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France's special envoy on North Korea, Jack Lang, arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, state media reported, on a five-day mission expected to include talks on the North's disputed nuclear programme.
(RTTNews) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)--as North Korea is formally known--has asked South Korea to apologize for a "grave armed provocation" after the warships of the two countries exchanged fire Tuesday morning off the western coast of the Korean peninsula.
France has dispatched a special envoy to North Korea for talks that are expected to focus on establishing diplomatic ties with Pyongyang and possibly on the country's nuclear program.
The United States is "likely" to decide soon to send special envoy Stephen Bosworth to North Korea in a bid to jumpstart denuclearization talks, a senior US official said Monday.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The navies of South Korea and North Korea clashed in a naval battle off the western coast of the Korean peninsula, Yonhap News reported today, citing an unidentified official.
The Obama administration has decided, after months of deliberation, to accept an offer by North Korea to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for direct talks on nuclear issues, two administration officials said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. official says the White House is approaching direct negotiations with North Korea warily, given Pyongyang's track record of broken promises.
Fighting erupted when a North Korean navy boat ventured across the so-called Northern Limit Line, according to a report.
North and South Korean patrol boats exchanged fire in disputed waters on Tuesday, leaving a North Korean vessel heavily damaged.
What's Your Reaction? ILE - In this June 15, 2009 photo, South Korean Navy patrol boats engage in an exercise in the West Sea, South Korea. Navy ships of the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, along their disputed western sea border, a South Korean military officer said.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy began talks Monday with North Korea on establishing diplomatic relations and the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
President Barack Obama has agreed to send a senior U.S. diplomat to North Korea for the first direct talks with the government there in more than a year, hoping the mission will lead to the renewal of multination negotiations designed to end its nuclear program.
The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said. There were no South Korean casualties, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, and it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties on the North Korean side.
North and South Korea's navies clashed briefly in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, just ahead of a visit to Asia this week by U.S. President Barack Obama, in an incident that left a northern vessel damaged.
The Obama administration is planning to send a special envoy to North Korea for talks on nuclear matters. Two administration officials said Monday evening that the decision to accept a months-old North Korea offer for direct talks is to be publicly announced as early as Tuesday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- South and North Korean ships exchanged brief but heavy fire Tuesday which the South later described as "accidental" and the North an "armed provocation."
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