Archive for March, 2011

Spokesman for Inspection Group of NDC of DPRK Re-clarifies Principled Stand of DPRK

Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) — A spokesman for the inspection group of the DPRK National Defence Commission issued the following statement on Thursday: One year has passed since warship “Cheonan” sank in the waters off Paekryong Island in the West Sea of Korea. But the south Korean authorities and military …

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Warm Compatriotism and Friendship Shown in Quake-hit Areas of Japan

ongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Warm compatriotism is being fully displayed among Koreans and friendship between them and Japanese in the earthquake-stricken areas alive with the work to

U.S. Officials to Take 1st-Hand Look at N. Korea’s Food Situation

The U.S. is planning to send a fact-finding team to North Korea to take a firsthand look at the food situation there and determine whether it should give

South Korean activist floats leaflets toward North

A South Korean activist has floated propaganda balloons including footage of protests in the Middle East toward North Korea, despite Pyongyang's threat to retaliate. Park Sang-hak says the

US senator urges action on divided Korean families

A US senator urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday to do more to help reunite Korean-American families separated from their North Korea kin after the 1950-1953

RF, N Korea create commission to implement deal on labour activity

A document to this effect has been signed in Pyongyang, visiting deputy director of the Russian Federal Migration Service Anatoly Kuznetsov told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.  Kuznetsov said, “The

German FIFA official to visit N.K.

A senior German official at the international governing body of football, along with German journalists and politicians, will travel to North Korea this week as part of their

Editorial: Aid for North Koreans must not be delayed

Unless something is done, and soon, millions of people in North Korea could starve to death. This is the latest news from the world’s most isolated nation. Just

South Korea’s Military Preparedness By Rajaram Panda

March 26, 2011 marked the first anniversary of South Korea’s worst peace-time naval disaster, when its 1,200-ton naval patrol ship, Cheonan, was allegedly sunk by a North Korean

FMD Update 2 By Stephan Haggard

A compounding factor in the food situation in North Korea is the course of the FMD outbreak in the country. Given the food shortages, culled animals are no