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『I Love Thee, China』: North Korea woos Xi in lavish state visit @ 2019-06-22T08: Back Hot News
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OUTWARD SIGNS SEEMED TO SUGGEST A PATCHING-UP OF THE TATTERED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO ALLIES AND NEIGHBORS, AS NORTH KOREA』S LEADER, KIM JONG-UN, PLAYED HOST TO PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA THIS WEEK. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A CHINESE LEADER HAD STEPPED ONTO NORTH KOREAN SOIL SINCE 2005.
DURING THE TWO-DAY VISIT THAT ENDED FRIDAY, XI PLEDGED BEIJING"S SUPPORT FOR NORTH KOREA"S SYSTEM NO MATTER HOW INTERNATIONAL POLITICS MIGHT CHANGE, CHINA"S STATE-RUN XINHUA NEWS AGENCY SAID. THE TWO LEADERS VISITED THE SINO-KOREAN FRIENDSHIP TOWER -- A MEMORIAL TO CHINESE FORCES KILLED IN THE KOREAN WAR -- TO REAFFIRM THE HISTORICAL BONDS BETWEEN THEIR COUNTRIES, AFTER WHICH KIM SAW OFF XI AT PYONGYANG"S MAIN AIRPORT.
「YOU SHOULDN』T ASSUME EVERYTHING IS ABOUT POLITICS IN NORTH KOREA,」 SAYS FYODOR TERTITSKIY, AN AUTHOR AND ANALYST WITH THE OUTLET NK NEWS WHO CAN UNDERSTAND KOREAN IN THE NORTHERN DIALECT. HE HAS SEEN HIS FAIR SHARE OF NORTH KOREAN PROPAGANDA AND, AT THE WORLD』S REQUEST, REVIEWED A FEW SHORT 「BUNNY BROTHERS」 CLIPS.
“WHY THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER DECIDED TO BUILD A BRAND NEW RESIDENCE AT THIS LOCATION IS UNKNOWN, BUT THE HIGHLY SYMBOLIC VALUE OF THE LOCATION RIGHT NEXT TO THE PALACE OF THE SUN IS PRETTY CLEAR,」 PETER WARD, A WRITER AND RESEARCHER FOCUSED ON THE NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY, TOLD NK NEWS.
U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON FRIDAY DOWNPLAYED COUNTRIES BREAKING SANCTIONS, TELLING FOX NEWS THAT THE RESTRICTIONS ON NORTH KOREA REMAINED EFFECTIVE. THE COMMENTS COME FOLLOWING A U.S. REPORT TO THE UN WHICH CLAIMED THAT NORTH KOREA CONTINUED TO VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AIMED AT LIMITING THE DPRK’S OIL IMPORTS. “EVERYBODY TRIES TO BREAK SANCTIONS, BUT THE SANCTIONS
IRAN, NORTH KOREA, INDIA: YOUR FRIDAY BRIEFING
THIS UNDATED PICTURE RELEASED FROM NORTH KOREA"S OFFICIAL KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY (KCNA) ON OCTOBER 14, 2014 SHOWS NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN (C) SMILING AS HE INSPECTS A NEWLY-BUILT HOUSING COMPLEX IN PYONGYANG. AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS REPUBLIC OF KOREA
FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM TWENTY COUNTRIES FROM NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA, AND EUROPE POSE FOR A PHOTO AT THE VANCOUVER FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING ON SECURITY AND STABILITY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA, IN VANCOUVER ON JANUARY 16, 2018. THE US URGED AN ESCALATION IN PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA OVER ITS NUCLEAR MISSILE PROGRAM, DESPITE A MORE CAUTIOUS TONE FROM KEY US ALLY SOUTH KOREA. SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON, CO-HOSTED THE EVENT WITH CANADA"S FOREIGN MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND, AND CALLED FOR NORTH KOREAN SHIPS TO BE INTERCEPTED AND FOR NEW PUNITIVE MEASURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED EVERY TIME PYONGYANG TESTS NEW WEAPONS.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: NORTH KOREA TO HOLD CENSUS WITHOUT UN FUNDING SUPPORT
SEPARATELY: SOUTH KOREA SAID IT WOULD SEND 50,000 TONS OF RICE TO THE NORTH TO HELP THE COUNTRY SURVIVE WHAT THE U.N. HAS CALLED THE WORST HARVEST IN DECADES. THE FOOD AID — AND THE PROSPECT OF MORE ASSISTANCE — IS ALSO INTENDED TO PERSUADE NORTH KOREA TO RETURN TO NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS.
ASKED ABOUT THE NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES LAST MONTH, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKEWOMAN MORGAN ORTAGUS SAID THAT SHE BELIEVED "THE ENTIRE NORTH KOREAN WMD PROGRAM, IT"S IN CONFLICT WITH THE UN SECURITY RESOLUTIONS."
ON FRIDAY, SOUTH KOREAN NEWSPAPER CHOSUN ILBO HAD REPORTED KIM YONG-CHOL, A COUNTERPART OF US SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO UNTIL THE FAILED SUMMIT, HAD BEEN SENT TO A LABOUR AND RE-EDUCATION CAMP, CITING AN UNIDENTIFIED NORTH KOREAN SOURCE.
JAPANESE OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE COUNTRY"S COAST GUARD HAS TURNED AWAY HUNDREDS OF FISHING VESSELS OWNED BY NORTH KOREAN FISHERMEN IN RECENT MONTHS, IN SOME CASES DEPLOYING WATER CANNONS TO DETER POACHERS.

 

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