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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a factory at an undisclosed ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a factory at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 7, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

US special representative on North Korea Stephen Bosworth speaks ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - US special representative on North Korea Stephen Bosworth speaks to the media in Seoul, in September. Newspapers from South Korea and Japan, have quoted unnamed sources saying that Bosworth has agreed to go to Pyongyang in late November. Photo:Won Dai-Yeon/AFP

This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows NKorean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting the North Phyongan Provincial Chicken Farm in North Pyongan province. Kim said last month he was willing to go back to the six-party talks depending on the outcome of bilateral discussions with the United States to repair 'hostile relations.' Photo:/AFP

File photo of North Korean co-operative farm workers preparing ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of North Korean co-operative farm workers preparing fields for rice transplanting near Sariwon, North Hwanghae province. North Korea is asking private South Korean groups for urgent food aid even though it has still not accepted an offer from Seoul's government, a report said Thursday. Photo:Gerald Bourke/AFP

File photo of unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon. North Korea announced it has produced more plutonium for its atomic weapons programme, putting further pressure on the United States to start direct talks. Photo:South Korean Foreign Ministry/AFP

North Korean soldiers look to the South side as US soldiers ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - North Korean soldiers look to the South side as US soldiers (foreground) stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the DMZ separating the two Koreas. The United States and North Korea have agreed to hold two rounds of bilateral meetings before the North returns to multilateral nuclear disarmament talks, a US news report said. Photo:Jo Yong-Hak/AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspects a Unhung Cooperative ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspects a Unhung Cooperative Farm in Thaechon County in North Pyongan province. The United States and North Korea have agreed to hold two rounds of bilateral meetings before the North returns to multilateral nuclear disarmament talks, a US news report said. Photo:/AFP

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps walk as the sun rises before ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps walk as the sun rises before a U.S.-South Korea joint landing operation drill along the shore in Pohang, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Seoul, November 4, 2009. The drill was part of preparations for possible aggression by North Korea, which remains technically at war with South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)

A soldier from the U.S. Marine Corps takes part in a U.S.-South ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A soldier from the U.S. Marine Corps takes part in a U.S.-South Korea joint landing operation drill along the shore in Pohang, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Seoul, November 4, 2009. The drill was part of preparations for possible aggression by North Korea, which remains technically at war with South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)

Soldiers from the U.S. Marine Corps take part in a U.S.-South ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Soldiers from the U.S. Marine Corps take part in a U.S.-South Korea joint landing operation drill along the shore in Pohang, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Seoul, November 4, 2009. The drill was part of preparations for possible aggression by North Korea, which remains technically at war with South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)

A soldier from the U.S. Marine Corps guards next to the U.S. ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A soldier from the U.S. Marine Corps guards next to the U.S. Marine's amphibious assault vehicles during a U.S.-South Korea joint landing operation drill along the shore in Pohang, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Seoul, November 4, 2009. The drill was part of preparations for possible aggression by North Korea, which remains technically at war with South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)

This handout photo taken in January 2009 shows unused fuel rods ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - This handout photo taken in January 2009 shows unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon. North Korea's plutonium production for atomic weapons 'runs counter' to its nuclear disarmament commitments and 'violates' UN Security Council resolutions, the State Department said Tuesday. Photo:South Korean Foreign Ministry/AFP

This TV footage from the National Chinese Television channel ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - This TV footage from the National Chinese Television channel shows the public demolition of a cooling tower at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex in 2008, a move to symbolise the communist state's commitment to scrapping its nuclear programme. North Korea announced it has produced more plutonium for its atomic weapons programme, putting further pressure on the US to start direct talks. Photo:/AFP

This undated picture, released by North Korea's official Korean ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - This undated picture, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on November 2, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting a chicken farm in North Pyongan province. North Korea announced Tuesday it has produced more plutonium for its atomic weapons programme, putting further pressure on the United States to start direct talks. Photo:/AFP

South Koreans watch a TV news programme in Seoul showing a mock ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Koreans watch a TV news programme in Seoul showing a mock video of the destruction of a cooling tower at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex. despite the detonation last year North Korea has completed reprocessing spent fuel rods to make more fuel for nuclear weapons at the plant, official media said Tuesday. Photo:Jung Yeon-Je/AFP

