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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) poses during a visit to ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:05:03 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) poses during a visit to the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 10, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. The Korean characters read: "Improvement of people's lives". REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (3rd L) visits the February ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:55 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (3rd L) visits the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 10, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. The Korean characters read: "Improvement of people's lives". REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the February 8 Vinalon ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:50 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 10, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. The Korean characters read: "Improvement of people's lives". REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

South Korean Marines stand guard at an anti-aircraft gun position ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:12:14 GMT

(AFP/File) - South Korean Marines stand guard at an anti-aircraft gun position on Yeonpyeong Island in the disputed Yellow Sea on the border with North Korea in January 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il reaffirmed his pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)

A photo release by North Korean Central News Agency shows Wang ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:12:14 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) - A photo release by North Korean Central News Agency shows Wang Jiarui (C), head of the International Liaison Department of China's Communist Party in Pyongyang on February 8. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il reaffirmed his pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)

A photo release by North Korean Central News Agency shows North ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:12:14 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) - A photo release by North Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) in Pyongyang on February 8. Kim reaffirmed his pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)

In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:43:56 GMT

(AP) - In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, looks at a gift presented to him from top Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui, left, during a meeting in undisclosed location in North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:43:01 GMT

(AP) - In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, second right looks at a gift presented to him by the top Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui, left, during a meeting in an undisclosed location in North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:41:31 GMT

(AP) - In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, looks at a gift presented to him by the top Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui, left, during a meeting in an undisclosed location in North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:40:21 GMT

(AP) - In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, smiles with top Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui during a meeting in an undisclosed location in North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:59:26 GMT

(AP) - In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, U.N. political chief B. Lynn Pascoe, left, is greeted by an unidentified North Korean official upon arrival at an airport on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Pascoe, a senior U.N. envoy, arrived in North Korea, the world body's highest-level visit to the reclusive state in nearly six years, amid an international push to get it back to the nuclear negotiating table. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and Wang Jiarui (L), head ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:29:02 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, walk together for their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) and Wang Jiarui (L), head ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:55 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) and Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, walk together for their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) looks at gifts presented ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:23:24 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) looks at gifts presented by Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, during their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) looks at gifts presented ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:21:18 GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) looks at gifts presented ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:20:13 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) looks at gifts presented by Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, during their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:58:02 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (L) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-il a gift in this video grab of a still photo taken from a video footage released by KRT on February 9, 2010. Wang met Kim on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. REUTERS/KRT (NORTH KOREA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NORTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES INNORTH KOREA

Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:56:56 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (L) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-il gifts in this video grab of a still photo taken from a video footage released by KRT on February 9, 2010. Wang met Kim on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. REUTERS/KRT (NORTH KOREA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NORTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES INNORTH KOREA

Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:54:46 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (L) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-il a gift from Chinese President Hu Jintao in this video grab of a still photo taken from a video footage released by KRT on February 9, 2010. Wang met Kim on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. REUTERS/KRT (NORTH KOREA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NORTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES INNORTH KOREA

Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:53:41 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (L) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) a gift from Chinese President Hu Jintao in this video grab of a still photo taken from a video footage released by KRT on February 9, 2010. Wang met Kim on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. REUTERS/KRT (NORTH KOREA - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NORTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES INNORTH KOREA

Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:49:22 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (seated 2nd L), North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (seated C) and delegates pose for a photo in this video grab of a still photo taken from a video footage released by KRT on February 9, 2010. Wang met Kim on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. REUTERS/KRT (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NORTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES INNORTH KOREA

Wang Jiarui (L), Chinese Communist Party's international ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:04:39 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) - Wang Jiarui (L), Chinese Communist Party's international department chief, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-Il upon his arrival at Pyongyang airport on February 6. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C) is seen visiting a factory ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:04:39 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (C) is seen visiting a factory in Hambung City, South Hamgyong Province in a photo released February 8. Kim restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)

A protester participates in a rally opposing the U.S. and South ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:03:39 GMT

(AP) - A protester participates in a rally opposing the U.S. and South Korean government's policy against North Korea near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a high-level envoy visiting from Beijing that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, China's state news agency reported Tuesday. The word 'MD' means U.S. missile defense system. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Protesters shout slogans during a rally opposing the U.S. and ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:59:25 GMT

(AP) - Protesters shout slogans during a rally opposing the U.S. and South Korean government's policy against North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a high-level envoy visiting from Beijing that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, China's state news agency reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:28:12 GMT

(AP) - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, front right, meets with senior Chinese Communist Party envoy Wang Jiarui, front left, in Hamhung-si, South Hamgyong-do, North Korea, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Wang was in North Korea on a mission to persuade the reclusive state to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks, reports said. (AP Photo/Xinhua)

Wang Jiarui (C), head of a delegation of the International Liaison ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:26:26 GMT

(Reuters) - Wang Jiarui (C), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, participates in a meeting that the North's KCNA news agency said was with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (not pictured) in this photo released by KCNA in Pyongyang early February 9, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA) QUALITY FROM SOURCE (HEADSHOT POLITICS MILITARY) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) participates in a meeting ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:24:19 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) participates in a meeting that the North's KCNA news agency said was with a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China led by Wang Jiarui (not pictured), in this photo released by KCNA in Pyongyang early February 9, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA) QUALITY FROM SOURCE (POLITICS MILITARY) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:21:02 GMT

