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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a factory at an undisclosed ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:25:37 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a factory at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 7, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) visits a factory at an undisclosed ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:24:31 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) visits a factory at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 7, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) visits a factory at an undisclosed ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:22:21 GMT

This undated picture, released from North Korea's official ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:02 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows NKorean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting the North Phyongan Provincial Chicken Farm in North Pyongan province. Kim said last month he was willing to go back to the six-party talks depending on the outcome of bilateral discussions with the United States to repair "hostile relations."(AFP/HO/File)

A Japanese tourist takes a picture of a display on North Korea's ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:17:03 GMT

(Reuters) - A Japanese tourist takes a picture of a display on North Korea's political system, featuring pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, at an observation post near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 45 km north of Seoul, in this June 4, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Files

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspects a Unhung Cooperative ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:04 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspects a Unhung Cooperative Farm in Thaechon County in North Pyongan province. The United States and North Korea have agreed to hold two rounds of bilateral meetings before the North returns to multilateral nuclear disarmament talks, a US news report said.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)

This undated picture, released by North Korea's official ...

(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:59:38 GMT

(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File) - This undated picture, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on November 2, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting a chicken farm in North Pyongan province. North Korea announced Tuesday it has produced more plutonium for its atomic weapons programme, putting further pressure on the United States to start direct talks.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)

A protester holds placards denouncing North Korean leader Kim ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:33:18 GMT

(AFP/File) - A protester holds placards denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il at a rally in Seoul, South Korea. The hardline Stalinist state has produced more plutonium to make nuclear weapons, official media have said, a day after the north threatened to "go its own way" unless Washington agrees to direct talks.(AFP/File/Park Ji-Hwan)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il returns a salute as he reviews ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:39:45 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il returns a salute as he reviews a military parade in Pyongyang in this October 10, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Korea News Service/Files

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the newly built September ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:25:45 GMT

In this undated photo released on Monday Nov. 2, 2009, by Korean ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:53:50 GMT

(AP) - In this undated photo released on Monday Nov. 2, 2009, by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il, left, visits a chicken farm in the country's North Phyongan province. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency Via Korea News Service)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits newly built houses on ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:28:11 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits newly built houses on the Mansudae street in Pyongyang in this undated recent picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency October 21, 2009. REUTERS/KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Eunheung collective ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:37:58 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Eunheung collective farm in North Pyongan province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 2, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS AGRICULTURE) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits the Eunheung collective ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:35:41 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits the Eunheung collective farm in North Pyongan province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 2, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA AGRICULTURE POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits a chicken factory ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:30:55 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits a chicken factory in North Pyongan province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 1, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a factory in North ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:39:57 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a factory in North Pyongan province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 1, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a chicken factory ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:37:49 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits a chicken factory in North Pyongan province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on November 1, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Soopyoong power ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:12:52 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Soopyoong power plant in North Pyongan Province in North Korea, in this undated picture released on October 31, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state expressly the date the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Soopyoong power ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:11:45 GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Heechon Industrial ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:12:38 GMT

In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo released by Korean Central News ...

(AP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:25:13 GMT

(AP) - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, seated left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, seated right, in Pyonggyang, North Korea. The parallels between Iran and North Korea would seem to riff off the same West-rattling script: start a nuclear program, test some long-range missiles, demand international respect. But the latest mirror moment for the two nations, nabbing Americans accused of straying across the border, shows that the symmetry goes only so far. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a salmon research institute ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:26:45 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a salmon research institute at an undisclosed place in North Korea in this undated recent picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency October 20, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits the newly-built Mount ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:54:57 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits the newly-built Mount Myohyang pleasure ground in Mt Myohyang, about 160 km (99 miles) northeast of the North Korean capital Pyongyang, in this undated picture released on October 26, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency Korean Central News Agency. KCNA did not state expressly the REUTERS/KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the newly-built Mount ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:33:37 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the newly-built Mount Myohyang pleasure ground in Mt Myohyang, about 160 km (99 miles) northeast of the North Korean capital Pyongyang, in this undated picture released on October 26, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency Korean Central News Agency. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. South Korea will make a small grant of humanitarian aid to North Korea, ending its suspension of handouts after a series of conciliatory gestures from its destitute rival, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS MILITARY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:15:41 GMT

(Reuters) - Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, and U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense Derek Mitchell (R) arrive for an informal dinner at the University of California in San Diego October 25, 2009. Ri was granted permission to attend meetings with private scholars in New York and San Diego over the next several days. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has called for direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang, but the United States has viewed the request with caution. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION)

Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:12:25 GMT

(Reuters) - Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry (C), and U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense Derek Mitchell (L) are greeted by the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) director Susan Shirk as they arrive for an informal dinner at the University of California in San Diego October 25, 2009. Ri was granted permission to attend meetings with private scholars in New York and San Diego over the next several days.North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has called for direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang, but the United States has viewed the request with caution. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION)

CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING DATE Ri Gun, director general ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:11:23 GMT

(Reuters) - CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING DATE Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry (C) and U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense Derek Mitchell (L) are greeted by the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) director Susan Shirk as they arrive for an informal dinner at the University of California, San Diego, October 25, 2009. Ri was granted permission to attend meetings with private scholars in New York and San Diego over the next several days. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has called for direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang, but the United States has viewed the request with caution. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION)

CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING DATE Ri Gun, director general ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:10:13 GMT

(Reuters) - CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING DATE Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry (C) and U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense Derek Mitchell (L) are greeted by the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) director Susan Shirk as they arrive for an informal dinner at the University of California, San Diego, October 25, 2009. Ri was granted permission to attend meetings with private scholars in New York and San Diego over the next several days. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has called for direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang, but the United States has viewed the request with caution REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION)

Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:09:03 GMT

(Reuters) - Ri Gun, director general of the North American affairs bureau of North Korea's Foreign Ministry (C) and U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense Derek Mitchell (L) are greeted by the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) director Susan Shirk as they arrive for an informal dinner at the University of California in San Diego, October 25, 2009. Ri was granted permission to attend meetings with private scholars in New York and San Diego over the next several days. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has called for direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang, but the United States has viewed the request with caution. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Heechon Industrial ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:58:11 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the Heechon Industrial University in Heechon in this undated, recently taken picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency October 25, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, Framed portraits ...

