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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Singapore and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) signed an Investment Guarantee Agreement on Tuesday. Singapore's Trade and Industry Ministry said in a statement that the agreement will help promote investment flow by protecting investors. Under the agreement, investors will be given non-discriminatory treatment. They will also receive free transfer of capital and returns from...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), paid a visit to a Pyongyang zoo which is under reconstruction, the official Rodong Sinmun daily said on Tuesday. Kim went around the aquarium, the tiger, bear and horse sheds and other places of the Central Zoo for a long while, the newspaper said, without giving a date for the trip. Kim gave detailed instructions on...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. chief nuclear envoy Christopher Hill is due to have talks next week with officials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) during his Asian tour, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Monday. Hill, assistant secretary of state, was leaving for Tokyo on Monday, and will then travel to Singapore on Wednesday, ahead of six-party talks in Beijing on Dec. 8. He was expected...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Singapore would be glad to explore ways to strengthen bilateral co-operation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the areas of trade and investment once international concerns were assuaged and the environment improved, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Monday. Goh, also former prime minister, made this point when meeting with visiting DPRK's Foreign Trade Minister Ri...
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PanAsianBiz (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) began restricting traffic through two checkpoints in its tightly sealed border with the Republic of Korea. Reason - punishment to Seoul for Seoul’s hard-line stance toward the north. Yeah, that’ll show them southerners, eh? Two reconciliation projects have been suspended: 1. A cross-border train service 2. tours to the DPRK’s historic border [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
The United States and South Korea committed over 200 cases of aerial espionage against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in November, the official KCNA news agency quoted a military source as saying on Saturday. The unnamed military source detailed the spying flights conducted by the U.S. and South Korean air force in the month and indicated that "the wild ambition of the U.S....
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
The top legislator of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday said the DPRK "strongly condemns" the terrorist attacks in India. "The DPRK government, opposing to all forms of terrorism and any support to it, strongly condemns this inhuman terrorist deed and extends firm solidarity with the Indian government's efforts to save the situation and maintain the social stability,"...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met Thursday to discuss the Syrian nuclear issue. According to the agenda, the two-day meeting of the IAEA board of governors was to focus on nuclear issues involving Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Syria. The meeting was to discuss reports submitted by IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei on Iranian and Syrian nuclear...
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Wet Casements (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Last Saturday I took the U.S.O. DMZ tour to Panmunjeom and the Joint Secruity Area of the South Korean-North Korean border. There are quite a few tour operators in South Korea, but the U.S.O. is considered to be the one that offers the most access, as well as being the cheapest (44 USD). The men [...]
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Generalising about foreign affairs is a tricky business, but there is one rule of thumb that tends to work pretty well: countries that feel it necessary to incorporate the word democracy into their names usually have little to do with the concept.
