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US man held after attempt to 'swim to N Korea'

South Korean authorities say they have detained an American man they believe was trying to swim to North Korea.

Guards arrested the man, in his late 20s or early 30s, on Tuesday at a river border near the demilitarised zone.

Border patrol troops found the American lying on the southern shore of the Han River, a government source told South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

Yonhap said he told investigators he wanted to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

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Pearson was able to find a glimmer of official information in a new documentary about Kim shown on North Korean state television: "The wealth and prosperity of our socialism is thanks to the painstaking efforts of our marshal, who keeps lighting the path for the people, like the flicker of a flame, despite suffering discomfort," the voiceover states over footage of Kim walking with a limp.

North Korea Ready to Start Nuclear Talks

GENEVA — A senior North Korean envoy said Thursday that his country was ready to resume six-party talks on its nuclear program, but must maintain its readiness in the face of joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea.

In an interview, North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations, So Se-pyong, also said that his country was not planning a nuclear test and that reports that its leader, Kim Jong-un, was ill were “fabricated rumors.”

The negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear program have stalled, but in Geneva, Mr. So said, “We are ready,” adding, “I think China and Russia and the D.P.R.K. are ready,” referring to his country, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. He continued: “But America, they don’t like that kind of talks right now. Because America does not like that, so that’s why the countries like South Korea, Japan also are not ready for those talks.”

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In light of American and South Korean military exercises, Mr. So said, “We have to be alert; also, we have to be prepared to make countermeasures.” Asked whether North Korea was preparing a nuclear test or to fire a missile, he replied, “No, no.”

Mr. So said that denuclearization “is the party’s policy.”

Questions about Mr. Kim’s health were prompted by his failure to appear in public for weeks, and then by a video that showed him limping. But Mr. So denied that Mr. Kim had had surgery on his ankles, and asked about the nature of his ailment, Mr. So said, “That is rumors, fabricated rumors.”

Mr. So said it was not clear that the United States was willing to negotiate the release of three Americans held by North Korea. “I was told that they asked for the government of America to have negotiations on those problems,” Mr. So said, “but I don’t know whether America is ready or not to release them, or have some understandings or the recognition of those crimes they made.”

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North Korea 'not planning any missile or nuclear tests'

North Korea is not planning any missile or nuclear tests, the country's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, So Se Pyong, has told Reuters news agency.

Mr So was also quoted as saying that North Korea was ready to resume six-party talks on its nuclear programme.

North Korea has been conducting missile and nuclear tests since the negotiations broke down in 2008. The envoy also dismissed as "fabricated rumours" recent reports that North Korean leader Kim Jon-un is unwell.

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"For the six-party talks we are ready," Mr So told Reuters, adding that Russia and China were also prepared.

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On October 05 2014 02:23 Conti wrote:
Hasn't this happened in the past? NK suddenly seems kind of nice and reasonable for a bit, and then two weeks later they threaten to annihilate the entire world again with their imaginary bombs.