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North Korea

Type: Country

Name: North Korea

population: 25,259,840

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 39 Documents

Lee Says Obama Agrees About 'Grand Bargain'

President Lee Myung-bak mentioned three times the idea of a 'grand bargain' -- a comprehensive rewards package for North Korea if it abandons its nuclear program -- in a press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday. Lee coined the term ... [Digital Chosun - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, United States, North Korea

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 75 Documents

Nuke talks: Obama says will send envoy to N.Korea

Having arrived from Chinese capital Beijing, US President Barack Obama said here on Thursday that he will send a special envoy to North Korea next month to continue talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions in exchange for massive aid.Speaking at ... [Sify - 11/19/2009]

Entities: North Korea, Barack Obama, Seoul, Beijing

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 16 Documents (in Politics)

Bosworth to Visit N. Korea for 2 Days

By Kim Sue-youngStaff ReporterThe U.S. envoy on North Korea will likely spend two days in the isolated state and be accompanied by about four to five senior officials, according to reports Friday.A day earlier, U.S. President Barack Obama said special ... [Korea Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, Pyongyang

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 13 Documents (in Politics)

U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown (Reuters)

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.Tehran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Human Rights Violations, CONDEMNATION, Human Rights, Mohammad Khazaee

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 Documents

US Envoy Bosworth to Visit N. Korea for Just 2 Days

U.S. special envoy to North Korea Steven Bosworth will reportedly arrive in Pyongyang Dec. 8 for two days with a delegation of four to five members.Many analysts say the visit will focus on conveying the U.S. stance to the North rather than holding specific ... [Donga.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Derek Mitchell, Washington DC

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 4 Documents

Give North Korea a break | John Delury

Give North Korea a break Denuclearisation will only come when bridges have been built with Pyongyang and it feels firmly set on a new economic courseNegotiations over the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula look set to resume. Sadly, they are unlikely ... [Guardian.co.uk - 10 hours ago]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Asia Society, China, Korean Peninsula

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 25 Documents

Barack Obama

US envoy to visit North Korea on December 8

AFP/File – President Barack Obama has announced he will send US envoy Stephen Bosworth, pictured, to North Korea …Play Video Barack Obama Video:'Dangerous Path' FOX NewsPlay Video Barack Obama Video:'Special Report' Online: 11/18 FOX NewsBarack Obama ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/19/2009]

Entities: North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, Barack Obama

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 10 Documents

U.S. warns Iran of consequences over standoff (Reuters)

SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) U.S. President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Iran on Thursday of consequences of its failure to respond to the offer of a nuclear deal and could have a package of steps to take "within weeks." But Iran's foreign minister ... [Yahoo! News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Iran, Tehran, Sanctions

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 9 Documents

‘Afghanistan decision weeks away’

SEOUL: President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he was still weeks away from deciding how many more U.S. troops to send to Afghanistan and that he’d like to fire officials who’d leaked details of his deliberations to the news media. “We have deliberations ... [South Asian News Agency - 19 hours ago]

Entities: South Korea, Afghanistan, United States

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 5 Documents

North Korean paper criticizes South, US "frantic moves" for war

Pyongyang, November 19 (KCNA) - The DPRK has made sincere efforts to defuse the tension on the Korean Peninsula and improve the inter-Korean relations.However, the bellicose forces of the United States and South Korea are going ahead with frantic moves ... [Individual.com - 20 hours ago]

Entities: North Korea, Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang, Escalation, South Korea

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents

DM's DPRK trip may aid nuke talks

China and the United States announced Thursday they will send senior officials to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as nations try to get the DPRK back to negotiations over its nuclear programs.Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will visit ... [CHINAdaily - 11/20/2009]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Stephen Bosworth, China, Korean Peninsula

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 9 Documents

Obama warns N. Korea, Iran about nukes

U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth will go to North Korea next month for talks on dismantling the country's nuclear program, U.S. President Barack Obama said.During a news conference in Seoul with South Korean President Lee Myung-Back, Obama also said the United ... [Individual.com - 18 hours ago]

Entities: North Korea, Iran, Barack Obama

Quotes

A diplomatic source in Washington said, "The schedule for the North Korea visit focuses on conveying a strong message from the Obama administration that Pyongyang must first to return to the six-party talks, rather than holding new negotiations to hint at the possibility of giving the North something. "Washington seems to have judged that Bosworth has no specific reason to stay in North Korea for a longer period." Diplomats in Washington, however, say chances are high that North Korea will insist on taking part in multilateral talks in phases, including three and four-way talks, before immediately returning to the six-party dialogue. Washington, however, is determined not to hold bilateral talks with Pyongyang for long without results. Considering this, both sides could hold another round of talks."