(AP) - In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, senior Chinese Communist Party envoy Wang Jiarui, center, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, unseen, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Wang was in North Korea on a mission to persuade the reclusive state to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks, reports said. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:26 GMT

(AP) - In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, meets with senior Chinese Communist Party envoy Wang Jiarui, unseen, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Wang was in North Korea on a mission to persuade the reclusive state to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks, reports said. Sitting at left is Kim Yong Il, international department director of the Workers' Party of Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

Tourists look across the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:31:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Tourists look across the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism is important to North Korea and over a decade the Kumgang resort in North Korea has earned the impoverished nation a total of 487 million dollars.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)

Graphic outlining border issues between North and South Korea. ...

(afp.com) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:31:10 GMT

(afp.com) - Graphic outlining border issues between North and South Korea. Pyongyang has accused Seoul of plotting to topple its regime, souring relations again as a top Chinese official visited North Korea in a new drive to bring it back to nuclear disarmament talks.(afp.com/AFP/Graphic)

This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:31:10 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) - This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il(C) in Hambung City, South Hamgyong Province. Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured, while a top Chinese official met North Korea's leader to bring the country back to nuclear disarmament talks.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the February 8 Vinalon ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:35:21 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 8, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (front) visits the February ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:32:15 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (front) visits the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 8, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the February 8 Vinalon ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the February 8 Vinalon Complex in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 8, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:05:02 GMT

(AP) - In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing glasses, visits the February 8 Vinalon Complex in South Hamgyong province, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency-issued ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:24:44 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File) - North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency-issued photo shows Wang Jiarui (left), a high-ranking Chinese official meeting his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-Il in Pyongyang. Wang held talks with North Korea, state media said, as Pyongyang comes under growing pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks.(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File)

Tourists look across the China-North Korea border on the Yalu ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:24:44 GMT

(AFP/File) - Tourists look across the China-North Korea border on the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism is important to North Korea and over a decade the Kumgang resort in North Korea has earned the impoverished nation a total of 487 million dollars.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)

Photo issued by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency ...

(AFP/KNS/KCNA/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:24:44 GMT

(AFP/KNS/KCNA/File) - Photo issued by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency shows Chinese official Wang Jiarui (left) alongside North Korean representative Kim Yong-Il (right) at Pyongyang airport on February 6. Wang, trying to restart nuclear disarmament negotiations with North Korea, is set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, reports have said, as the two Koreas held separate talks on tourism.(AFP/KNS/KCNA/File)

Kim Nam-sik, center, head of a South Korean delegation, answers ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:15:40 GMT

(AP) - Kim Nam-sik, center, head of a South Korean delegation, answers to reporters' questions before leaving for North Korea's border city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine, or CIQ office, near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. South Korean officials traveled Monday to North Korea for talks on restarting joint tour programs, as a senior Chinese envoy was in Pyongyang for a reported mission to persuade the regime to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks. (AP Photo/Newsis, Chun Jin-hwan)

A bus carrying a South Korean delegation leaves the CIQ (customs, ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:48:41 GMT

(Reuters) - A bus carrying a South Korean delegation leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left for North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:44:18 GMT

(Reuters) - A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

Kim Nam-sik, head of a South Korean delegation, leaves the CIQ ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:42:05 GMT

(Reuters) - Kim Nam-sik, head of a South Korean delegation, leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

Kim Nam-sik (C), head of a South Korean delegation, answers ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:38:47 GMT

(Reuters) - Kim Nam-sik (C), head of a South Korean delegation, answers reporters' questions as he leaves the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. A South Korean delegation left to North Korea's Kaesong on Monday for talks to resume inter-Korean tourism to Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang, both in North Korea, which has been suspended for almost one year and a half. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS TRAVEL)

In this photo released by North Korea's official Korean ...

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:07:46 GMT

(AFP/KCNA via KNS) - In this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, Wang Jiarui (L), Chinese Communist Party's international department chief, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-Il upon his arrival at Pyongyang airport on February 6. Wang held talks with North Korea, state media said, as Pyongyang comes under growing pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks.(AFP/KCNA via KNS)

File photo of the centre of Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:30:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of the centre of Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. Senior Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui was in Pyongyang on Sunday, state media said, as North Korea is under a growing pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks.(AFP/File)

A satellite image taken in 2002 shows the Yongbyon nuclear facility ...

(AFP/DigitalGlobe/File) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:01:46 GMT

(AFP/DigitalGlobe/File) - A satellite image taken in 2002 shows the Yongbyon nuclear facility in North Korea. A senior Chinese official is heading for North Korea, as the international community tries to persuade Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks.(AFP/DigitalGlobe/File/AFP)

Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:10:05 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (C) poses with other officials after arriving at an airport near Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 6, 2010. Wang flew to North Korea at the invitation of the ruling Workers' Party of North Korea. The Chinese visit appears to be a move to press Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks, South Korean media reported. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE

Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (front L) arrives at an airport near Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 6, 2010. Wang flew to North Korea at the invitation of the ruling Workers' Party of North Korea. The Chinese visit appears to be a move to press Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks, South Korean media reported. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE