-- (Reuters) - Robert Park, 28, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul in this December 22, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/Files

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-video-grab-shows-robert-park-arriving-beijing.html (Reuters) - Robert Park (L), a U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December, arrives in Beijing February 6, 2010 in this video grab. Park will next fly back to the United States, an official with the U.S. embassy in Beijing said. REUTERS/Reuters TV (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:50:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh98426sin21i65435400.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=Wyza1bv0vqm8JFv72R72wA-- (Reuters) - Robert Park (L), a U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December, arrives in Beijing February 6, 2010 in this video grab. Park will next fly back to the United States, an official with the U.S. embassy in Beijing said. REUTERS/Reuters TV (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/06022010/6/photo/photos-n-news-video-grab-shows-robert-park-car-arriving-beijing.html (Reuters) - Robert Park (L), a U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December, gets into a car after arriving in Beijing February 6, 2010 in this video grab. Park will next fly back to the United States, an official with the U.S. embassy in Beijing said. REUTERS/Reuters TV (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

]]> (Reuters) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:40:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100206/reuters/mtfh98407sin22i65434800.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=AkQ2_Eg0QLxvMqi4UnfwgQ-- (Reuters) - Robert Park (L), a U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December, gets into a car after arriving in Beijing February 6, 2010 in this video grab. Park will next fly back to the United States, an official with the U.S. embassy in Beijing said. REUTERS/Reuters TV (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/05022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-un-officials-along-international-rights-groups-strongly-criticised-north.html (AFP) - A North Korean border guard at his post along the Yalu River in Sinuiju, on the border with China. North Korea announced Friday it would release a US missionary who entered the communist country on Christmas Day to urge leader Kim Jong-Il to resign for human rights abuses. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

]]> (AFP) Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:58:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100205/afp/iphoto_1265337138973-3-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=126&sig=d79huy4absjc03X8d0jPvA-- (AFP) - A North Korean border guard at his post along the Yalu River in Sinuiju, on the border with China. North Korea announced Friday it would release a US missionary who entered the communist country on Christmas Day to urge leader Kim Jong-Il to resign for human rights abuses. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/05022010/24/photo/photos-n-world-visitors-use-telescopes-look-across-tumen-river-north-korea.html (AFP) - Visitors use telescopes to look across the Tumen river into North Korea from China's Jilin province. Robert Park, a US missionary, was held by North Korean border guards on December 25 after crossing the frozen border river from China in an attempt to publicise rights abuses. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

]]> (AFP) Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:58:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100205/afp/iphoto_1265336716922-3-0jpg.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=ARhmCY7YxsEc1M7WImva6A-- (AFP) - Visitors use telescopes to look across the Tumen river into North Korea from China's Jilin province. Robert Park, a US missionary, was held by North Korean border guards on December 25 after crossing the frozen border river from China in an attempt to publicise rights abuses. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

]]> (AFP) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/05022010/6/photo/photos-n-world-undated-video-grab-u-s-religious-activist-robert-park.html (Reuters) - U.S. religious activist Robert Park gestures in this undated video grab released by North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang February 5, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. North Korea said on Friday it will release Park, arrested in December for illegally entering the country in a journey to raise awareness about Pyongyang's human rights abuses. REUTERS/KCNA

]]> (Reuters) Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:49:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100205/reuters/btre6140alw00btre6140alw00i65392140.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=qgWTZM6wFTzkucZOwM7Cpw-- (Reuters) - U.S. religious activist Robert Park gestures in this undated video grab released by North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang February 5, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. North Korea said on Friday it will release Park, arrested in December for illegally entering the country in a journey to raise awareness about Pyongyang's human rights abuses. REUTERS/KCNA

]]> (Reuters) http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/photos/events/wl/20061016_korea/index/*http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/North-Korea/ss/events/wl/20061016_korea/im:/05022010/2/photo/world-south-korean-jo-sung-rae-seoul-based-group-pax.html (The Canadian Press) - A South Korean Jo Sung-rae of the Seoul-based group Pax Korean, who is involved in American missionary Robert Park's case, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. North Korea announced Friday that it will free Park detained on Christmas Day after illegally crossing the border from China. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ahn Young-joon)

]]> (The Canadian Press) Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:05:00 GMT http://d.yimg.com/bg/p/100205/capress/i12653715001054319428.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=.PIi9uz93Hg0fvGMwMCRgA-- (The Canadian Press) - A South Korean Jo Sung-rae of the Seoul-based group Pax Korean, who is involved in American missionary Robert Park's case, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. North Korea announced Friday that it will free Park detained on Christmas Day after illegally crossing the border from China. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ahn Young-joon)

]]> (The Canadian Press)