Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2181 world World - North Korea en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:43:03 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2181 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas ap/20091107/us_clinton_overseas AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:43:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.b9a28e11f1a14971b8aa7c05795e841b.mideast_iran_qatar_vah104.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=fd49MK5tdMJmTGpRjd4U5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he arrives for an official welcoming ceremony for Qatari Emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_overseas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.b9a28e11f1a14971b8aa7c05795e841b.mideast_iran_qatar_vah104.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=fd49MK5tdMJmTGpRjd4U5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he arrives for an official welcoming ceremony for Qatari Emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusdiplomacy afp/20091107/nkoreanuclearweaponsusdiplomacy AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257523586699-2-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=OBFiKb_B_DcgQaChZjpAnw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="US special representative on North Korea Stephen Bosworth speaks to the media in Seoul, in September. Newspapers from South Korea and Japan, have quoted unnamed sources saying that Bosworth has agreed to go to Pyongyang in late November.(AFP/File/Won Dai-Yeon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States said it was open to sending an envoy to Pyongyang but insisted that North Korea prove it is serious about giving up nuclear weapons for good.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257523586699-2-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=OBFiKb_B_DcgQaChZjpAnw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="US special representative on North Korea Stephen Bosworth speaks to the media in Seoul, in September. Newspapers from South Korea and Japan, have quoted unnamed sources saying that Bosworth has agreed to go to Pyongyang in late November.(AFP/File/Won Dai-Yeon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/pl_nm/us_obama_asia_northkorea nm/20091106/us_obama_asia_northkorea Reuters politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:12:48 GMT Reuters - The Obama administration would be willing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea but only if certain conditions were met, the president's top adviser on Asia said on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/pl_afp/usnkorearightsrefugee afp/20091105/usnkorearightsrefugee AFP politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:11:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/pl_afp/usnkorearightsrefugee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257458590793-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=51&q=85&sig=ubcuvwpyGVW__5GCnjSH6Q--" align="left" height="51" width="130" alt="A Chinese border guard patrols on a bridge over the Tumen river in China in March 2009. The nominee for US envoy on human rights in North Korea said Wednesday he would press China for better treatment of refugees fleeing the impoverished neighboring state.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The nominee for US envoy on human rights in North Korea said Thursday he would press China for better treatment of refugees fleeing the impoverished neighboring state.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/pl_afp/usnkorearightsrefugee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257458590793-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=51&q=85&sig=ubcuvwpyGVW__5GCnjSH6Q--" align="left" height="51" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Chinese border guard patrols on a bridge over the Tumen river in China in March 2009. The nominee for US envoy on human rights in North Korea said Wednesday he would press China for better treatment of refugees fleeing the impoverished neighboring state.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/nkoreaskoreafoodaid afp/20091105/nkoreaskoreafoodaid AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:06:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/nkoreaskoreafoodaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257397477970-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=BaW.D3nJdGCPg9Z3ZKhJOA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="File photo of North Korean co-operative farm workers preparing fields for rice transplanting near Sariwon, North Hwanghae province. North Korea is asking private South Korean groups for urgent food aid even though it has still not accepted an offer from Seoul's government, a report said Thursday.(AFP/WFP/File/Gerald Bourke)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea is asking private South Korean groups for urgent food aid even though it has still not accepted an offer from Seoul's government, a report said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/nkoreaskoreafoodaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257397477970-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=BaW.D3nJdGCPg9Z3ZKhJOA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo of North Korean co-operative farm workers preparing fields for rice transplanting near Sariwon, North Hwanghae province. North Korea is asking private South Korean groups for urgent food aid even though it has still not accepted an offer from Seoul's government, a report said Thursday.(AFP/WFP/File/Gerald Bourke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusskorea afp/20091104/nkoreanuclearweaponsusskorea AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusskorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257303309577-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=7Zkprh_CWNyzgdER0sLVsw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="North Korean soldiers look to the South side as US soldiers (foreground) stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the DMZ separating the two Koreas. 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/Pool/File/Jo Yong-Hak)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusskorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257303309577-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=7Zkprh_CWNyzgdER0sLVsw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="North Korean soldiers look to the South side as US soldiers (foreground) stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the DMZ separating the two Koreas. 