Archive for May, 2011

Despite Pyongyang’s fiery rhetoric on Sunday, when it said it will not deal with Seoul and plans to cut back on communications, the South Korean government is still

Representatives from South Korean civic groups will travel to North Korea today to meet with counterparts in a rare civilian exchange between the sides, an official said Tuesday. Seven

Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Some time ago, traitor Lee Myung Bak raved that "unification is sure to come soon," talking nonsense about the Berlin Wall during his

The U.S. asked Canada to help finance a deal with North Korea aimed at getting the reclusive regime to stop its nuclear program, according to U.S. diplomatic cables

Italy foiled an attempt by North Korea to import tap-dancing shoes in breach of a U.N. ban on the sale of luxury goods to Pyongyang, according to a

North Korea is set to hold elections to provincial, city and county people’s committees in June, sources have revealed to The Daily NK. North Korea undertakes such local and

The debate over the North Korean Human Rights Law (NKHRL), which has been a victim of almost endless verbal jousting for the last six years, is about to

Some South Korean army training centres are using pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his son as targets on rifle ranges, the defence ministry said on

Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) --Without powerful defence capability it would be impossible to guarantee peace nor would be it possible to properly carry on economic construction. Rodong Sinmun Tuesday