China: DPRK will agree to new talks

2010-12-15 08:16:08

Beijing said on Tuesday that it had gained Pyongyang's support for easing regional tensions and attending emergency Six-Party Talks on Korean Peninsula's nuclear program.

Berlusconi wins first round of parliament by a slim margin

2010-12-15 08:04:48

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a confidence motion in the Senate as expected on Tuesday, ahead of a lower house vote that could force him to resign or leave him clinging on to a wafer-thin majority.

DPRK accuses S Korea of lying over shelling

2010-12-13 15:47:03

A leading newspaper of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday accused South Korea of lying in its propaganda over last month's Yonphyong Island shelling incident.

FM seeks calm for Six-Party Talks

2010-12-13 08:27:18

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula can be eased as long as the relevant nations make concerted efforts with sincerity, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in a recent interview.

Sino-US ties not a 'zero-sum' game

2010-12-13 07:21:47

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has urged some US politicians to rule out the mindset of viewing ties between the two countries as "a zero-sum game", saying it is "an outdated stereotyped notion".

DPRK army and people 'ready for all-out war'

2010-12-12 10:17:55

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said its army and people were ready for escalated conflicts and all-out war that would not be confined to the peninsula, the official news agency KCNA reported Saturday.

Sino-US defense meetings resume

2010-12-10 08:02:46

China and the US resumed their once-stalled defense consultations Thursday in Washington in a further sign of the thawing of a stalled military-to-military ties between the two countries after a massive arms sale plan was announced by the US to Taiwan earlier.

DPRK leader meets Chinese official

2010-12-09 15:31:34

Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), met with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo here on Thursday.

DPRK: Shelling incident a provocation of ROK

2010-12-09 11:25:04

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Wednesday released a report, claiming the recent Yonphyong Island shelling incident was a "deliberate provocation" of Republic of Korea (ROK).

New Mexico governor to visit DPRK

2010-12-09 09:35:46

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is scheduled to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) again next week at a time when tensions are heightened on the Korean Peninsula

US presses China over DPRK

2010-12-09 08:17:19

China is under mounting pressure from the United States as tensions on the Korean Peninsula continued to run high on Wednesday.

DPRK accuses Japan of involvement in Korean War

2010-12-08 23:14:34

A leading newspaper of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday accused Japan of involvement in the 1950-1953 Korean War.