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/Pool/File/Jo Yong-Hak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_nuclear ap/20091104/as_koreas_nuclear AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:06:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/ra587484796.jpg?x=130&y=113&q=85&sig=e08QKNTdsRVSjwzMVGAlMw--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="Satellite image of Yongbyon, North Korea released by DigitalGlobe on May 26, 2009. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear arsenal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/ra587484796.jpg?x=130&y=113&q=85&sig=e08QKNTdsRVSjwzMVGAlMw--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="photo" title="Satellite image of Yongbyon, North Korea released by DigitalGlobe on May 26, 2009. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_korea_north nm/20091103/us_korea_north Reuters world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:30:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r892247141.jpg?x=130&y=112&q=85&sig=wCjFlPNFm6YwoJ8p61jU2A--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="Fire-fighters wearing protective gear take part in an anti-terrorism drill against possible attacks from North Korea in Seoul November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-Seok" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wl_nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r892247141.jpg?x=130&y=112&q=85&sig=wCjFlPNFm6YwoJ8p61jU2A--" align="left" height="112" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fire-fighters wearing protective gear take part in an anti-terrorism drill against possible attacks from North Korea in Seoul November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-Seok" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus afp/20091103/nkoreanuclearweaponsus AFP politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:04:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257278336246-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=H7qqIxEsG0Qa5t0PBtxQ9A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This handout photo taken in January 2009 shows unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon. North Korea's plutonium production for atomic weapons "runs counter" to its nuclear disarmament commitments and "violates" UN Security Council resolutions, the State Department said Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/South Korean Foreign Ministry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea's plutonium production for atomic weapons "runs counter" to its disarmament commitments and "violates" UN Security Council resolutions, the State Department said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257278336246-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=H7qqIxEsG0Qa5t0PBtxQ9A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="This handout photo taken in January 2009 shows unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse at North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon. North Korea's plutonium production for atomic weapons "runs counter" to its nuclear disarmament commitments and "violates" UN Security Council resolutions, the State Department said Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/South Korean Foreign Ministry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_nkorea ap/20091103/us_us_nkorea AP politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:17:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_nkorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r2587881390.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=ys0qw0JsVfK.1z9DlgdIgw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="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" border="0" /></a>AP - The United States says North Korea's use of more nuclear fuel for weapons violates the North's past commitments at international disarmament talks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_nkorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r2587881390.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=ys0qw0JsVfK.1z9DlgdIgw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="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" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_s_korean_foray ap/20091103/eu_france_s_korean_foray AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:47:37 GMT AP - Nicolas Sarkozy is once again wading into international diplomacy. After trying a hand at Mideast peace, raising France's profile on Iran and reaching out to Cuba, he's homing in on another problem long seen as Washington's to solve: North Korea. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091103/wl_csm/odu1103 csm/20091103/odu1103 The Christian Science Monitor world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - • A daily summary of global reports on security issues . http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091103/ts_csm/aplutonium csm/20091103/aplutonium The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Has North Korea just become a bigger nuclear threat? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponschinadiplomacy afp/20091103/nkoreanuclearweaponschinadiplomacy AFP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:52:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponschinadiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257219989904-1-0.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=0T127nIsFOV7OQv3RcS4Ng--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="A North Korean soldier looks through binoculars at the truce village of Panmunjom. China is more concerned about its hardline Stalinist neighbour's stability than its nuclear programme and views the issue as mainly the responsibility of the United States, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said in a report.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea's military provocations this year angered its ally China but Beijing remains reluctant to tighten the screws on Pyongyang, an influential think-tank said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponschinadiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257219989904-1-0.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=0T127nIsFOV7OQv3RcS4Ng--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="A North Korean soldier looks through binoculars at the truce village of Panmunjom. China is more concerned about its hardline Stalinist neighbour's stability than its nuclear programme and views the issue as mainly the responsibility of the United States, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said in a report.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_afp/nkoreausnuclearweaponstalks afp/20091102/nkoreausnuclearweaponstalks AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:52:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_afp/nkoreausnuclearweaponstalks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257162383605-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=FXnpmUfICiCv.f6jpY8fcQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Replica missiles at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul. North Korea is pressing the United States to hold direct talks on ending their nuclear stand-off and vowed to "go its own way" if Washington refuses to do so.