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Carter, Former World Leaders in N. Korea for Talks
By not in system - AOL NewsPYONGYANG, North Korea - Former President Jimmy Carter and other past world leaders were hoping to meet with North Korea's ruler as they began a three-day mission Tuesday to discuss dangerous food shortages and stalled nuclear disarmament talks. Children presented flowers to Carter, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Brundtland and former Irish President Mary Robinson at the airport, and the group was greeted by Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, according to Associated Press Television News in Pyongyang. The former leaders didn't know ahead of ...
NKorea Honors 'Eternal President' on His Birthday
By not in system - AOL NewsPYONGYANG, North Korea -- Visitors paying their respects at the memorial palace housing the body of North Korea's late founder patiently waited through security checks and scans along a winding corridor. Their shoes were dusted and disinfected before they stepped through a fierce wind tunnel to sweep away any remaining specks. After walking through a series of rooms as "The Song of Gen. Kim Il Sung" played in the background and pausing before a massive marble statue of the president, visitors were ushered into the darkened vestibule where he lies on a bed of black marble, his body draped in ...
Balloons From South Korea Inform North of Middle East Uprisings
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsSouth Korea is sending balloon messages into North Korean airspace about the anti-government protests in the Middle East, ramping up the psychological warfare against Kim Jong Il's infamously hermetic regime. The balloons tell of the popular uprisings in Egypt and Libya half a world away from the Korean Peninsula and encourage citizens in North Korea to revolt, Korean lawmakers told The Korea Times. Lee Jin-man, AP South Korean activists and former North Korean defectors released balloons on Feb. 16 with leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. South Korea is now ...
As North Koreans Starve, Kim Jong Il Celebrates Birthday in Style
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsThey're hungry, impoverished and struggling to recover from a series of natural disasters. But North Koreans have today been ordered to forget about their worries and celebrate Kim Jong Il's birthday. The dictator's 69th birthday -- or 70th, if you look at Russian records -- is being marked with a week of extravagant events. Kim today enjoyed a synchronized swimming show, where dozens of lithe females arranged themselves in the shape of his birthday date, Feb. 16. Other items on the agenda of state-enforced fun include an ice skating contest, a photo exhibition showing pictures of the young ...
North, South Korea Talk at DMZ to Ease Tensions
By not in system - AOL NewsSEOUL, South Korea -- Military officers from North and South Korea held talks inside the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday in the rivals' first official dialogue since the North's deadly artillery barrage of a South Korean island in November. Tensions on the divided peninsula rose sharply following the attack, which killed four people and came just eight months after the sinking of a South Korean warship killed 46 sailors. The South has blamed the sinking on a North Korean torpedo attack, but Pyongyang has steadfastly denied involvement. Colonels from the two Koreas met Tuesday ...
US and Allies Explore New Talks With North Korea
By Joseph Schuman - AOL NewsThe Obama administration is pursuing a revival of six-party talks with North Korea, even as both governments on the Korean peninsula seem to be backing away from their recent military confrontation. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, the administration's point man for North Korea, and Sung Kim, special envoy for the six-party talks -- which have been suspended since 2008 -- were leaving Washington today for a four-day trip to South Korea, China and Japan to "discuss next steps on the Korean Peninsula" with senior government officials, the State Department said. Russia is the sixth participant in ...
Opinion: What Can Explain North Korea's Behavior?
By J.D. Gordon - AOL NewsIn the best attempt yet to imitate a modern-day Scrooge, North Korea is now reportedly threatening a war over Christmas lights across the demilitarized zone. This comes after a "fax attack," in which the North launched a barrage of faxes directed at South Korean companies, blaming their government for the heightened tensions. So what's next -- an attack on South Korea's touristy amusement park at Imjingak, just a few kilometers south of the DMZ? They're having entirely too much fun over there, aren't they? That's just the tame stuff. There have also been deadly attacks and threats of more ...
Opinion: The Top Stories of 2010 -- What Comes Next?
By Dave George - AOL NewsOh, 2010, you were such a disappointment. If you were my kid, your mother and I would be having this discussion in the living room and letting you know just how much you let us down. You had such potential! And you squandered it. This was the year when we were supposed to get good jobs for the jobless, the planet was going to begin healing, a war was going to end, and Lindsay Lohan was supposed to get sober. Well, in any case, here's a quick look back at some of the biggest stories that broke in 2010. And, at no additional cost to you, I provide a forecast of how they will develop in ...
SKorean Troops Prepare for Possible NKorean Attack
By not in system - AOL NewsYEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- A South Korean destroyer prowled the sea and fighter jets screamed across the skies Tuesday in preparation for possible North Korean attacks a day after staging provocative artillery drills on an island the North shelled last month. North Korea has said it would not retaliate for the exercises off Yeonpyeong Island - reversing its earlier threats. A senior South Korean government official, however, said that the lack of response so far does not mean Pyongyang is backing down, noting that North Korea thrives on "surprise" attacks. The official spoke on ...
A New Korean War Would Be Devastating, but It Could Happen
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- There would be no winner if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula. But more than 57 years after the armistice suspended open hostilities between the U.S.-allied Republic of Korea in the south and the Chinese-backed Democratic People's Republic in the north, their border remains trip-wire tense. And both sides are braced for a return to conflict, however unlikely, that would kill millions of people and resonate economically and politically across the globe. In the South Korean capital of Seoul today, residents participated in a 20-minute air attack drill by donning gas masks and ...
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