(AP) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:34:18 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, Framed portraits of late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, at right and current leader Kim Jong Il are seen reflected on a column at the departure hall where foreign visitors clear North Korean immigration at Sunan airport near Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Jean H. Lee)

This undated picture, released from North Korea's official ...

(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:30:10 GMT

(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File) - This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 21, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting the newly-built apartment houses in Mansudae Street in Pyongyang. Officials from South and North Korea met secretly last week to discuss a possible summit, a news report said Thursday.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the newly built September ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:43:59 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the newly built September 26th Swine Breeding Factory near Pyongyang in this undated recent picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency October 23, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (front) visits newly built houses ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:36:35 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (front) visits newly built houses on the Mansudae street in Pyongyang in this undated recent picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency October 21, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA

A reproduction of a Munhwa Ilbo newspaper page showing alleged ...

(AFP/Munhwa Ilbo/File) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:20:40 GMT

(AFP/Munhwa Ilbo/File) - A reproduction of a Munhwa Ilbo newspaper page showing alleged pictures of Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's third son and heir apparent. Kim Jong-Il halted a propaganda campaign to promote his youngest son as successor after the son began flexing his muscles prematurely, a leading South Korean researcher says.(AFP/Munhwa Ilbo/File)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspects a Salmon breeding institute ...

(AFP/KNS via KCNA) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:20:40 GMT

(AFP/KNS via KCNA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspects a Salmon breeding institute at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Kim halted a propaganda campaign to promote his youngest son as successor after the son began flexing his muscles prematurely, a leading South Korean researcher says.(AFP/KNS via KCNA)

File photo of a bronze statue of former North Korean president ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:20:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of a bronze statue of former North Korean president Kim Il-Sung (R) at the Mansudae Grand Monument in Pyongyang. Succession speculation began in earnest after Kim Jong-Il, now 67, suffered a stroke around August 2008. Widespread reports since then said he had chosen his third and youngest son Jong-Un to inherit power.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspects the plans for apartment ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:18:59 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspects the plans for apartment houses in Mansudae Street in Pyongyang. The United States will never have "normal, sanctions-free relations" with a nuclear-armed North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned as she demanded its full atomic disarmament.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)

South Korean political activists shout slogans against North ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:09:51 GMT

(AFP/File) - South Korean political activists shout slogans against North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a rally in Seoul. The United States will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has warned, saying its atomic and missile programmes pose a "lethal and destabilising" threat.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)

South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-Hoon (L) shakes hands with ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:51:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-Hoon (L) shakes hands with EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton (R) during their meeting in Seoul in January 2009. The United States is to consider the recently signed EU-South Korea free trade agreement in a review of its long delayed free trade pact with the Asian nation, officials said.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)

A Japanese tourist walks past a display showing pictures of ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:33:18 GMT

(Reuters) - A Japanese tourist walks past a display showing pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il at a South Korean observation post near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, north of Seoul, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won

This undated picture, released by North Korea's official ...

(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:08:40 GMT

(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File) - This undated picture, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 3, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting an ostrich farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang. The United States is ready to meet one-on-one with North Korea but only if it leads "rapidly" to full-fledged six-nation denuclearization talks, a senior US official said Monday.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)

South Korean protesters stage a rally against North Korean leader ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:07:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - South Korean protesters stage a rally against North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Seoul. South Korea has said its hardline Stalinist neighbour's admission that it had an enriched-uranium programme was a "very worrying" problem and questioned whether the country was committed to disarming.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)

EU trade commissioner Catherine Ashtone (right) and South Korean ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:38:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - EU trade commissioner Catherine Ashtone (right) and South Korean Minister for Trade Kim Jong-Hoon shake hands after signing the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement at the EU headquarters in Brussels. South Korea has hailed a sweeping free trade agreement with the EU, saying it will swell commerce by billions of dollars, cut living costs and make the nation's industry more competitive.(AFP/File/John Thys)

EU trade commissioner Catherine Ashtone (R) and South Korean ...

(AFP) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:18:36 GMT

(AFP) - EU trade commissioner Catherine Ashtone (R) and South Korean Minister for Trade Kim Jong-Hoon shake hands after signing the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement at the EU Headquarters in Brussels.(AFP/John Thys)

European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton (R) and South ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:27:43 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton (R) and South Korea's Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon talk after signing a EU-South Korea free trade agreement in Brussels October 15, 2009. The European Union and South Korea on Thursday initialled a long-awaited trade pact potentially worth 100 billion euros ($149 billion) to both economies, suffering from the worst financial crisis in decades. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM POLITICS BUSINESS)

European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and South ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:26:37 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and South Korea's Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon (L) talk after signing a EU-South Korea free trade agreement in Brussels October 15, 2009. The European Union and South Korea on Thursday initialled a long-awaited trade pact potentially worth 100 billion euros ($149 billion) to both economies, suffering from the worst financial crisis in decades. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM POLITICS BUSINESS)

European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and South ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:09:43 GMT

European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and South ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:06:26 GMT

European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and South ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:05:19 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and South Korea's Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon (L) exchange documents after signing a EU-South Korea free trade agreement in Brussels October 15, 2009. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM POLITICS BUSINESS)