Obama Offers Laison Office In North Korea
South Korean news agency, Yonhap, said on Friday that President Barack Obama has proposed setting up a liaison office in North Korea next year. Reuters reported that this move is a step to ease tensions between the two rival states. Yonhap quoted diplomatic sources in Beijing as saying that the offer was in a... »
Clinton & Gore – Together Again
The New York Times described the emotional reunion: “It was a gripping moment: Bill Clinton, the former president, and Al Gore, his vice president, sharing a lengthy embrace as Mr. Clinton delivered two journalists who worked for Mr. Gore back to American soil from captivity in North Korea.” “A special thanks to President Clinton,”... »
Bill Clinton Leaves North Korea With Two Freed US Reporters
The BBC reports that former US President Bill Clinton has left North Korea with two US reporters whose release he has helped to secure. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il issued a special pardon to the journalists after meeting Mr Clinton on Tuesday. Laura Ling and Euna Lee had been found guilty of entering... »
Bill Clinton Tries to Free Euna Lee and Laura Ling
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency has just reported that former U.S. President Bill Clinton, is on his way to North Korea in an attempt to try to negotiate the release of two American journalists convicted by the communist state of “grave crimes.” Clinton had already left for the North in a chartered plane, but... »
Kim Jong Il Has Pancreatic Cancer
A South Korean television station is reporting Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancer, and that his illness is life-threatening. The information is based on information obtained by South Korean and Chinese intelligence officials. Pancreatic cancer is usually found in its final stage, and considering Kim’s age, he is expected... »
North Korea Cyber Attack
North Korea was indeed behind the cyberattacks that targeted dozens of Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea over the past week, a U.S. defense official told Fox News Wednesday afternoon. According to the Washington Post, at least 35 government and commercial Web sites in South Korea and the United States came under... »
McCain Says to Board that Ship
Sen. John McCain speaks out: “the U.S. should board a North Korean ship it is tracking if hard evidence shows it is carrying missiles or other cargo in violation of U.N. resolutions.” It is now apparent that the ship is heading toward Myanmar via Singapore. Unlike McCain’s recommendation, the Obama administration has stated that... »