US Envoy Bosworth to Visit N. Korea for Just 2 Days [Donga.com - 1 hour ago]

... Reuters writes: [Mastro] stood up in the House of Commons in front of hundreds of legislators to demand Simson say she was sorry. "I apologize that I'm not perfect and perhaps my stature doesn't meet the criteria that some members of the House might set but I have actually battled that problem since birth" he said. Simson then apologized publicly, saying she had been wrong...

Canadian lawmaker insults rival on Twitter, then forced to apologize [Top of the Ticket - 1 hour ago]

...a steelier voice on Iran, warning that its refusal to accept the offer of enriching its uranium overseas could trigger international sanctions " within weeks ", and he claimed that his twin-track approach of negotiating while ramping up pressure was attracting extraordinary international unity. Extraordinary unity? The administration needs China and Russia to get fresh action approved by the UN, but the Chinese president Hu Jintao, made no public mention of sanctions at all, while the Russians have been deliberately vague, and their military establishment continues to regard Iran as a good neighbour. The deep reservations of both Moscow and Beijing about sanctions are likely to make the next round symbolic – travel bans, rather than anything affecting oil and gas. There is little iron inside the velvet glove. China is more likely to stand firm on North Korea, but Mr Obama's determination to isolate a regime which lurches from firing rockets to negotiation could be scuppered by the need to deal with an approaching famine there. Towards the end of his tour, the US president showed welcome flexibility over the hated American military base on the island of Okinawa, but then triggered a great row back home with the misconstrued low bow to the Japanese emperor. China used Mr Obama's appearances like an exotic foreign film, dubbing over his critical utterances on human rights and currency misalignments and turning up the volume for the warm words. So China got what it wanted; the remaining question is whether Mr Obama got anything in return. There was no bankable pledge to revalue the yuan, only a commitment to working closely in partnership on economics, climate and Iran. This slow-burn diplomacy is valuable, but it is no substitute for cutting deals in the political-capital stakes. No one expects the waters to part when Mr Obama arrives. His difficulty in making headway reflects the miserable foreign policy legacy of George Bush. Afghanistan's continuing military stalemate continues to weaken the American hand. The pressure to show solid results is rapidly building, but Mr Obama must not allow it to force him into rash muscle-flexing, which will lead to a familiar destination of more conflict. Mr Obama needs to hold his nerve and stay true to his instincts. Barack Obama ObamaObama administration United States China guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds "

President Obama: A little less conversation? [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 2 hours ago]

It is encouraging that Mr. Obama is clearly aware of North Korea's modus operandi in the nuclear negotiations. He said, "We (Mr. Obama and Mr. Lee) want to break the pattern that existed in the past, in which North Korea behaves in a provocative fashion, and then returns to talks for a while and then leaves the talks seeking further concessions." Mr. Obama supported Mr...

Breaking the Pyongyang pattern [Japan Times - 2 hours ago]

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LEE, OBAMA VOW JOINT EFFORTS TO DENUCLEARIZE N.... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
4th Ld, writethru: Seoul, Washington agree on p... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Lee, Obama to hold summit on alliance, North Korea [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Pyongyang must be willing to abandon nuclear ar... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Iranian TV summarizes reactions to nuclear fuel... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
(News Focus) Obama on short stay makes progress... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
(News Focus) Obama assures Seoul not being bypa... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Lee, Obama vow joint efforts to denuclearize N.... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
UN rebukes North Korea, Myanmar over rights rec... [SmartBrief - 7 hours ago]
Briefing Skipper: Kabul, IAEA, Bosworth, Cuba, ... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 7 hours ago]
What happened to containment of North Korea? [Foreign Policy Magazine - 7 hours ago]

Blogs

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Canadian lawmaker insults rival on Twitter, the... [Top of the Ticket - 1 hour ago] We take a break from our regularly scheduled U.S. politics to bring you this (not) very important bulletin: A Canadian lawmaker insulted a rival member of the ...
President Obama: A little less conversation? [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 2 hours ago] Ineluctably, a worm is turning deep inside President Barack Obama's policy of constructive engagement. Mr Obama needs something, somewhere to go right. He has filled ...
The Financial Times Has Nine Times the Quality ... [J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - 3 hours ago] So says John Judis. He does, however, tell one thing that I think is a lie: that the New York Times and the Washington Post "have their strengths in foreign news." ...
John Feffer: Obama's Asia Trip: Post-Mortem [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 4 hours ago] Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor Akihito. ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 4 hours ago] The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's recently ...

Audio/Video

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Obama Warns N. Korea, Iran on Nukes [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
Obama and Lee hold talks in Seoul [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/19/2009]
Obama, Hu Focus on Iran, North Korea, Climate C... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
U.S.-China leaders talk trade, Iran [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/17/2009]
Obama Pushes For Internet Freedom In China [Sky News - YouTube - 11/16/2009]

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