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea on Monday pressed the United States to hold direct talks on ending their nuclear stand-off and vowed to "go its own way" if Washington refuses to do so.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_afp/nkoreausnuclearweaponstalks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257162383605-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=FXnpmUfICiCv.f6jpY8fcQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Replica missiles at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul. North Korea is pressing the United States to hold direct talks on ending their nuclear stand-off and vowed to "go its own way" if Washington refuses to do so.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearskoreaus afp/20091101/nkoreanuclearskoreaus AFP world Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:26:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearskoreaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091101/capt.photo_1257052403818-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=LnARlsnL5afG_0cQ7PSf6g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="South Korean protesters burn anti-North Korea placards during a rally in Seoul in May. The United States and its ally South Korea have drawn up a contingency plan to cope with emergencies in North Korea, including a possible regime change there, a report said Sunday.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States and its ally South Korea have drawn up a contingency plan to cope with emergencies in North Korea, including a possible regime change there, a report said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearskoreaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091101/capt.photo_1257052403818-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=LnARlsnL5afG_0cQ7PSf6g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="South Korean protesters burn anti-North Korea placards during a rally in Seoul in May. The United States and its ally South Korea have drawn up a contingency plan to cope with emergencies in North Korea, including a possible regime change there, a report said Sunday.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_on_re_as/as_skorea_obit_ex_spy_chief ap/20091031/as_skorea_obit_ex_spy_chief AP world Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:22:43 GMT AP - Former South Korean spy chief Lee Hu-rak, who brokered the signing of a historic 1972 peace document with North Korea following a secret trip to Pyongyang, died Saturday. He was 85. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091031/wl_nm/us_korea_north_usa nm/20091031/us_korea_north_usa Reuters world Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:12:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091031/wl_nm/us_korea_north_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r2587881390.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=ys0qw0JsVfK.1z9DlgdIgw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="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" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korea appears to be more open to resuming six-nation talks on its nuclear program, U.S. academics and former officials said on Friday after meeting Ri Gun, Pyongyang's second-ranking nuclear negotiator.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091031/wl_nm/us_korea_north_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r2587881390.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=ys0qw0JsVfK.1z9DlgdIgw--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="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" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsjapandiplomacy afp/20091030/nkoreanuclearweaponsjapandiplomacy AFP world Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:30:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsjapandiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256876968821-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=H7atV1wkTp.Q2gzgzMoMjA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="File photo shows Japan Coast Guard high-speed patrol vessels taking part in a drill in Tokyo Bay. Japan's government submitted a bill Friday to allow its coastguard and customs officers to inspect North Korean shipments suspected of including nuclear and missile-related materials.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's government submitted a bill Friday to allow its coastguard and customs officers to inspect North Korean shipments suspected of including nuclear and missile-related materials.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsjapandiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256876968821-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=H7atV1wkTp.Q2gzgzMoMjA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows Japan Coast Guard high-speed patrol vessels taking part in a drill in Tokyo Bay. Japan's government submitted a bill Friday to allow its coastguard and customs officers to inspect North Korean shipments suspected of including nuclear and missile-related materials.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusenvoy afp/20091030/nkoreanuclearweaponsusenvoy AFP politics Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:09:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusenvoy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256875731422-1-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=UcQ8Kq6QpafQot0FtPuGFw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="US special representative on North Korea Stephen Bosworth, seen in September, will visit North Korea next month following a summit between President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, a newspaper reported Friday.(AFP/File/Won Dai-Yeon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US envoy will visit North Korea next month following a summit between President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, a newspaper reported Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusenvoy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256875731422-1-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=UcQ8Kq6QpafQot0FtPuGFw--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="US special representative on North Korea Stephen Bosworth, seen in September, will visit North Korea next month following a summit between President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, a newspaper reported Friday.(AFP/File/Won Dai-Yeon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)