Pyongyang

Picnics and paddleboats as Pyongyang celebrates (AP)

October 11th, 2010

A North Korean family have a picnic along the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The party in Pyongyang stretched into Monday as North Koreans took the day off to celebrate a major political anniversary and to revel in the unveiling of leader Kim Jong Il's heir-apparent, son Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - The party in Pyongyang stretched into Monday as North Koreans took the day off to celebrate a major political anniversary and to revel in the unveiling of leader…

US official sees signs of inter-Korean engagement (AP)

October 7th, 2010

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe and taken Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010 shows the Yongbyon nuclear complex in Yongbyon, North Korea. The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security released a report Sept. 30 stating that this satellite image shows new construction activity in the area surrounding the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon. The Institute for Science and International Security said satellite images showed heavy construction and excavation equipment and trucks at the Yongbyon site and construction of two small buildings near the site of the destroyed cooling tower. Under a 2007 deal, North Korea agreed to disable the complex in Yongbyon in return for 1 million tons of fuel oil and other concessions and in June 2008 even blew up its cooling tower. But disablement came to halt as Pyongyang wrangled with Washington over how to verify its past atomic activities. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALESAP - North and South Korea are showing positive signs of improving relations, a U.S. diplomat said Thursday, but he cautioned that Pyongyang has yet to indicate it is serious…

Carter lands in Pyongyang to bring home American (AP)

August 25th, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a child salutes former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, upon his arrival at the airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.  Carter arrived in North Korea on Wednesday on a mission U.S. officials said was aimed at bringing home an imprisoned American. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Ximeng) ** NO SALES **AP - Former President Jimmy Carter arrived Wednesday in the capital of communist North Korea on a private, humanitarian mission to bring home an American sentenced to eight years’ hard…

Ex-President Carter arrives in Pyongyang (AP)

August 25th, 2010

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks during an interview with Reuters in Juba, south Sudan in this April 13, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicAP - Former President Jimmy Carter arrived Wednesday in the capital of communist North Korea on a mission to bring home an American sentenced to eight years’ hard labor for…

US holds drills off Korea as Pyongyang talks war (AP)

July 25th, 2010

A U.S. Navy helicopter flies over the Nimitz-class USS George Washington for joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 25, 2010. The massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to 'sacred war.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - Fighter jets buzzed the skies and submarines cruised underwater Sunday as a flotilla of U.S. and South Korean warships led by a nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began exercises that…

NKorea abruptly cancels military talks with UN (AP)

July 12th, 2010

A South Korean Army soldier looks at the northern side through a pair of binoculars at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone, in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, July 11, 2010. North Korea expressed willingness Saturday to return to binternational/b nuclear disarmament talks, a sign it is satisfied with the U.N. Security Council's decision to avoid directly blaming it for the sinking of a South Korean warship.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea’s military abruptly canceled a rare meeting Tuesday with the American-led U.N. Command that had been arranged to discuss the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship…

US-led UN Command says talks with NKorea delayed (AP)

July 12th, 2010

A South Korean Army soldier looks at the northern side through a pair of binoculars at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone, in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, July 11, 2010. North Korea expressed willingness Saturday to return to binternational/b nuclear disarmament talks, a sign it is satisfied with the U.N. Security Council's decision to avoid directly blaming it for the sinking of a South Korean warship.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea’s military abruptly canceled a rare meeting Tuesday with the American-led U.N. Command that had been arranged to discuss the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship…

NKorea, US-led UN Command to meet over sinking (AP)

July 12th, 2010

South Korean visitors read messages on ribbons hanging on the wire fence wishing for reunification of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone, in Paju, South Korea, Sunday, July 11, 2010. North Korea expressed willingness Saturday to return to binternational/b nuclear disarmament talks, a sign it is satisfied with the U.N. Security Council's decision to avoid directly blaming it for the sinking of a South Korean warship.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea and the American-led U.N. Command will meet this week to discuss the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, the U.N. Command said…

Seoul resumes psychological warfare with Pyongyang (AP)

May 25th, 2010

Chinese nuclear envoy Wu Dawei leaves after meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. South Korea has won U.S. support for slashing trade to North Korea and vowed to haul its communist neighbor before the U.N. Security Council for a torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship and killed 46 sailors. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged China on Monday to work with the United States to coordinate a response to the sinking of the warship. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Tensions on the Korean peninsula soared Tuesday as South Korea resumed propaganda broadcasts into North Korea in retaliation for the deadly sinking of a warship, while the North’s…

S. Korea vows to make North ‘pay’ for torpedo attack (AP)

May 24th, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, poses with U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, left,  U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner, second from left, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, third from right, and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, second from right, during a group photo with U.S. and Chinese officials at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, Monday, May 24, 2010.  Opening two days of high-level U.S.-China talks in Beijing, Clinton urged China on Monday to work with the United States to coordinate a response to the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea.  (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - South Korea’s president slashed trade to impoverished North Korea and pledged to haul Pyongyang before the U.N. Security Council, vowing Monday to make Pyongyang “pay a price” for…