Farmers begin apple harvest in N. Korea ahead of party event
Framers have begun the full harvesting of apples and other fruits at a fruit farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang ahead of a closely watched conference of the North Korea’s Workers’ Party of Korea. This year’s growth and harvest of apples are ”very good,” said Jang Yong Chol, 40, a farmer at the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm, which was inspected by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il twice since last year.
N.Korea’s No.2 leader pledges deeper military cooperation with China
North Korea’s No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam on Wednesday during a meeting in Pyongyang with a Chinese military delegation pledged to make ”unremitting” efforts to strengthen military ties between the two countries, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported. Just days after the conclusion of a secretive visit to China by the North Korea’s leader, Kim, who is president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, met with military commander Zhang Youxia, who was heading a delegation from the People’s Liberation Army’s Shenyang Military Region, Xinhua said in a dispatch from Pyongyang.
S. Koreans Meet Long-Divided Relatives In North
Hundreds of South Koreans traveled by bus to North Korea’s Diamond Mountain resort Saturday to take part in three-day reunions with family members separated for more than half a century. North Korea proposed the reunions — the first in more than a year — in an apparent conciliatory move after tensions flared over the sinking of a South Korean warship.
India, South Korea reach civil nuclear deal
India and South Korea have reached an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation.
REFILLING: Farmers begin apple harvest in N. Korea ahead of party event
Farmers have begun the full harvesting of apples and other fruits at a fruit farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang ahead of a closely watched conference of the North Korea’s Workers’ Party of Korea. This year’s growth and harvest of apples are ”very good,” said Jang Yong Chol, 40, a farmer at the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm, which was inspected by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il twice since last year.
Korean Families Reunite After Years Apart
SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of Korean family members separated for more than half a century by the Korean War embraced each other in tearful reunions Saturday, a day after troops exchanged gunfire in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the countries.
South Korea, ASEAN upgrade relationship
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (UPI) — South Korea and a 10-country organization agreed to work together to deepen cooperation in economics, security and other areas, government officials said.
Divided families from North, South Korea meet after six decades
Relatives divided since 1953 reunited for the first time Saturday at a South Korean-built tourism resort in North Korea amid tensions between the two sides.
