EXCLUSIVE North Korea to hand over 'nuke list' to US: sources By Kim Yoo-chulNorth Korea has agreed to provide key information to the United States about its nuclear warheads and secret test sites, sources said Tuesday.“North Korea plans to hand over a list of its secret nuclear test sites as well as information about its nuclear warheads to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when he visits Pyongyang this month,” one source told The Korea Times.He said chances are high that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet Pompeo in person to discuss details about how and when the North will abandon its nuclear weapons. During his previous visit to Pyongyang, Pompeo said his team was hoping that “we can make a big step here before too long.” “Washington was demanding Pyongyang hand over a list of all things relating to its nuclear capabilities. It's uncertain whether the North accepted this request; but submitting a list of nuclear capabilities including sites will push forward the nuclear disarmament talks which have been stalled,” said another source asking for anonymity.Earlier, the North apparently dismantled a Aug 21, 2018
North Korea hosts international trade fair The 8th Rason International Trade Exhibition began on Monday. KCNA via YonhapBy Jung Da-minNorth Korea is hosting an annual international trade fair in a special economic zone in the port city of Rason, the (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, Monday.A total of 120 enterprises from North Korea and China, Russia, Germany and Canada, among others, are participating in the 8th Rason International Trade Exhibition from Aug. 20-23, according to KCNA. A range of electrical and electronic products, building material, food and consumer goods, medicine, vehicles, and other consumer products are on display, the report said.Foreign investors, mostly from China, have shown interest at the fair, according to media reports.Earlier in August, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post carried an interview with a Chinese businessman seeking opportunities in North Korea.A total of 110 enterprises participated in last year's event.Inside the 8th Rason International Trade Fair. KCNA via Yonhap.Aug 21, 2018
North Korean leader attends funeral for former military chief North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a state funeral for former military chief Kim Yong-chun on Monday. KCNA via YonhapNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a state funeral for a former military chief who died last week, state media said Tuesday.Kim praised Kim Yong-chun, chief of the Korean People's Army (KPA), for his "glorious life in which he enjoyed the most worthy life as revolutionary," according to the Korean Central News Agency in English.Army Gen. Kim Su-gil, director of the KPA general political bureau, delivered the eulogy, it added.Kim Yong-chun died of acute myocardial infarction on Thursday, the KCNA earlier reported.He was known to be one of the most influential military leaders during the era of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.From 2007-2014, he was vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission. In 2009, he was Minister of the People's Armed Forces and was promoted to marshal title in 2016. (Yonhap)Aug 21, 2018
North Korean media makes rare comment on South Korean spy movie By Jung Da-minPosteKoreannThe Spy Gone North.” Courtesy of CJ EntertainmentNorth Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency recently commented on the movie “The Spy Gone North,” although not directly mentioning the title. It is rare for the North's media to comment on movies or dramas from other countries, especially from the South. The movie is based on the real story of Park Chae-seo, a South Korean spy who later was found guilty in the South for his shifting allegiances between the two Koreas.The KCNA report highlighted South Korean news agency Newsis' recent interview with Chung Dong-young, who is known to have met Park in late 1990s as an opposition party member.Chung was a presidential candidate and is now leader of the minor opposition Party for Democracy and Peace. The movie's main focus is on the “Black Venus Case,” in which Park was allegedly involved in an attempt to sway voters using the “Northern Wind,” the North's political influence on the South.Aug 21, 2018
PHOTOS Day-2: Divided families resume reunions A North Korean man is escorted into a hotel on Mt. Kumgang, North Korea, for further reunions on Tuesday, following the first on Monday. / Korea PoolA North Korean woman is helped toward the hotel. / YonhapNorth Korean men and women walk toward their hotel on Mt. Kumgang, Monday. / YonhapDozens of South Koreans met their long-separated North Korean families again on the second day of their reunions Tuesday in a relatively freer and comfy atmosphere.On Monday, 89 elderly South Koreans and 185 North Korean people saw each other in a group reunion at this scenic resort on the North's east coast for the first time since they were mostly separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.The families met again from about 10 a.m. Tuesday, this time in their hotel rooms. The North Koreans came to the rooms where their South Korean relatives were staying for the private meetings.Many were clad in Korean traditional clothes or hanbok. Some brought gifts such as ginseng and cosmetics prepared for those who traveled all the way here to reunite with their families.They also ate lunch together in the rooms righAug 21, 2018
