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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world/asia/north-korea world World - North Korea en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:01:27 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world/asia/north-korea http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_nuclear ap/20100210/as_koreas_nuclear AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:01:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.ed7c8b35ae814534a81338ef69868016.north_korea_koreas_nuclear_tok801.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Deddbt702UV93NWZkQsJYg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - A senior U.N. envoy pressed ahead Wednesday with international efforts to get North Korea back into nuclear disarmament talks, during the world body's first high-level visit to the reclusive state in nearly six years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.ed7c8b35ae814534a81338ef69868016.north_korea_koreas_nuclear_tok801.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Deddbt702UV93NWZkQsJYg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_korea_north nm/20100209/us_korea_north Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:32:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2499646384.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=.9xKwRV3cRmNFFQnvEYv_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="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. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korea's top nuclear envoy arrived in Beijing on Tuesday as Pyongyang said it was willing to step up talks with China on resuming stalled disarmament-for-aid talks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2499646384.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=.9xKwRV3cRmNFFQnvEYv_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="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. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinaskoreanuclearweapons afp/20100209/nkoreachinaskoreanuclearweapons AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:12:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinaskoreanuclearweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265731827906-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=0_QG56rBoQ38PD_s72AsTA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinaskoreanuclearweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265731827906-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=0_QG56rBoQ38PD_s72AsTA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/wl_time/08599196083000 time/20100209/08599196083000 Time.com world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:05:00 GMT Time.com - Matchmaking services connecting North Korean women and South Korean men are helping ease the transition to a new life for some defectors http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinanuclearweaponsdiplomacy afp/20100209/nkoreachinanuclearweaponsdiplomacy AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:50:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinanuclearweaponsdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265731827906-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=0_QG56rBoQ38PD_s72AsTA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinanuclearweaponsdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265731827906-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=0_QG56rBoQ38PD_s72AsTA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_afp/nkoreaskoreachinadiplomacynuclearweapons afp/20100208/nkoreaskoreachinadiplomacynuclearweapons AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:31:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_afp/nkoreaskoreachinadiplomacynuclearweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265664639090-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=Nh0AkdfcaW5sbLIGxaXhGA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_afp/nkoreaskoreachinadiplomacynuclearweapons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265664639090-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=Nh0AkdfcaW5sbLIGxaXhGA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinanucleardiplomacy afp/20100207/nkoreachinanucleardiplomacy AFP world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:07:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinanucleardiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265566038674-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=7983UGWjkHkDNWtePodGlA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A senior Chinese Communist Party official held talks with North Korea on Sunday, state media said, as Pyongyang comes under growing pressure to return to nuclear disarmament talks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_asia_afp/nkoreachinanucleardiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265566038674-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=7983UGWjkHkDNWtePodGlA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_re_us/us_nkorea_us_missionary ap/20100207/us_nkorea_us_missionary AP us Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:19:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_re_us/us_nkorea_us_missionary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.8bfc23b74ebb41a6a6f7db413e039f7b.nkorea_us_missionary_cadz105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AAnR0TOGUPEFsuN5n5vClg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Missionary Robert Park sits in a car with his mother and father following his return to the U.S. at the to the Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, Feb. 06, 2010. Park was detained in North Korea after crossing the border from China on Christmas Day. (AP Photo/David Zentz)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Korean-American missionary who defiantly crossed a frozen river into North Korea intent on urging a change in its leadership has reunited with his overjoyed family, silent and downcast after 43 days in the communist nation's custody.