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In the News (Wed 25 Nov 09)

  
 Center for International Policy
Kim Yong-nam has dismissed suggestions that North Korea - or a unified Korea - would refuse to give up nuclear weapons capabilities because neighbouring Russia and China are both nuclear powers and Japan might yet become one.
Kim Jong-il needs a nuclear deal with the US in order to open up an influx of aid, trade and investment.
His second meeting with Kim in 1994 set the stage for the nuclear freeze agreement that was negotiated a week later by then-US president Jimmy Carter; it was the breakdown of this agreement in December 2002 that led to the current nuclear crisis.
www.ciponline.org /asia/inside.htm   (1842 words)

  
 Kim Yong-nam arrives in Beijing
Kim Yong-Nam touched down at Beijing International Airport, where he was greeted by North Korean embassy staff, Chinese officials and a small honor guard, according to a journalist present at the scene.
Kim is on "an official goodwill visit" to Beijing at the invitation of China's legislature and Cabinet, Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Kim, North Korea's top legislator, is nominally the second most powerful man in the country, although the entire political system is built around the personal authority of supreme leader Kim Jong-Il.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-10/18/content_383386.htm   (358 words)

  
 North Korea lashes out at U.S., Japan - Boston.com
Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, speaks during an interview with Japan's Kyodo News in this Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006 file photo in Pyongyang, North Korea.
North Korea's remarks came after the nation's No. 2 leader, Kim Yong Nam, said any progress at the revived talks on the communist nation's nuclear program will depend on the United States, an indication a breakthrough could be difficult.
Kim accused the U.S. of seeking the resumed nuclear talks to bolster Republicans ahead of next week's elections, casting doubts on Washington's sincerity in resolving "fundamental problems between North Korea and the U.S," according to statement on the DLP Web site.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/11/04/north_korea_lashes_out_at_us_japan?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News   (657 words)

  
 Inter-Korean Talks Focus on Family Reunion, National Reconciliation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kim Dae-jung said during the talks that the issue of the separated families was something that "can not be dragged on any longer" and he hoped that the issues could be solved through the current talks.
Kim Yong Nam stressed self-determination as the most fundamental precondition in seeking national reunification, as he reaffirmed the three principles of national reunification, namely independence, peace, and grand national unity, which were put forward by late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in 1972.
Kim Yong Nam called on both sides to abandon confrontation and pursue national reconciliation and unity, saying the differences between the North and South sides in ideologies and systems should not become a cause of mutual-hostility.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /english/200006/14/print20000614_42993.html   (614 words)

  
 North Korea - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After the death of Kim Il Sung, his son Kim Jong-il was named General Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party on October 8, 1997.
Nominally the Prime Minister is the head of government, but real power lies with Kim Jong Il (the son of late Kim Il Sung), the head of the Workers' Party and the military.
Kim holds a string of official titles, the most important being General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (조선로동당 총비서), Chairman of the National Defence Commission (국방위원회 위원장), and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (조선인민군 최고사령관).
open-encyclopedia.com /North_Korea   (2486 words)

  
 The Korea Liberator » Just Don’t Call Them Reunions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kim’s ventriloquized body also had harsh words for the government of Japan, which was so untrusting as to conduct a DNA test on the “remains” of his wife, Megumi Yokota.
Before Kim Dae Jung let him go, he described how Megumi, then 13, sat in a room deep in the hold of the ship that carried her to servitude in a finishing school for spies, and how she sobbed and cried for her mother.
Kim Yong-Nam’s body was abducted nearly two decades ago, and it is being abducted away from Kumgang again, without a peep from the government whose duty it is to protect him.
www.korealiberator.org /2006/06/29/just-dont-call-them-reunions   (1033 words)

  
 North Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kim Yong-nam is the "head of state for foreign affairs"; Kim Il-Sung (deceased) officially holds the title of "Eternal President of the Republic"
Nominally, the Premier is the head of government, but real power lies with Kim Jong-il (the son of the deceased Kim Il-sung), head of the KWP and the military.
Kim holds several official titles, the most important being General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defense Commission and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Korea   (2822 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | What if...? Kim's close call
Mr Kim is believed to have passed through the station in Ryongchon, which was devastated in the explosion, just hours before the incident.
Kim Jong-il was travelling back from China with a sizeable entourage, including the chief of general staff of the army, Kim Yong-chun and Prime Minister Pak Pong-ju, according to state media.
Kim Jong-il is himself believed to be grooming one of his sons as successor, but the candidates may be considered too young to assume power any time soon.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/3658729.stm   (434 words)

  
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The performance was seen by Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam, Kim Yong Sun, secretaries of the c.c., the Workers' Party of Korea, KPA general Pak Jae Gyong, leading officials of party and power organs, and the press, artistes and working people in the city.
The delegation was met at the airport by Kim Kwang Su, chief of staff of the Ministry of Railways, and Valery Denisov, ambassador of the Russian Federation to the DPRK.
Kim Il Chol, vice-chairman of the DPRK NDC and Minister of the People's Armed Forces, Jon Pyong Ho, member of the DPRK NDC and secretary of the c.c., WPK, Kim Yong Sun, secretary of the c.c., WPK, Kim Yang Gon, department director of the c.c., WPK, and Paek Nam Sun, Foreign Minister.
www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/champion/65/russian.htm   (7210 words)

