International Business News - PRK http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A planned multibillion dollar U.S. arms sale to Taiwan threatens China's national security and has cast a pall over military relations between Beijing and Washington, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146640-taiwan-us-china.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/china-says-us-arms-sale-to-taiwan-harms-ties.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/china-says-us-arms-sale-to-taiwan-harms-ties.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:27:51 EDT The United States and North Korea are being flexible in their effort to reach a compromise to resolve the dispute in the North's nuclear disarmament process, South Korea's foreign minister said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146646-south-korea-koreas-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/us-nkorea-seek-compromise-in-nuclear-deadlock.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/us-nkorea-seek-compromise-in-nuclear-deadlock.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:03:52 EDT A North Korean defector gave a piano recital Monday at the State Department, telling assembled diplomats and officials that the ability to freely listen to music from other countries can influence repressed North Koreans' view of the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/nkorean-defector-gives-piano-recital.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:08:40 EDT A North Korean defector gave a piano recital Monday at the State Department, telling assembled diplomats and officials that the ability to freely listen to music from other countries can influence repressed North Koreans' view of the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/nkorean-defector-gives-piano-recital.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:53:56 EDT China has abruptly canceled a series of military and diplomatic contacts with the United States to protest a planned $6.5 billion package of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, American officials told The Associated Press on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/pentagon-china-cancels-some-military-contacts.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:38:06 EDT U.S. and NATO allies will embrace fledgling Eastern European nations during international meetings this week, in a what will be seen as a sharp message to Russia that further aggression in the region will not be tolerated. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146207-gates.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/us-defense-chief-meets-nato-amid-russia-tension.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/us-defense-chief-meets-nato-amid-russia-tension.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:02:05 EDT North Korea has spent $65 million since 2003 to purchase weapons systems from China, Russia and other countries to bolster its military forces, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/lawmaker-nkorea-buying-weapons-from-china-russia.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:57:06 EDT North Korean leader Kim Jong Il watched a university soccer game, a state-run news agency said from Pyongyang on Saturday, reporting on the leader's first public appearance in nearly two months. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145466-north-korea-after-kim.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/report-north-korean-leader-watches-soccer-game.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/report-north-korean-leader-watches-soccer-game.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:50:35 EDT North Korean leader Kim Jong Il watched a university soccer game, a state-run news agency said from Pyongyang on Saturday, reporting on the leader's first public appearance in nearly two months. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145340-north-korea-after-kim.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/report-nkorean-leader-makes-public-appearance.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/report-nkorean-leader-makes-public-appearance.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:44:45 EDT A professional tightrope walker from China zipped along a wire strung across the Han River in just under 11 minutes to win Seoul's second international high-wire championship, which concluded Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145246-south-korea-high-wire-competition.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/chinese-wins-tightrope-contest-across-seoul-river.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/chinese-wins-tightrope-contest-across-seoul-river.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:33:34 EDT Israel accused North Korea on Saturday of covertly supplying at least half a dozen Mideast countries with nuclear technology or conventional arms. The allegation was made at an International Atomic Energy Agency meeting in Vienna where world powers urged the North to stop reactivating its nuclear weapons program. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145166-south-korea-koreas-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/israel-nkorea-adds-to-mideast-proliferation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/israel-nkorea-adds-to-mideast-proliferation.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:26:30 EDT The top U.S. nuclear envoy held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Saturday, an embassy spokesman said, after a trip to North Korea failed to stop the communist regime from restoring its atomic facilities. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145036-south-korea-koreas-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/us-nuclear-envoy-holds-nkorea-talks-in-beijing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/us-nuclear-envoy-holds-nkorea-talks-in-beijing.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:19:40 EDT The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling, The Associated Press has learned. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145142-us-iran.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/us-drops-plan-to-put-diplomats-in-iran.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/us-drops-plan-to-put-diplomats-in-iran.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:38:55 EDT The top American and Indian diplomats on Saturday lauded a new agreement that opens up U.S. nuclear trade with India, but they stopped short of signing the deal, which some private U.S. arms control experts say is likely to speed up nuclear arms competition in Asia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145099-india-us-rice.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/rice-lauds-nuclear-deal-as-key-to-us-india-future.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081004/rice-lauds-nuclear-deal-as-key-to-us-india-future.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:57:51 EDT A historic and highly sensitive deal that opens up U.S. nuclear trade with India should trigger an across-the-board improvement in U.S relations with the Asian giant, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday enroute to New Delhi. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/rice-lauds-nuclear-deal-as-key-to-us-india-future.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:40:58 EDT The Bush administration announced plans Friday to sell up to $6.5 billion in arms to Taiwan, a decision sure to anger Taiwan's rival China and one that could complicate stalled North Korean disarmament efforts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/us-announces-plans-to-sell-arms-package-to-taiwan.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:43:50 EDT The State Department says a U.S. diplomat's trip to North Korea has not stopped the North from moving to restore its disabled nuclear reactor. Christopher Hill, the U.S. envoy at stalled North Korean nuclear talks, had detailed discussions with North Korean officials on how to save the troubled disarmament efforts, said State Department spokesman Robert Wood. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/us-nkorea-still-moving-to-restart-reactor.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:30:28 EDT A senior U.S. envoy's trip to North Korea did not stop the communist nation from restoring its nuclear facilities, the State Department said Friday. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill returned to South Korea from a three-day trip to the North to try to salvage a six-party disarmament pact after North Korea reversed the dismantlement of its nuclear facilities. He was hoping to draw the regime back to the negotiating table with an offer of a face-saving compromise. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144489-koreas-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/us-nuclear-envoy-wraps-up-talks-with-north-korea.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/us-nuclear-envoy-wraps-up-talks-with-north-korea.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:08:45 EDT The chief U.S. nuclear envoy stayed on in North Korea for an unexpected second day of talks Thursday to persuade Pyongyang to resume dismantling its nuclear program in exchange for energy aid. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/143848-south-korea-koreas-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/us-envoy-takes-new-nuclear-proposal-to-north-korea.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/us-envoy-takes-new-nuclear-proposal-to-north-korea.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:51:32 EDT North Korea threatened Thursday to expel South Koreans from two joint projects in the North if leaflets critical of the communist government keep arriving over the border. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144098-south-korea-koreas-military-talks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/2-koreas-end-military-talks-amid-tensions.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/2-koreas-end-military-talks-amid-tensions.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:24:40 EDT