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_re_us/us_nkorea_us_missionary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.8bfc23b74ebb41a6a6f7db413e039f7b.nkorea_us_missionary_cadz105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AAnR0TOGUPEFsuN5n5vClg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Missionary Robert Park sits in a car with his mother and father following his return to the U.S. at the to the Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, Feb. 06, 2010. Park was detained in North Korea after crossing the border from China on Christmas Day. (AP Photo/David Zentz)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/nkoreausdetainee afp/20100207/nkoreausdetainee AFP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:13:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/nkoreausdetainee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265426608613-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=O003ctPeBJ5kBbQM5L9ODw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This photo released by the Korean Central News Agency shows US detainee Robert Park during an interview in Pyongyang. Park has arrived in in Los Angeles after being freed by North Korea, where he had been held since December 25.(AFP/KCNA/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US missionary released by North Korea after entering the country on Christmas Day to protest human rights abuses arrived back in the United States, airport officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/nkoreausdetainee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265426608613-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=O003ctPeBJ5kBbQM5L9ODw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This photo released by the Korean Central News Agency shows US detainee Robert Park during an interview in Pyongyang. Park has arrived in in Los Angeles after being freed by North Korea, where he had been held since December 25.(AFP/KCNA/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_us_missionary ap/20100206/as_nkorea_us_missionary AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:57:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_us_missionary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.71e169b7b0d44e819ec015c5e5b8689f.china_north_korea_us_missionary_xaw104.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=cDMcgTkEyW5vUGuNQ_d2NQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)" border="0" /></a>AP - Robert Park strode illegally into North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting "I brought God's love" and carrying a Bible. When the communist regime released him Saturday, he left silent and pale.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_us_missionary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.71e169b7b0d44e819ec015c5e5b8689f.china_north_korea_us_missionary_xaw104.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=cDMcgTkEyW5vUGuNQ_d2NQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/chinankoreapoliticsnucleardiplomacy afp/20100206/chinankoreapoliticsnucleardiplomacy AFP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:01:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/chinankoreapoliticsnucleardiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265457644291-1-0.jpg?x=129&y=130&q=85&sig=FkqRKc3.ynKsUpUbxTGT3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="129" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A senior Chinese Communist Party official was on Saturday heading for North Korea, as the international community tries to persuade Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks, state media said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/chinankoreapoliticsnucleardiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265457644291-1-0.jpg?x=129&y=130&q=85&sig=FkqRKc3.ynKsUpUbxTGT3Q--" align="left" height="130" width="129" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearundiplomacyskorea afp/20100206/nkoreanuclearundiplomacyskorea AFP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:33:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearundiplomacyskorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265420592144-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=3cWrIEoT6iF5K3.EnIJ7wg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="UN chief Ban Ki-moon's top political adviser Lynn Pascoe (pictured in 2008) arrived in Seoul on Saturday for talks on North Korea's nuclear programme ahead of a visit to Pyongyang, according to the foreign ministry.(AFP/File/Alex Mita)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A UN envoy said Saturday he would discuss "the entire range of issues" including ways to resume six-party nuclear disarmament talks when he visits Pyongyang in the coming week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearundiplomacyskorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265420592144-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=3cWrIEoT6iF5K3.EnIJ7wg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="UN chief Ban Ki-moon's top political adviser Lynn Pascoe (pictured in 2008) arrived in Seoul on Saturday for talks on North Korea's nuclear programme ahead of a visit to Pyongyang, according to the foreign ministry.(AFP/File/Alex Mita)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/nkoreausdetaineerelease afp/20100206/nkoreausdetaineerelease AFP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:26:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/nkoreausdetaineerelease"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265426608613-5-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=9V.lBLN1GUblbbmogGCqHA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This photo released by the Korean Central News Agency shows US detainee Robert Park during an interview in Pyongyang. Park has arrived in Beijing after being freed by N.Korea, where he had been held since December 25.(AFP/KCNA/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US missionary Robert Park arrived in Beijing on Saturday after being freed by North Korea, where he had been held since December 25, Yonhap news agency said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/wl_asia_afp/nkoreausdetaineerelease"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265426608613-5-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=9V.lBLN1GUblbbmogGCqHA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="This photo released by the Korean Central News Agency shows US detainee Robert Park during an interview in Pyongyang. Park has arrived in Beijing after being freed by N.Korea, where he had been held since December 25.(AFP/KCNA/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100205/wl_csm/278366 csm/20100205/278366 The Christian Science Monitor world Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:40:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - A 28-year-old American missionary apparently is getting a reprieve from the North Koreans after having entered the North on Christmas Eve declaring that he was “bringing God’s love to you” and carrying a message of “peace and goodwill” to North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-il. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/ts_nm/us_korea_north_release nm/20100205/us_korea_north_release Reuters topstories Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:29:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/ts_nm/us_korea_north_release"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r3395922122.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=_d2HPaV6s3_uSiZ.W3Owkg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Robert Park, 28, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul in this December 22, 2009 file photo. North Korea said on February 5, 2010 it will release U.S. religious activist Park, who was arrested in December for illegally entering the country. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/Files (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: HEADSHOT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korea said on Friday it will release U.S. religious activist Robert Park, arrested in December for illegally entering the country in a journey to raise awareness about Pyongyang's human rights abuses.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/ts_nm/us_korea_north_release"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r3395922122.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=_d2HPaV6s3_uSiZ.W3Owkg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Robert Park, 28, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul in this December 22, 2009 file photo. North Korea said on February 5, 2010 it will release U.S. religious activist Park, who was arrested in December for illegally entering the country. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/Files (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: HEADSHOT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/wl_nm/us_korea_north_china nm/20100205/us_korea_north_china Reuters world Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:04:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/wl_nm/us_korea_north_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100210/i/r2763244011.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=fkdltoBpYOSTaLXDvYmbYg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="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" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A senior Chinese Communist Party official will visit Pyongyang next week in what appears to be a move to press North Korea to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks, a South Korean news agency said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/wl_nm/us_korea_north_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100210/i/r2763244011.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=fkdltoBpYOSTaLXDvYmbYg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="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" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100204/wl_csm/278101 csm/20100204/278101 The Christian Science Monitor world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:54:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea is seething with discontent while the regime looks for scapegoats for the failure of an attempt at reforming the currency and curbing free enterprise, analysts here said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/pl_afp/nkoreausrights afp/20100204/nkoreausrights AFP politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:11:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/pl_afp/nkoreausrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265296216651-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=5sGd2SXPrnuasrQvNmfCbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="US envoy on North Korean human rights, Robert King, seen here in January 2010, said North Korea must respect human rights if it wants to improve relations with the United States and end its international isolation.(AFP/POOL/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea must respect human rights if it wants to improve relations with the United States and end its international isolation, a US envoy said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/pl_afp/nkoreausrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265296216651-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=5sGd2SXPrnuasrQvNmfCbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="US envoy on North Korean human rights, Robert King, seen here in January 2010, said North Korea must respect human rights if it wants to improve relations with the United States and end its international isolation.(AFP/POOL/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/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_eu/eu_nkorea_iran_weapons_trail ap/20100204/eu_nkorea_iran_weapons_trail AP world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:53:53 GMT AP - In a Jan. 20 story, The Associated Press reported on the crew, cargo and routing of a plane carrying North Korean arms that was detained in Thailand in December. The story was based in part on documents that the AP obtained independently. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/wl_asia_afp/nkoreaeconomymarkets afp/20100204/nkoreaeconomymarkets AFP world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:52:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/wl_asia_afp/nkoreaeconomymarkets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265256677525-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hVc3q0Cuyb7S_SdCHq.oDw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="File photo shows North Korean women buying food items at a stall in Pyongyang. North Korea is easing its curbs on markets because of mounting public anger about a chaotic currency change that worsened food shortages and sparked unrest, South Korea's spy agency said Thursday.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - North Korea is relaxing restrictions on private markets because of mounting anger at a chaotic currency change that worsened food shortages and sparked unrest, South Korea's spy agency said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nkorea/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/wl_asia_afp/nkoreaeconomymarkets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265256677525-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hVc3q0Cuyb7S_SdCHq.oDw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows North Korean women buying food items at a stall in Pyongyang. North Korea is easing its curbs on markets because of mounting public anger about a chaotic currency change that worsened food shortages and sparked unrest, South Korea's spy agency said Thursday.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)