Malaysian authorities say they have detained the crew of a North Korean-registered freighter after the vessel anchored illegally in the nation’s waters while flying the Malaysian flag upside down. Officials say maritime enforcement officers investigated the MT Yong An after spotting it anchored off Malaysia’s southern coast Saturday with the improperly flown flag. They said […]
North Korean Ship’s Crew Detained in Malaysian Flag Error
Posted September 20th, 2011 at 1:00 am (UTC-5)
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Japan Questions Suspected North Korean Defectors
Posted September 13th, 2011 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
Japanese officials say they are questioning nine people who claim to be North Korean defectors trying to make their way to South Korea. Coast Guard officials say the people were discovered early Tuesday drifting in an eight-meter wooden boat off Japan’s western coast. They said the group included three men, three women and three children. […]
WikiLeaks Cable Describes North Korea-Burma Arms Trade
Posted September 5th, 2011 at 2:50 am (UTC-5)
A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable says Burma shipped thousands of tons of rice to North Korea in exchange for arms. The cable was sent in July 2009 from the U.S. embassy in Rangoon and just released by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. It says Burma shipped about 20,000 tons of rice to North Korea through the […]
North Korean Leader Returns from Russia, China Trip
Posted August 27th, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il returned to Pyongyang Saturday, after a week-long visit to Russia and China. Mr. Kim said Friday, during a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, that he is ready to resume six-party nuclear talks without preconditions. Pyongyang abandoned the six-party negotiations in April of 2009 and conducted its second […]
Russia: North Korea Ready to Resume Nuclear Negotiations
Posted August 24th, 2011 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
A spokeswoman for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is ready to impose a temporary freeze on his country’s nuclear weapons program if international negotiations about the program resume. Natalya Timakova says Mr. Kim made the offer during a meeting between the two leaders Wednesday at a military base in […]
North Korea Ready to Resume Nuclear Negotiations
Posted August 24th, 2011 at 8:10 am (UTC-5)
A spokeswoman for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is ready to impose a temporary freeze on his country’s nuclear weapons program if international negotiations about the program resume. Natalya Timakova says Mr. Kim made the offer during a meeting between the two leaders Wednesday at a military base in […]
Medvedev Opens Siberian Summit With Kim Jong Il
Posted August 24th, 2011 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met at a military base in Siberia Wednesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Russian media released photos of the two leaders shaking hands at the base in the city of Ulan-Ude on the shores of Lake Baikal. Mr. Kim, who spent Tuesday taking a boat ride on the lake […]
Kim Jong Il Visits Lakeside Village Ahead of Medvedev Summit
Posted August 23rd, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has arrived at a lakeside city in Siberia, where Russian news agencies say he has begun a day of sight-seeing ahead of a summit Wednesday with President Dmitry Medvedev. Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency said a motorcade took Mr. Kim from the train station in Ulan-Ude to a village on […]
Kim Jong Il Visits Lakeside Village Ahead of Medvedev Summit
Posted August 23rd, 2011 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has arrived at a lakeside city in Siberia, where Russian news agencies say he has begun a day of sight-seeing ahead of a summit Wednesday with President Dmitry Medvedev. Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency said a motorcade took Mr. Kim from the train station in Ulan-Ude to a village on […]
N. Korean Leader Heads for Russian Summit
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Senior Russian military officers are in North Korea for talks on boosting military ties, as an armored train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-IL rumbled through Russia’s Far East toward a Siberian summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The two leaders are to meet later this week near Lake Baikal, in Mr. Kim’s first visit […]