  
 Past news
Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA correspondent) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, arrived in Phnom Penh this morning by a special plane to pay an official goodwill visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihanouk.
Kim Yong Nam was greeted at the airport by Norodom Sihanouk.
Pyongyang, July 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Tong Sin, minister of "National Defence" of South Korea, in a "report of the defence committee of the national assembly" reportedly blustered that "the north's non-military ground, naval and air provocations would never be tolerated," citing DPRK cargo ships' crossing of the Jeju strait in June.
www.kcna.co.jp /item/2001/200107/news07/18.htm   (1413 words)

  
 The Rest - N. Korea Ready for Nuke Talks - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The comments by Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's ceremonial head of state, were unlikely to mollify the United States, which has said its nuclear program is a non-negotiable issue and must be dismantled immediately.
Kim made the remarks in a meeting with South Korean delegates in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, according to South Korean pool reports.
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, whose policy of engaging North Korea is under pressure because of the revelation about the nuclear program, said his country's security was at stake.
archive.sptimes.ru /archive/times/814/rest/r_7708.htm   (672 words)

  
 The Seoul Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kim Il-sung's son, Kim Jong-il, is now head of state, but the post of president has been assigned "eternally" to his late father.
Kim's motives for this bellicose stance have mystified much of the world, but in the past Kim has regularly confused diplomacy with extortion, using threats and hostile acts to wring aid and food from the international community for his starving, impoverished country.
Kim Jong-il was born in Siberia in 1941 during Kim Il-sung's period of exile in the former Soviet Union.
theseoultimes.com /ST/db/read.php?idx=1126   (2306 words)

  
 Emol.com - Pyongyang dice que segunda prueba nuclear dependerá de Estados Unidos
Estas palabras de Kim Yong-nam, presidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema, son las primeras declaraciones oficiales de un miembro de la cúpula político-militar de Corea del Norte tras la prueba nuclear realizada el lunes en el nordeste del país para incrementar su poder de disuasión ante Washington.
Kim Yong-nam desafió la posibilidad de que el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU imponga sanciones a Corea del Norte y afirmó que su país puede afrontar tales contingencias.
Kim Yong-nam restó importancia a las amenazas de Japón de imponer sus propias sanciones económicas por la realización de la prueba atómica del lunes pasado.
www.emol.com /noticias/internacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=232390   (497 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kim Jong Il especially needs connections with players in the outside world now that China is fed up with the North's failure to reform itself.
Kim was accompanied by, among others, Trade Minister Li Gwang-gun, Culture Minister Kang Nung-su, Vice Foreign Minister Pak Gil-yon, and Hong Son-ok, vice chairman of the Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
This was Kim's second trip to a foreign country since he was elected to chair the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly in September 1998, the office entrusted with the ceremonial job of representing North Korea in relations with foreign countries.
www.cankor.ligi.ubc.ca /issues/CanKor46.txt   (3959 words)

  
 Where is Kim Jong Il 2001
Accompanying him were Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the general staff the Korean People's Army, Yon Hyong Muk, member of the NDC of the DPRK, Kim Kuk Thae, secretary, and Jong Ha Chol, department director of the c.c.
He was accompanied by Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the KPA, KPA generals Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and first vice department directors of the Central Committee of the WPK Jang Song Thaek and Ju Kyu Chang.
He was accompanied by Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the KPA, Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, Yon Hyong Muk, member of the NDC of the DPRK and Ri Yong Chol, first vice department director of the central committee of the WPK.
www.geocities.com /yi_sun_shin_adm/KJITrack2001.html   (5434 words)

  
 Past news
Kim Il Sung's instructions for national reunification are being successfully fulfilled by Kim Jong Il, lodestar of reunification, he noted, expressing belief that Korea would surely shine as a reunified and prosperous, great powerful nation under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Pyongyang, June 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, received credentials from Jane Coombs, ambassador e.p.
On hand were Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and staff members of the embassy of New Zealand.
www.kcna.co.jp /item/2006/200606/news06/22.htm   (2262 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The envoy, William Perry, delivered the letter through Kim Yong Nam, head of North Korea's legislative Supreme People's Assembly, according to the Korean Central News Agency, which was monitored in Seoul.
Kim Yong Nam, who is also North Korea's second-highest official in the ruling Workers' Party, received Perry and other American delegates at the North Korean legislative hall.
Typed on the yellow cover was, "His Excellency, Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang." The footage later showed Perry and his party watching a performance by North Korean acrobats.
www.globalpolicy.org /security/sanction/nkorea4.htm   (408 words)

