US experts to visit Pyongyang before envoy: Yonhap
AFP - Sat Nov 21, 3:15 am ETA group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said.
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Chinese defence chief to visit N.Korea: media
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 12:02 am ETChinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie will visit North Korea soon, state-run media said on Friday, amid efforts to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.
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Buddhists from 2 Koreas hold joint ceremony
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 28 minutes agoBuddhist monks from South and North Korea held a joint ceremony at a temple in the communist country Saturday in a continuation of civic exchanges between the nations despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.
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Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 1:46 am ETSouth Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.
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N. Korea Slams UN Human Rights Resolution, KCNA Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 8:56 pm ETNov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A UN human rights resolution against North Korea adopted this week is “nothing but a trite political plot,” the communist nation’s state-run media said yesterday, citing a foreign ministry spokesman it didn’t identify.
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Obama's trip noteworthy nonetheless
Ventura County Star - Sat Nov 21, 3:01 am ETPresident Barack Obama ’s just-concluded trip to East Asia did not result in major accords but was noteworthy nonetheless, for reasons overlooked in much media commentary.Highlighting economic frictions neglects underlying mutual interests, which are substantial. Emphasis on China and Japan shortchanges South Korea , our closest Asia security ally. Finally, the Pacific region is now strongly ...
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Remains of Korean War veteran laid to rest at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery
KSDK St. Louis - Fri Nov 20, 8:35 pm ETRemains of Korean War veteran laid to rest at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery
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U.N. action urges respect from N. Korea
UPI - Fri Nov 20, 9:33 am ETUNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The United Nations is preparing to review North Korea's human rights conditions next month during a special session in Geneva, Switzerland, officials said.
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Obama Says He Seeks to Break Pattern With North Korea
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 5:18 am ETNov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak aim to “break the pattern” in dealing with North Korea in which the regime in Pyongyang alternates between provocation and negotiation.
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U.N. committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 9:05 pm ETA special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries.
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Iran, North Korea top Clinton's overseas agenda
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sat Nov 21, 7:07 am ETWASHINGTON (AP) — Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall.
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Obama ready to help a non-nuclear North Korea
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 2:29 am ETU.S. President Barack Obama said he was willing to help North Korea repair its economy and end decades of international isolation if Pyongyang stopped a cycle of threats and finally moved toward nuclear disarmament.
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Obama says talks underway on Iran, North Korea
USA Today - Fri Nov 20, 4:24 am ETPresident Obama said Thursday the United States has begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits.
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North Korea says Obama trying to pick a fight
USA Today - Thu Nov 19, 10:30 am ETAs usual, North Korea's communist regime is making its feelings perfectly clear about President Obama's visit to the region.
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On last day in Asia, Obama sets N.Korea talks date
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 4:37 am ETPresident Barack Obama announced Thursday a US envoy would visit North Korea early next month, as he joined South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in urging the communist state back to nuclear talks.
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Obama to send envoy to North Korea
CNN - Thu Nov 19, 3:04 am ETU.S. President Barack Obama, meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul on Thursday, said he will send envoy Stephen Bosworth to North Korea next month for bilateral talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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