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N.Korean leader inspects security forces (AFP)

This undated picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting a cooperative farm in North Pyongan province. Kim has also inspected the nation's security force headquarters, according to state media, in what Seoul media say is a bid to further tighten his control on society.(AFP/KCNA/File)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has inspected the nation's security force headquarters, state media said on Sunday, in what Seoul media say is a bid to further tighten his control on society.





Buddhists from 2 Koreas hold joint ceremony (AP) AP - Buddhist monks from South and North Korea held a joint ceremony at a temple in the communist country Saturday in a continuation of civic exchanges between the nations despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.


Chinese defence chief to visit N.Korea: media (AFP)

Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (pictured in 2008) will visit North Korea soon, state-run media said on Friday, amid efforts to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks. Liang's trip, which also will take him to Japan and Thailand, will begin on Sunday and run through December 5, the China News Service reported, without giving a specific itinerary.(AFP/DDP/File/Clemens Bilan)AFP - Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie will visit North Korea soon, state-run media said on Friday, amid efforts to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.





UN committee criticizes NKorea rights violations (AP)

A South Korean child watches a television program reporting North Korean prisoners at a unification observation post near the border village of Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.  A key U.N. committee expressed 'very serious concern' Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations. The letters on the screen read ' North Korea will be the only country that kills people like it kills dogs or pigs without holding trials.' (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.





U.N. committee condemns N.Korea, Myanmar over rights (Reuters) Reuters - A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Myanmar on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries.


On last day in Asia, Obama sets date for N.Korea talks (AFP)

US President Barack Obama, seen here at a US military airbase in Osan, south of Seoul, has said a US envoy will visit North Korea early next month, as he joined South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in urging the communist state back to nuclear talks.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - President Barack Obama announced Thursday a US envoy would visit North Korea early next month, as he joined South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in urging the communist state back to nuclear talks.





On last stop of Asia tour, Obama targets Iran, North Korea (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - There was no doubt it. President Barack Obama got by far the loudest cheers of his six-day East Asian odyssey Thursday in a rousing 15-minute talk before about 1,000 troops.


North Koreans told to keep hair short, tidy (AFP)

AFP - State media in communist North Korea, which is grappling with severe food shortages and a crumbling economy, has taken time out to urge its people to keep their hair tidy.





Obama ready to help a non-nuclear North Korea (Reuters)

US President Barack Obama, seen here on November 19, back from a tour of Asia, called for the United States to produce more goods to sell across the Pacific, touting trade as a way to revive the troubled US economy.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said he was willing to help North Korea repair its economy and end decades of international isolation if Pyongyang stopped a cycle of threats and finally moved toward nuclear disarmament.





Obama leaves South Korea, brings Asia tour to end (AFP)

US President Barack Obama, seen here at a US military airbase in Osan, south of Seoul, has said a US envoy will visit North Korea early next month, as he joined South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak in urging the communist state back to nuclear talks.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - US President Barack Obama left South Korea for home Thursday, a US embassy spokesman said, wrapping up his four-country debut Asian tour.





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