World - North Korea

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea indicated on Friday it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, following talks in the reclusive state this week with a U.S. envoy trying to revive a disarmament-for-aid deal. Full Story »

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - North Korea said Friday it had agreed with the United States to cooperate on resolving a nuclear impasse, raising hopes for progress after ice-breaking meetings in Pyongyang this week. Full Story »

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Friday it will work with the United States to resolve unspecified "differences" remaining after rare high-level talks with President Barack Obama's envoy aimed at restarting international nuclear negotiations. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia welcomed on Friday signals from North Korea it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, Interfax news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that a top US-North Korean meeting in Pyongyang was "quite positive" even though it produced no date for resuming nuclear disarmament talks. Full Story »

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea agreed Thursday to accept medicine from South Korea to fight an outbreak of swine flu, a Cabinet minister said, in a development that could improve relations between the nations after a deadly maritime clash. Full Story »

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has accepted South Korea's offer of drugs to stem a swine flu outbreak, in what will be the first direct government aid since relations soured last year, officials said Thursday. Full Story »

Seoul, South Korea - President Obama's envoy on North Korea has apparently gotten nowhere in bringing North Korea back to six-party talks on giving up its nuclear weapons – a sign of just how difficult it will be to pick up the pieces of the process after a year's hiatus. Full Story »

SEOUL (AFP) - A US delegation led by a Nobel laureate arrived in North Korea Thursday for a rare trip focused on science cooperation, a US scientific society said. Full Story »

GENEVA (AFP) - North Korea on Wednesday rejected calls by members of the UN Human Rights Council to grant access to a UN independent expert to assess the human rights situation in the country, a report said. Full Story »

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SEOUL (AFP) - Private markets on which North Koreans rely heavily for necessities have been paralysed since the communist state's shock currency revaluation last week, a report said Wednesday. Full Story »

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is expected to suffer a serious grain shortage this year, well short of what it needs, a U.N. official who recently returned from the impoverished state said on Wednesday. Full Story »

SYDNEY (AFP) - Five North Korean artists have been banned from entering Australia for an exhibition of their work, the government said Wednesday, drawing accusations of censorship from the arts community. Full Story »

SEOUL (AFP) - A US envoy arrived in North Korea Tuesday to try to coax it back to nuclear disarmament negotiations, in what will be the first high-level dialogue between the Obama administration and the communist state. Full Story »

SYDNEY - Australia was accused of censorship Tuesday for denying visas to North Korean artists whose works are on display in a regional exhibition, but the government says the art comes from Pyongyang's propaganda machine and its creators are not welcome. Full Story »

Seoul, South Korea - A top United States envoy arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday to try to convince North Korea to return to six-party talks on its nuclear program. Full Story »

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea's capital has a network of secret tunnels stretching for dozens of kilometres to be used by leader Kim Jong-Il and top officials as escape routes in case of emergency, a top defector said. Full Story »