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2009-01-07 03:09

US food aid due in NKorea this week (AFP)

The MV Baltimore arrive in the North Korean port of Nampo in 2008, carrying 37,000 tons of bulk US wheat. A shipment of US food aid is due to arrive in North Korea later this week after rough seas caused a delay, the State Department said Tuesday.(AFP/WFP/File/Lena Savelli)AFP - A shipment of US food aid is due to arrive in North Korea later this week after rough seas caused a delay, the State Department said Tuesday.


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2009-01-07 03:09

North Korea says to elect MPs in government shake-up (Reuters)

People participate in a rally at the Kim Il-sung plaza in Pyongyang in this picture released by KCNA January 5, 2009. The banner reads,'Let's raise revolutionary great high spirits at all battle fronts for construction of socialism'. (KCNA - NORTH KOREA QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS./Reuters)Reuters - Communist North Korea announced on Wednesday it will elect new delegates to its rubber stamp parliament in March, marking another step in a leadership shakeup that has already included a cabinet reshuffle.


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2009-01-06 07:03

NKorea reshuffles cabinet to focus on economy (AFP)

File photo of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. North Korea has replaced at least nine cabinet ministers in a major reshuffle seen as an attempt to improve the country's ailing economy, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - North Korea has replaced at least nine cabinet ministers in a major reshuffle seen as an attempt to improve the country's ailing economy, officials said Tuesday.


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2009-01-06 07:03

North Korea shaking up cabinet, says South (Reuters)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (front) visits the Seoul Ryu Kyong Soo 105 Tank Division at an undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA January 3, 2009. KCNA did not state expressly the date when the picture was taken. (KCNA/Reuters)Reuters - North Korea has replaced five ministers in the past few months, a South Korea government agency said on Tuesday, while a leading daily newspaper said the impoverished state was shaking up its leadership team.


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2009-01-06 02:01

NKoreans hold mass rally for new economic drive (AFP)

A view of Pyongyang, including the Arc of Triumph (R) and the Kim Il-Sung stadium (L), with the Taedong river in the background, in North Korea, in 2007. North Korea Monday held a mass rally in the capital Pyongyang, vowing to launch a new year drive to rebuild its economy, state media said Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - North Korea Monday held a mass rally in the capital Pyongyang, vowing to launch a new year drive to rebuild its economy, state media said Monday.


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2009-01-05 20:57

NKorea mobilizes 100,000 for new year rally (AP)

In this image from television, North Korean participants stand by portraits of North Korean former leader Kim Il Sung, left, and his son and current leader Kim Jong Il during a mass rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The mass rally was held Monday to endorse the yearly 'editorial,' an article published in the state media which comprises an overview of the past year and sets out the policies and objectives of the coming year. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Monday in a display of might and loyalty that underscored the regime's guiding "military first" principal amid tensions with rival South Korea.


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2009-01-05 15:31

Thousands rally in NKorea in support of military (AP)

In this image from television, North Korean attend a mass rally in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, to endorse the yearly 'editorial,' an article published in the state media which comprises an overview of the past year and sets out the policies and objectives of the coming year. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied Monday in Pyongyang's main square to show their support for new year's policies laid out by leader Kim Jong Il calling for bolstering the country's military.


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2009-01-05 05:26

NKorea's Kim inspects artillery unit: state media (AFP)

Undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on January 3 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting a tank division in the hardline Stalinist state. Kim has visited an artillery unit, state media has said, in his second such inspection to be reported this year.(AFP/KNS/File)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has visited an artillery unit, state media said Monday, in his second such inspection to be reported this year.


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2009-01-05 05:26

NKorea sacks top SKorea policy makers: report (AFP)

North Korean border guards (centre) view their South Korean counterparts (right) alongside a US soldier (left) inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas. North Korea has sacked two top officials, including a once key aide to leader Kim Jong-Il, blaming them for worsening cross-border ties with South Korea, a South Korean newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - North Korea has sacked two top officials, including a once key aide to leader Kim Jong-Il, blaming them for worsening cross-border ties with South Korea, a South Korean newspaper said Monday.


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2009-01-03 12:55

Report: Kim Jong Il wishes troops happy new year (AP)

In this undated Korean Central News Agency photo released by Korea News Service in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing glasses, looks on during his visit to the Guard Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Tank Division 105 in undisclosed location, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il paid a new year's visit to soldiers from a leading tank unit in his first reported public appearance of 2009, state-run media reported Saturday.


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