<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - North Korea</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/eastasia/northkorea?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</link><description>North Korea</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[U.S. Urges Punishment For Iran Nuclear Work]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32848-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32848-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS, May 2  --  The Bush administration said Monday that Iran was trying to build atomic weapons in secret and suggested the international community should respond by taking away Tehran's right to nuclear energy technology.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Korea Labels Bush a 'Dictator']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28759-2005May1.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28759-2005May1.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ North Korea lashed out  at President Bush yesterday for comments he made about  the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, at a news conference Thursday, asserting that the North Korean nuclear  impasse will never be resolved while Bush remains in office.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10811-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10477-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64601-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42539-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21854-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15184-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14559-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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[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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53646-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/northkorea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 8:03:18 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></channel></rss>