Following a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the last stop of his Asian tour Thursday, visiting US President Barack Obama vowed to press ahead with North Korean negotiations, but with a new approach.
North Korea has accused South Korea of staging a naval clash this week to raise tensions, and said it would pay for the provocation. The dispute comes days before a scheduled visit to Seoul by US President Barack Obama.
The navies of North and South Korea exchanged fire in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday in an incident that left a Northern vessel badly damaged. The clash comes just ahead of a trip to Asia this week by US President Barack Obama.
Jack Lang, a former minister and France's special envoy to North Korea, has arrived in Pyongyang on a five-day mission to "start a dialogue" with North Korean leaders and discuss the country's nuclear programme.
North Korea has said that it is ready to resume six-party negotiations on nuclear disarmament after a year of boycott, provided they are preceded by direct talks with the United States.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that sanctions against North Korea will continue until Pyongyang takes "verifiable and irreversible" steps toward full nuclear disarmament.
David E. Sanger, White House correspondent for the New York Times, and the author of, “Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power”, a book that examines the legacy from Bush to Obama.
The Irish side is the last obstacle France must face if it is to qualify for next summer’s football World Cup in South Africa. “Les Bleus” will play “Les Verts” on the 14th November in Dublin and on the 18th November in Paris. Ireland is the best sid
The US State Department announced on Friday that it would allow a senior North Korean diplomat to visit the US later this month, giving rise to speculation that new nuclear negotiations may not be far off.
