Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met his Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) counterpart Kim Yong Chun here on Tuesday, exchanging views on bilateral relations and ties between the armed forces of the two countries.
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The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission records generally favorable agro-ecological conditions for maize and rice in DPRK, but some limitations for maize in the North Eastern regions.
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Countless mourners bade farewell to the former President Roh Moo-hyun at his funeral service in Seoul and in his rural hometown in South Gyeongsang Province, Friday.
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General Secretary Kim Jong Il visited the state guest house for Wen Jiabao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, on an official goodwill visit to the DPRK and received him on Monday 5th of October.
(KCNA, 5 october 2009)
A report suggesting possible inter-Korean cooperation in the chemistry, biotech, and nano-science fields was released Wednesday by a state-run think tank, claiming the gap in the depth of technology between the two countries in such areas is relatively minimal.
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A Stockholm department store on Saturday removed a new line of North Korean-made designer jeans from its shelves, saying it wants to avoid courting controversy through ties with the isolated communist nation.
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Propaganda or ground-breaking work by North Korean artists? Propaganda, says Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith; ground-breaking contemporary art, says the Queensland Art Gallery. As for what the artists themselves think and feel, we will never know.
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