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Rival Koreas restart talks, pull back from brink — for now

August 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge and Foster Klug Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — For the moment, North and South Korea have pulled back from the brink and on Sunday resumed a second round of talks that temporarily pushed aside vows of imminent war on the peninsula. The first round of marathon talks on Aug. 22 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Defense Ministry, Foster Klug, Hwang Pyong So, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kwan-jin, Kim Yang Gon, Korean People, Korean War, Min Kyung-wook, North Korean, PYONGYANG, Rival Koreas, South Korean, Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, Vol 34 No 36 | August 29 - September 4, Workers Party

North Korean ex-POWs hope to return home before they die

June 7, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After the Korean War ended in 1953, Kim Myeong Bok and 75 other North Korean prisoners of war detained in South Korea opted to live abroad rather than risk hostile welcomes in either half of their homeland. Now he wants to come home, though he […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Argentina, Associated Press, Brazil, Cho Kyeong-duk, India, Korean People, Korean War, MBC, Mato Grosso, North Korean, POW, Return Home, San Francisco, Seoul National University, South Korean, Vol 34 No 24 | June 6 - June 12

S Korea families let down by aborted reunions

September 28, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press NAMYANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Chang Choon didn’t get much sleep as he prepared to travel to North Korea this week to see his brother and sister for the first time in more than six decades. But the anticipation of what he called the wish of a lifetime was […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Chang Choon, China, Diamond Mountain, Korean People, Korean War, Moon Jeong-ah, NAMYANGJU, North Korea, South Korean Red Cross, South Koreans, Unification Ministry, Vol 32 No 40 | September 28 - October 4, letter, reunion

Kim Jong Il’s heir meets with South Korean delegation

January 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s next leader burnished his diplomatic skills Monday, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state media revealed a new title that gives Kim Jong Un authority over political matters. Kim Jong Un has rapidly gained prominence since the death of his father Kim Jong Il on Dec. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Comrade Kim Jong Un, Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun, Hyung-jin Kim, Kim Il Sung Square, Kim Jong-il, Korean People, Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Last Monday, National Defense Commission, North Korean, Rodong Sinmun, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, South Koreans, Vol 31 No 1 | December 31 - January 6, Workers Party

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