A protester holds placards denouncing North Korean leader Kim ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - A protester holds placards denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il at a rally in Seoul, South Korea. The hardline Stalinist state has produced more plutonium to make nuclear weapons, official media have said, a day after the north threatened to 'go its own way' unless Washington agrees to direct talks. Photo:Park Ji-Hwan/AFP

This undated picture, released by North Korea's official Korean ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - This undated picture, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on November 2, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting a chicken farm in North Pyongan province. North Korea has announced it has produced more plutonium for its atomic weapons programme, putting further pressure on the United States to start direct talks. Photo:Kns/AFP

Fire-fighters wearing protective gear take part in an anti-terrorism ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Fire-fighters wearing protective gear take part in an anti-terrorism drill against possible attacks from North Korea in Seoul November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-Seok

Fire-fighters wearing protective gear take part in an anti-terrorism ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Fire-fighters wearing protective gear take part in an anti-terrorism drill against possible attacks from North Korea in Seoul November 3, 2009. North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms. REUTERS/Choi Bu-Seok (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)

South Korean Army soldiers take part in an anti-terrorism drill ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - South Korean Army soldiers take part in an anti-terrorism drill against possible attacks from North Korea in Seoul November 3, 2009. North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms. REUTERS/Choi Bu-Seok (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)

A South Korean Army soldier takes part in an anti-terrorism ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A South Korean Army soldier takes part in an anti-terrorism drill against possible attacks from North Korea in Seoul November 3, 2009. North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms. REUTERS/Choi Bu-Seok (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY)

Workers at a North Korean farm till a rice paddy in Unpha county ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - Workers at a North Korean farm till a rice paddy in Unpha county in the country's northern Hwanghae province. The hardline Stalinist state has still not responded to the South's offer of 10,000 tonnes of corn, Seoul said Tuesday, amid news reports Pyongyang had asked for ten times as much food aid. Photo:Gerald Bourke/AFP

A North Korean soldier looks through binoculars at the truce ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - A North Korean soldier looks through binoculars at the truce village of Panmunjom. China is more concerned about its hardline Stalinist neighbour's stability than its nuclear programme and views the issue as mainly the responsibility of the United States, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said in a report. Photo:Philippe Lopez/AFP

Map showing North Korea's nuclear facilities. The country's ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map showing North Korea's nuclear facilities. The country's military provocations this year angered its ally China but Beijing remains reluctant to tighten the screws on Pyongyang, an influential think-tank said Tuesday. Photo:/AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the newly built September ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the newly built September 26th Swine Breeding Factory near Pyongyang in this undated recent picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency October 23, 2009. REUTERS/KCNA

Replica missiles at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul. North ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Replica missiles at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul. North Korea is pressing the United States to hold direct talks on ending their nuclear stand-off and vowed to 'go its own way' if Washington refuses to do so. Photo:Jung Yeon-Je/AFP

A South Korean website is blocked during a cyber attack in July. ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - A South Korean website is blocked during a cyber attack in July. South Korean police have said they would request help from China to track the origins of cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July. Photo:Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

After months of bellicose moves including a series of missile ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - After months of bellicose moves including a series of missile tests, the North has lately been making peace overtures and has invited the US special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth (pictured), to visit Pyongyang. Photo:Jo Yong-Hak/AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Eunheung collective ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Eunheung collective farm in North Pyongan province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 2, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS AGRICULTURE) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits a chicken factory ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits a chicken factory in North Pyongan province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 1, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a factory in North ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a factory in North Pyongan province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 1, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

South Korean protesters burn anti-North Korea placards during ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Korean protesters burn anti-North Korea placards during a rally in Seoul. The United States and its ally South Korea have drawn up a contingency plan to cope with emergencies in North Korea, including a possible regime change there, a report said Sunday. Photo:Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

South Korean protesters burn anti-North Korea placards during ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Korean protesters burn anti-North Korea placards during a rally in Seoul in May. The United States and its ally South Korea have drawn up a contingency plan to cope with emergencies in North Korea, including a possible regime change there, a report said Sunday. Photo:Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Soopyoong power ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Soopyoong power plant in North Pyongan Province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on October 31, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Heechon Industrial ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Heechon Industrial University in Heechon in this undated, recently taken picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency October 25, 2009. REUTERS/KCNA

