Read more Pyongyang stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3754/pyongyang.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:30:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74356/us-south-korea-offer-north-grand-bargain-on-nukes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Korea's president says he and President Barack Obama have agreed to offer North Korea a "grand bargain" aimed at ending the North's nuclear program. President Lee Myung-bak, speaking at a joint news conference today in Seoul, said the deal would be similar to his proposal for a package of...http://www.newser.com/story/74356/us-south-korea-offer-north-grand-bargain-on-nukes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 22:47:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68079/uae-seizes-ship-bringing-n-korean-arms-to-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAuthorities in the United Arab Emirates today seized a ship carrying weapons from North Korea to Iran, the Financial Times reports—a violation of United Nations resolutions barring Pyongyang from exporting arms. The shipment was headed for a company linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which has previously been banned from...http://www.newser.com/story/68079/uae-seizes-ship-bringing-n-korean-arms-to-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 21:27:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67314/richardson-hails-warmer-signals-from-north-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe tentative thaw continues in North Korea relations. On the heels of Bill Clinton's trip, Bill Richardson hosted two high-ranking officials from the North today at the governor's mansion in New Mexico and declared that Pyongyang is sending a "positive vibration" about detente. “What I sense was, one, the temperature...http://www.newser.com/story/67314/richardson-hails-warmer-signals-from-north-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 18:52:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66231/you-too-can-visit-north-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou don’t have to be an ex-president to visit North Korea: In fact, your average “private citizen” can make the trip, if he or she doesn't mind a few inconveniences, writes Christopher Beam for Slate. To head to Pyongyang, apply for a visa via North Korea’s UN rep or take...http://www.newser.com/story/66231/you-too-can-visit-north-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 8:33:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66210/rescue-mission-puts-spotlight-on-bills-contacts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe same sprawling network of business and political contacts that caused trouble with Hillary Clinton's confirmation as secretary of state helped her husband secure the release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling, the Washington Post reports. Private donors paid for Bill Clinton's trip to North Korea, and the former president...http://www.newser.com/story/66210/rescue-mission-puts-spotlight-on-bills-contacts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 4:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66050/clinton-meets-with-kim-jong-il.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Clinton has met with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, official state media reports. The Korean news agency described Clinton as "courteously" conveying a message from President Obama, saying he and Kim shared a "wide-ranging exchange of views." But the White House denied that Clinton was bearing such...http://www.newser.com/story/66050/clinton-meets-with-kim-jong-il.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 8:59:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64771/kim-jong-ils-3-sons-are-any-fit-for-power.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKim Jong Il has presided over North Korea’s closed, crooked government with an iron fist for decades. But as the Dear Leader’s health fades, anxious observers are analyzing his three heirs apparent—none of whom seem fit for the job, Evan Thomas and Suzanne Smalley write in Newsweek . Unlike Saddam...http://www.newser.com/story/64771/kim-jong-ils-3-sons-are-any-fit-for-power.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 17:46:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64059/us-journalists-held-in-guest-house-not-labor-camp.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea has not yet sent Lisa Ling or Euna Lee to a prison labor camp, keeping them instead in a “guest house,” according to a University of Georgia political scientist who recently visited the country. It's a sign that Pyongyang still wants to negotiate the girls' fate with the...http://www.newser.com/story/64059/us-journalists-held-in-guest-house-not-labor-camp.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 8:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63370/n-korea-fires-2-short-range-missiles-reports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports that could not be immediately verified. As the AP reports, North Korea issued a no-sail zone in waters off its east coast through July 10, viewed as a prelude to such missile tests. A South Korean news...http://www.newser.com/story/63370/n-korea-fires-2-short-range-missiles-reports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 4:58:50 CDT