United Nations admits Ban might fly to North Korea soon

He stated Kim is believed to have suffered from a extreme blood infection & acute heart failure before he died.

A meeting between mid-tier officials from each side will be held at their border next Thursday, South Korea’sUnification Ministry said in a statement. But he split that opposition vote with another activist, Kim Dae-jung, allowing Roh Tae-woo to win the election.

The pro-democracy activist, who served as president from 1993 to 1998, was an outspoken opponent of the country’s previous military rulers.

As president, he implemented a series of reform measures to combat corruption.

The bombardment of Yeonpyeong island off the west coast on November 23, 2010 killed four South Koreans including two civilians and sparked brief fears of full-scale war.

The show frankly depicts the everyday life in North Korea and the inequality that prevails between the poor, ordinary people and the rich, power-holding elite – a concept that nearly all North Koreans can painfully relate to.

Next week’s talks come amid diplomatic shifts in the Northeast Asia region that have left North Korea looking more isolated than ever, with Seoul moving closer to Pyongyang’s main diplomatic and economic ally China, and improving strained relations with Tokyo.

“The South’s military warmongers should get a grip on their mind…and behave in line with the August agreement”, the North’s Yellow Sea military command said according to KCNA, referring to a recent inter-Korea agreement aimed at defusing tension.

Regarding North Korean human rights issues Cheong said it is unlikely that Pyongyang will take any meaningful measures. It was an unprecedented apology from the North – though it said the sub drifted into southern waters while on a routine training exercise.

“Kim was credited with disbanding a key military faction and bringing transparency to the nation’s murky financial system”.

Kim’s term was bookended by two major events; the first nuclear crisis with DPRK in 1994 and the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, when he accepted a $58 billion dollar bailout from the global Monetary Fund.