<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks Fall,  But Gains For Week Hold Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10811-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10811-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, April 22  --  A fresh wave of worries pushed stocks lower Friday as investors dealt with disappointing earnings in the consumer sector, rising oil prices and the possibility of a nuclear weapon test by North Korea. Stocks finished the week higher, however.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Signs Stir Concern North Korea Might Test Nuclear Bomb]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10477-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10477-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that North Korea may be preparing its first test of a nuclear weapon, though they warn that the information is sketchy and not definitive.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Envoy To N. Korea Steps Aside For Probe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United Nations' special envoy to North Korea, Maurice F. Strong, decided Wednesday to step aside until U.N.-appointed investigators and federal prosecutors finish examining his financial ties to a South Korean lobbyist accused of trying to bribe U.N. officials.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Envoy Says Park Invested in His Firm, Advised Him on N. Korea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64601-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64601-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS, April  18 --  A senior  U.N. official said Monday that he "was associated" with a company that received investments from a South Korean businessman who was charged last week with lobbying U.N. officials as an unregistered agent for Saddam Hussein's government.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bolton's Hard-Line Record Faces Scrutiny]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42539-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42539-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Confirmation hearings begin Monday for John R. Bolton, perhaps the most controversial figure nominated to serve in Bush's second term.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel: U.S. Ignored Work Of U.N. Arms Inspectors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21854-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21854-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By the time Bush ordered troops to disarm Saddam Hussein of the deadly weapons he was allegedly trying to build, every piece of evidence had been tested -- and disproved -- by U.N. inspectors.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WMD Data Flawed, Lacking, Panel Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15184-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15184-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. intelligence agencies were "dead wrong" in their prewar assessments of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and today know "disturbingly little" about the capabilities and intentions of other potential adversaries such as Iran and North Korea.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus  and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14559-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14559-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Soccer Fans in N. Korea Erupt in Mob Violence <br>   SEOUL  --   The world caught a rare glimpse of mob violence in North Korea on Wednesday when soccer fans in the highly controlled state threw bottles, rocks and chairs as the home side lost a televised World Cup qualifier to Iran.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2296-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2296-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Court Ruling Adds To Ending Life Debate <br>    TOKYO  --   A Japanese court ruling handing a suspended sentence to a doctor who removed a comatose patient's breathing tube and injected him with muscle relaxant is raising questions on when to end life support.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Cited 'Options' in Dealing With N. Korea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53646-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53646-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice has raised the prospect with  allies of imposing economic or political penalties against North Korea if it persists in refusing to return to talks aimed at ending its nuclear ambitions.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Misled Allies About Nuclear Export]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50241-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50241-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an effort to increase pressure on North Korea, the U.S. told its allies earlier this year that Pyongyang had exported nuclear material to Libya.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rice: N. Korea  More Isolated From Neighbors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36524-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36524-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asserted Tuesday that North Korea's "isolation from its neighbors has deepened" as it has bolstered its nuclear stockpile in the past year.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star Rises for Daughter of South Korea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35058-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35058-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Park Geun Hye's political path was paved by tragedy, but as her political star has begun to rise in South Korea, she has transformed herself from a subject of national sympathy into a stateswoman.]]></description><author> Anthony Faiola</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Asia Trip, Rice to  Nudge Allies on N. Korea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30288-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30288-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programs looming in the background, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week will dash across Asia, seeking to nudge East Asian allies into a coordinated strategy for confronting the reclusive communist nation.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[N. Koreans Find New Misery in China]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12158-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12158-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Many asylum-seekers who flee their country to escape oppression are ending up as easy prey for traffickers or unscrupulous employers in China's underground.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WASHINGTON IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54619-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54619-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Buffalo Nickel Returns After 67-Year Absence <br> Sixty-seven years after the government minted its last buffalo nickel, the symbol of the American West is returning to the  5-cent piece.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Little Words Matter to N. Korea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42357-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42357-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To Pyongyang, hearing the phrase "no hostile intent" from the United States looms large as the diplomatic equivalent of the Holy Grail. Yet Bush has never uttered them.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Korea's Kim Signals  Possible Return to Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42349-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42349-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[North Korea's leader told a visiting Chinese official today that Pyongyang would return to negotiations over its declared nuclear arsenal if  the United States showed "sincerity."]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S., Japan Call on North Korea to Resume Arms Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38453-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38453-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Expressing deep concern about North Korea's nuclear weapons program, senior U.S. and Japanese officials pressed the communist nation to soon resume international talks aimed at halting its arms development.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Targets Corrupt Officials In a Battle Against Temptation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38448-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38448-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:41:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Communist Party has vowed to wipe out gambling in 2005.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item></channel></rss>