The International Federation of Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies launched an emergency appeal Monday for $4.5 million to provide urgently needed supplies of food and other relief to 30,000 North Koreans made homeless or badly affected by storms that have swept across the impoverished country. A Red Cross press release said that assessments […]
International Red Cross Appeals for North Korea Storm Aid
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
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North Korean Leader Travels in Secrecy Toward Russian Summit
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
Tight secrecy surrounded the travel plans of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il Monday, as his armored train carried him toward a summit this week with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted unnamed intelligence sources as saying Mr. Kim would likely stop in the Siberian city of Skovorodino before continuing on […]
North Korea Leader Tours Russian Power Plant
Posted August 21st, 2011 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il visited a hydro power station in Russia’s far east Sunday during a secretive, week-long trip that began Saturday. Local officials say the Kremlin’s regional envoy met Mr. Kim’s special train and gave him a tour of the Bureiskaya hydro-electric station in the Amur region. Mr. Kim’s visit is shrouded […]
North Korean Leader Visiting Russia
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is visiting Russia for the first time in nearly a decade. Russian officials told media Mr. Kim’s armor-covered train crossed the border early Saturday and that he was scheduled to meet with Russian President Dmitry Mevedev in midweek. The Kremlin later issued a short statement confirming the arrival of […]
North Korean Leader Visiting Russia
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
The Kremlin has confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has arrived in Russia and will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency called the trip “unofficial,” and said Mr. Kim will visit Siberia and the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation at the invitation of President Medvedev. […]
North Korean Leader Visiting Russia
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 1:50 am (UTC-5)
The Kremlin has confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has arrived in Russia and will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency called the trip “unofficial,” and said Mr. Kim will visit Siberia and the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation at the invitation of President Medvedev. […]
North Korean Leader Visiting Russia
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 11:50 pm (UTC-5)
South Korean media are reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Russia Saturday. YTN television said Saturday that Mr. Kim had arrived in the Russian Far East but gave no source for their information. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted an unidentified government source as saying that Mr. Kim traveled by train […]
UN Agency Says Floods Damaged Key North Korean Croplands
Posted August 9th, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
A United Nations agency says heavy flooding in North Korea last month struck the nation’s most important grain growing area, likely aggravating already severe food shortages. The Food and Agriculture Organization said Tuesday that almost 60,000 hectares of cropland were affected by the flooding in the second and third weeks of July. It said there […]
US Scholars Say Pyongyang Negotiators See Need For Dialogue
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
A group of American scholars say they are hopeful about the prospects for continued dialogue with Pyongyang after talks with a visiting North Korean delegation in New York. The scholars met Monday with the delegation, which held two days of talks with senior U.S. officials last week. They said afterward their meeting had been frank […]
China Offers Emergency Flood Aid to North Korea
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea says Beijing and the Red Cross Society of China have offered emergency relief materials to Pyongyang in response to severe flooding from heavy rains in recent weeks. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Monday the relief will greatly encourage people in their recovery efforts. It did not mention the amount of […]