  
 United Press International - International(p) - N. Korea marks Kim Il Sung's 1994 death
In an address, Kim Yong Nam, the country's ceremonial head of state as the chairman of the Presidium of the legislative Supreme People's Assembly, praised the younger Kim for his "scientific insight into the urgent demand of the times and the acute situation."
Kim, 62, made a midnight visit to the mausoleum of his father at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, accompanied by military generals.
The country "was wrapped in an atmosphere of deep condolences on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the demise of President Kim Il Sung, father of socialist Korea and the nation," the KCNA said.
www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20040708-093029-4083r   (1138 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kim Yong Nam
Updated 796 days 18 hours 14 minutes ago.
Kim Yong Nam (born 1928) is a North Korean official.
Although he is not de jure head of state of North Korea (as no such office exists), in his capacity as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, he has the role of accepting the credentials of ambassadors, making him the de facto head of state.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kim-Yong-Nam   (134 words)

  
 CNN.com - N. Korea 'ready to talk' about nukes - Oct. 21, 2002
In a second day of meetings in Pyongyang, South Korean officials quoted North Korea's number two, Kim Yong Nam, as saying he was willing to discuss the state's secret program if the United States eases its rhetoric.
According to South Korea's YTN news network Kim said that the communist state, branded by Washington as part of an "axis of evil" along with Iraq and Iran, was ready for dialogue with the United States if the country "does not treat us as an enemy."
Kim's remarks were the first official response to a U.S. announcement last week that the North had admitted to having a nuclear weapons program in violation of international agreements.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/10/21/nkorea.nukes   (678 words)

  
 North Korea says it wants to maintain "strategic ties" with Libya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, was accompanied by North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and Foreign Trade Minister Ri Kwang Gun.
Kim Yong Nam is No. 2 in North Korean hierarchy and serves as a ceremonial head of state, while leader Kim Jong Il wields absolute power.
Kim Yong Nam arrived in Syria on Tuesday accompanied by a high-level delegation, including Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun and Foreign Trade Minister Ri Kwang Gun.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/723143/posts   (2944 words)

  
 Korea Is One: DPRK delegation in China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea led by Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, pay an official goodwill visit to the People’s Republic of China at an invitation of the National People’s Congress.
Kim Yong Nam was accompanied by members of the delegation Ri Ju O, minister of Light Industry, Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Kim Yong Jae, vice-minister of Foreign Trade, and the suite.
Talks were held between Kim Yong Nam and Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China.
www.korea-is-one.org /article.php3?id_article=966   (378 words)

  
 Wu Bangguo Holds Talks with Kim Yong-nam
Wu Bangguo first of all expressed warm welcome to Kim Yong-nam for heading the DPRK state delegation to visit China on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of China-DPRK diplomatic ties and he was also pleased to meet Kim Yong-nam again one year after their previous meeting.
On behalf of the DPRK state delegation, Kim Yong-nam expressed appreciation for the invitation of the Chinese NPC Standing Committee and State Council and conveyed the greetings from General Secretary Kim Jong Il to Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee Wu Bangguo.
Kim Yong-nam noted that currently the situation on the Korean Peninsula remains complicated, but the DPRK would like to continue trying to seek the peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue through dialogue.
www.fmprc.gov.cn /eng/zxxx/t166066.htm   (840 words)

  
 DPRK-General Foreign Relations
Kim Yong Nam Attends A-A Summit in Jakarta A delegation of the DPRK led by Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, attended the Asia-Africa summit in Indonesia held from April 22 to 23 and the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Bandung Conference on April 24.
Kim Yong Nam separately met and had conversations with the Nepalese king, the Cambodian prime minister, the Mongolian president, the Vietnamese president, the sultan of Brunei Darussalam, the sultan of the Sultanate of Oman, the Zimbabwean president, the Malaysian prime minister, the Thai prime minister and the Algerian president on April 22.
Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, arrived in Damascus, Syria on July 16.
130.195.86.18 /~caplabtb/dprk/NK_gen.htm   (12660 words)

  
 CHINA-INDIA-PAKISTAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kim Yong-nam said that the DPRK party and government is pleased to see that under the leadership of the CCP Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core, China has made enormous achievements in its course of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.
China's premier, Li Peng, and the second-ranking North Korean leader Kim Yong-nam, have agreed that the lull in Chinese-North Korean relations was due to the death of the North Korean leader Kim Il-sung in 1992.
Kim is head of the highest level delegation to visit China since the death of the North Korean leader Kim Il-sung in July 1994.
www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de /oasien/china/service/bbc/990603.htm   (7756 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - N. Korean leader visits Hanoi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kim Yong Nam, the president of Communist North Korea's national assembly, was also expected to seek rice supplies for his famine-stricken country in return for military goods.
Kim Yong Nam is the highest North Korean leader to visit since then.
Kim is also scheduled to meet with Vietnamese National Assembly Speaker Nguyen Van An and Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh during his four-day stay.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2001/07/11/korea-hanoi.htm   (393 words)

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