North Korea
10.02.2011 15:55 14 comments Russia expecting year of “intensive contacts” with North KoreaMoscow wants more intensive contacts with its communist neighbor North Korea in order to ensure peace in Northeast Asia, yet the situation between North and South Korea continues to deteriorate. | Koreas try to diffuse tensionMilitary officers of North and South Korea have come to the negotiating table on Tuesday for the first time since the escalation of tensions in the region last year. | |
S. Korean man arrested for “tweeting” praise of the NorthSouth Korean prosecutors have arrested a man for disseminating pro-North Korean videos and text through social networking services, which is a criminal offence in the republic. | 10.01.2011 16:58 2 comments US and China Defense Chiefs meet in atmosphere of suspicionWith China beginning to challenge America’s superpower status, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is in Beijing for three days of talks with Chinese top brass and President Hu Jintao. | |
North Korea calls for peace talks with South in near futureNorth Korea has again called for a peaceful settlement with South Korea following months of tension and deadly incidents. | 30.12.2010 19:05 4 comments Moscow calls on Koreas to move from “muscle flexing” to dialogueMoscow has called for the resumption of talks between both South and North Korea in the hopes of easing tensions between them. | |
Moscow urges N. Korea to return to nuke non-proliferationRussia insists that North Korea should come back to non-proliferation regime as a non-nuclear state, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin has said. | N. Korean nuclear issue to be solved only through six-party talks – S. KoreaThe crisis over North Korea’s nuclear program can be solved through diplomatic methods, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has said, despite recent tension with Pyongyang. | |
Northern exposure – S. Korea fears more nuke test from neighborThe North is likely to stage its third nuclear test next year, according to a report made public by South Korea’s Foreign Ministry Research Center. | 23.12.2010 16:47 4 comments N. Korea rears up for “sacred war”As South Korea continues to stage its military exercises, North Korea says it is prepared to respond with a nuke-fuelled “sacred war.” | |
23.12.2010 14:19 2 comments Pyongyang enraged by new South Korean war gamesRussia says it will continue its diplomatic efforts to help ease the tense situation on the Korean peninsula. However, a new series of South Korean war games on Thursday has only fueled the conflict between the two Koreas. | Use of force on the Korean Peninsula is unacceptable – FM spokesmanThe Korean sides should exercise restraint, responsibility and avoid escalation of tension in the region, said the deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Department. | |
20.12.2010 10:38 2 comments S. Korea holds military drills despite UN Security Council emergency meetingSouth Korea has carried out live-fire military exercises on an island close to the border with North Korea, despite threats of retaliation from Pyongyang. | Fantasy world of North Korean contemporary artWinzavod is set to break the ice between North Korean art and international audiences in the Russian capital. | |
16.12.2010 13:18 1 comments South Korea to stage more military drillsSouth Korea plans to stage live fire-drills on the same island that was shelled last month in an exchange of fire with the North. | Moscow at center of diplomatic efforts over Korean tensionRussia is hosting separate talks with North and South Korean representatives over the current tense situation on the Korean Peninsula. | |
13.12.2010 14:34 1 comments Russia hosts North Korea’s envoy, calls for six-party talksPyongyang's nuclear program and a return to the negotiating table were on the agenda during a meeting between Russia's foreign minister and his North Korean counterpart. | 06.12.2010 20:38 1 comments US, South Korea war games bring peninsula to brink of war – activistUS naval exercises with Japan, ongoing near the Korean peninsula in the Yellow Sea, are meant to provoke and escalate tension in the region, says anti-war activist Brian Becker. | |
30.11.2010 08:49 9 comments US trying to intimidate North Korea - analystKorean affairs expert Leonid Petrov says American efforts to keep North Korea on edge are getting dangerously close to sparking a conflict. | Obama addresses Congress in last attempt to push START ratificationAs Republicans try to stall the process, Barack Obama has addressed the US Senate as he seeks additional support from Congress to ratify the nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia. |
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