Delegates from (L-R) North Korea, India, Iran and Japan participate ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Delegates from (L-R) North Korea, India, Iran and Japan participate the opening ceremony of the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi October 30, 2009. The 3rd Asia Indoor Games hosted by Vietnam takes place from October 30 to November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM SPORT)

Members of North Korea's delegation arrive for the opening ceremony ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of North Korea's delegation arrive for the opening ceremony of the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi October 30, 2009. The 3rd Asia Indoor Games hosted by Vietnam takes place from October 30 to November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM SPORT)

Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, arrives at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy in New York October 30, 2009. Gun, North Korea's second-ranking nuclear negotiator, met in New York and in California with Sung Kim, the U.S. special envoy to disarmament talks. The rare contacts were seen as a possible step toward a formal U.S.-North Korea meeting that would in turn lead to a resumption of long-stalled six-country nuclear talks. REUTERS/Steve Chernin (UNITED STATES POLITICS)

North Korean women from Pyongyang Art Troupe dance during a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean women from Pyongyang Art Troupe dance during a performance in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region October 29, 2009. Picture taken October 29, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA SOCIETY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

South Korean conservative activists burn placards during an ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Korean conservative activists burn placards during an anti-North Korean rally in Seoul in July. The activists were denouncing the North's cyber attacks. South Korea's spy chief has blamed North Korea's telecommunications ministry for cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July, reports said Friday. Photo:Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP

South Korean soldiers walk along a barbed-wire fence in Paju ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Korean soldiers walk along a barbed-wire fence in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, June 2009. South Korean security authorities have announced the arrest of a college lecturer on charges of spying for North Korea, saying he was recruited by Pyongyang's agents in India. Photo:Jung Yeon-Je/AFP

File photo of a North Korean missile-firing drill at an undisclosed ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of a North Korean missile-firing drill at an undisclosed location. North Korea's short-range missile tests earlier this month were a failure with none of the five projectiles reaching its target, a report said Thursday. Photo:/AFP

File photo of North Korean workers in a field behind a barbed ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo of North Korean workers in a field behind a barbed wire fence that separates China and North Korea. South Korea's offer of 10,000 tons of corn in food aid to North Korea is just one-tenth what the communist state asked for, a report said Thursday. Photo:Peter Parks/AFP

File photo shows a North Korean farmer works on a field of dried ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a North Korean farmer works on a field of dried corn stalks on the banks of the Yalu River. South Korea's offer of 10,000 tons of corn in food aid to North Korea is just one-tenth what the communist state asked for, a report said Thursday. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP

The inter-Korean industrial park is seen in Kaesong, North Korea, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The inter-Korean industrial park is seen in Kaesong, North Korea, just a few hundred metres north of the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean peninsula in this October 22, 2009 file photo released by Unification Ministry to Reuters on October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Unification Ministry/Handout (NORTH KOREA BUSINESS POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

North Koreans work at a factory of South Korean-owned company ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Koreans work at a factory of South Korean-owned company in the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong, North Korea, just a few hundred metres north of the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean peninsula in this September 30, 2009 file photo released by Unification Ministry to Reuters on October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Unification Ministry/Handout (NORTH KOREA POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

South Korean soldiers check the border fence as they patrol ...

(AFP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Korean soldiers check the border fence as they patrol the North Korean border north of Seoul in June. South Korea's military came under fire Wednesday after a civilian apparently fleeing arrest for assault cut his way through a barbed-wire fence on the closely guarded border and defected to North Korea. Photo:Won Dai-Yeon/AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a salmon research institute ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a salmon research institute at an undisclosed place in North Korea in this undated recent picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency October 20, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA

Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation Director Susan ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation Director Susan Shirk (C, in brown) stands between North Korean Ambassador Ri Gun (right of Shirk) and Sung Kim, the State Department's North Korea desk chief and a special envoy to the six party talks, during a meeting at the Northeast Asia Cooperative Dialogue (NEACD) in LaJolla, California October 27, 2009. Representatives from the United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea and North Korea attended the six party talks. REUTERS/Victor Chen/UCSD/Handout (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS