Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), met Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao on Thursday to discuss relations between their two countries.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) started the sixth round of working-level talks on Thursday on reopening a joint industrial park in DPRK's border town of Kaesong that has been suspended for more than three months.
Despite its intention to work with other partners to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, Washington is currently not quite ready to return to the six-party talks, U.S. experts say.
Chinese fishermen have been told to stop fishing in the waters off the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s east coast because of a bilateral dispute over fuel supplies.
South Korea's unification ministry said Friday that it will discuss how to constructively normalize the Kaesong industrial complex with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the working-level talks scheduled for Saturday.
The United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea on Wednesday called for "meaningful" steps on denuclearization by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties with them.
The U.S. State Department on Monday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to take "credible" steps toward concrete denuclearization before bilateral talks can take place.
The White House on Sunday stated its desire to have "credible" negotiations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), but demanded steps by the Asian nation to show its readiness to abide by its obligations.
After months of tensions featuring heated talks of war and intensive saber rattling, North Korea and South Korea agreed earlier on Monday to hold their first high-level meeting in six years later this week.
The spokesman said that in view of the two sides' stalemated relations and increasing mistrust, working-level contacts between the DPRK and South Korea are necessary prior to ministerial-level talks proposed by Seoul.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday proposed holding talks with South Korea on issues including the normalization of the operation in the Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ) and the resumption of tour of Mt. Kumgang, the official KCNA news agency reported.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday accused the United States of slandering its socialist system through a report on religious freedom.
A special envoy left Pyongyan Wednesday for a visit to China. International media shares the view that the trip is DPRK's effort to repair its badly damaged ties with China.
A Chinese private fishing boat seized by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) side was released early Tuesday, a Chinese consular officer to the DPRK told Xinhua.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, Yonhap News Agency said quoting an anonymous Seoul military official.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is ready to "help facilitate the process of peace and trust-building on the Korean Peninsula" to avoid "miscalculation and dangerous escalation," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Sunday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a short-range missile on Monday into the Sea of Japan, local media reported.
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