UN chief to seek progress on NK denuclearization during leaders' gathering next month UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said he planned to discuss ways to encourage denuclearization of the Korean peninsula during next month's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.Guterres welcomed the inter-Korean family reunions that began on Monday, the first held in three years which follows a diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.The UN chief "hopes that such reunion events will become routine," said a statement from his spokesman, welcoming "efforts by both Koreas to continue their engagement and to take steps to build confidence and trust."Guterres said he "looks forward to discussing how he can further support the parties in their diplomatic efforts to bring sustainable peace, security, and complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula during the upcoming high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly."President Donald Trump is set to attend the gathering of world leaders at UN headquarters in New York beginning September 26 as will South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho. (AFP)Aug 21, 2018
Trump says 'most likely' to meet Kim Jong-un again U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event honoring the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection services in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on August 20, 2018. AFPU.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that it's "most likely" he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un again following their historic summit in June, according to a news report.Trump was responding to a question during an interview with Reuters about whether the two are planning another meeting."It's most likely we will, but I just don't want to comment," he was quoted as saying, offering no details on the timing or venue.At their June meeting in Singapore, Kim committed to work toward the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for security guarantees from the United States.Trump has hailed the deal as ending the North Korean nuclear threat, but critics say there has been no indication yet of Pyongyang's willingness to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.In the interview, Trump pointed to North Korea's suspension oAug 21, 2018
Granddad, 101, brings plenty of gifts for family reunion Baek Seong-gyu, 101, the oldest South Korean participant in the cross-border reunion smiles at a registration desk at Hanwha Resort in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, Sunday. YonhapBy Jung Da-min, Joint Press CorpsSoutherners are bringing plenty of gifts for their northern family members during cross-border reunions. Baek Seong-gyu, 101, the oldest South Korean participating, is bringing presents that include summer and winter clothes, underwear, 30 pairs of shoes, toothpaste, toothbrushes and 20 sets of stainless steel spoons and chopsticks, among others, for his granddaughter and daughter-in-law.“This will surely be the last chance to meet my people from the North, so I have brought a lot,” Baek told reporters, laughing, Sunday, during a pre-gathering at Hanwha Resort in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, before the group left for the North on Monday morning. “This will be the last, unless I live 40 more years.”Yoo Kwan-sik, 89, who also headed to the North, prepared sweet bean jellies for his daughter, 67. It will be the first time the father and daughter have mAug 20, 2018
War-separated families meet for first time in 65 years Lee Keun-sum, left, 92, from South Korea, hugs her son Ri Sang-chul, 71, from the North, at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on the North's east coast. They split in 1951, when the son was only four, at the height of Korean War. Eighty-nine South Koreans, mostly in their 70s and older, met about 180 long-separated relatives in the reunion, which will continue through Wednesday. / Korea PoolBy Kim Bo-eun, Joint Press CorpsRelatives separated by the 1950-53 Korean War tearfully reunited at Mount Geumgang in North Korea, Monday, for the first time in 65 years.Participating from the South were 89 people who registered with the Korean Red Cross to find their relatives in the North, accompanied by family members.Kim Choon-sik, 80, embraced his two sisters as they wept in his arms.Kim fled his hometown of Ongjin County in South Hwanghae Province, and came to the South with his parents and his younger brother during the war, thinking the evacuation would be temporary. His younger sisters stayed with his grandparents in the North, thinking their family would return but they never did.“ForAug 20, 2018
PHOTOS Foreign tourists go off beaten path on North Korea's sacred volcano In this Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, photo, Sinead of Australia stands in the cool water of Lake Chon during a hike arranged by Roger Shepherd of Hike Korea on Mount Paektu in North Korea. Hoping to open up a side of North Korea rarely seen by outsiders, Shepherd, a New Zealander who has extensive experience climbing the mountains of North and South Korea is leading the first group of foreign tourists allowed to trek off road and camp out under the stars on Mount Paektu, a huge volcano that straddles the border that separates China and North Korea. APIn this Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, photo, Roger Shepherd of Hike Korea, in light green, center, walks near the camp site near Mount Paektu in North Korea. APForeign tourists looking to go off the beaten path in North Korea can now camp out on the country's biggest volcano.Hoping to open up a side of North Korea rarely seen by outsiders, a New Zealander who has extensive experience climbing the mountains of North and South Korea is leading the first group of foreign tourists allowed to trek off road and camp out under the stars on Mount Paektu, aAug 20, 2018
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