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Sara Damergi takes Savita and Vinod Patel from Hertfordshire househunting in and around the picturesque town of Denia on Spain's Costa Blanca. With a budget of £150,000 will they opt for the convenience of Denia or the amazing views on offer just a little further away?
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My most favorite season of the year.
I was browsing through old files and found a forgotten watercolor sketch. Done this when I was in Japan, living in a two rooms flat and if I remember correctly, it was the first week I was jobless lol.
A cold day, but we had a bright, clear sky.


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Colin Davin
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Hailed as "the real thing, a player with a virtuoso's technique, a deeply expressive musicianship, and a probing imagination" (American Record Guide) who "has the distinct ability to wring the depths of expressiveness from all that he plays" (Classical Guitar Magazine), and for his "precision, musical intelligence and passion" (Cleveland Classical), guitarist Colin Davin has emerged as one of today's most dynamic young artists. Recent and upcoming highlights include concertos with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, New Mexico Philharmonic, Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, and Richmond Symphony; collaborations with Sharon Isbin at the 92nd Street Y and the Chautauqua Institution; and performances at the Aspen Music Festival and Maui Classical Music Festival.
He has performed across the world, including at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (on historic instruments from the museum's collection), New York Philharmonic Ensembles, the ELLNORA Festival at the University of Illinois, the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, the Paris Conservatoire, the Fridge Fringe in Dubai, and venues throughout the United States. His collaborators include GRAMMY Award winning soprano Estelí Gomez, Dallas Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Emily Levin. Since 2012 he has been a regular guest at the Aspen Music Festival, and has four times been a guest teacher at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Colin Davin holds a Master of Music from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Sharon Isbin; a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California with William Kanengiser; and preparatory studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Jason Vieaux. He currently serves on the faculties of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.


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Prepare for a historic battle as we take over Discovery Museum's Great Hall for a fun filled family adventure celebrating the arrival of their newest gallery, Charge! The Story of England's Northern Calvary.
We'll be crafting helmets and swords, then helping you create your very own cavalry banner. Get put through your paces by the Drill Sergeant, try your sword skills on the dummy and test yourself on an assault course. Then hop on one of our scooter horses...3..2..1..CHARGE!
If it all gets too much, take a well earned kip in the cardboard base camp.
All set to a soundtrack of military classics featuring Abba's "Waterloo", Edwin Starr's "War" and everything in between.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea launched a missile near Sinpo, on its east coast, and the missile blew up almost immediately, a U.S. military spokesman said on Saturday.
U.S. Pacific Command detected and tracked what it assessed to be a North Korean ballistic missile launch at 11:21 a.m. Hawaii time (1721 ET) on Saturday, said U.S. Navy Commander Dave Benham, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Command.
"The missile blew up almost immediately," Benham said. "The type of missile is still being assessed."
Is it a ploy to call President Trump's bluff and place the onus of a historic and monumental response squarely on his shoulders?
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Are your considering me for your wedding?
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I want to be more than just a vendor at your wedding because your wedding is more than just a job to me. It's an opportunity to connect and put a beautiful narrative to the most important day of your new married life.
Lets throw perfect poses and cheesy smiling shots out the door.
Sure - there is a time and place for planned/posed images but it's my aim to let my couples act freely, be real, and live in the moment. I love photographing your beautiful smile but i'd rather capture it in the midst of a big surprise visit from grandma who wasn't supposed to make the wedding or because your significant other whispered something super inappropriate in your ear.
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Just worked a closing shift at the cafe which means I spend a couple hours alone with a mop, broom or with my hands deep in sudsy water. By the time I'm cleaning the joint, I am tired and achy, but have discovered this physical part of the job is damn good for me. I've lost about ten pounds since starting there and actually enjoy the quiet brain space working physically allows me. Not a big fan of the baggy pants; I'm between sizes with this weight loss, but seem a bit stuck. So I wear belts and hike up my pants and try to envision pants that fit when I go to the thrift store.
Instead of thinking about my pants tonight, all that quiet time got me thinking about Marvin. Marvin has worked in local theatre for years and years and (wait for it) YEARS. He's taught, acted, managed... he's done it all. He's one of those people who can take an idea and look at it honestly, not with stars in his eyes or the bitter slant of the jaded. He served on the board for the theatre I most recently managed and at the Board Retreat this year we chatted about his grandkids and my girls. "It goes so fast," was the general topic of discussion. We agreed that you just have to appreciate each moment while you have it.
I liked Marvin.
He passed away a couple weeks ago. We didn't spend a whole lot of time together, yet I can't help but feel his loss. And I can't stop thinking about that conversation just a little over a month before his unexpected death. We were lamenting how they grow up so fast, not talking about how we might not be there to complain about it whizzing past. Each moment I have with these kids is so freaking important because who knows how many of them I'll get?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not getting all obsessed about my own death, but damn; how does one hold onto a moment when it's screaming by at 1000 miles an hour?
Lily teaches me stuff now. Anya has profound insights into what happens next. These beautiful girls are showing me what it means to be awake and I can't believe how much I've forgotten already. Sometimes I read stuff I wrote here and can't even remember that happening. I look at pictures of the girls and for a moment can't tell which child this photo depicts. Thank goodness for this silly blog and the 7,000+ photos at Flickr (yes, you read that correctly) or I fear my Swiss cheese brain would be completely lost.
I have no idea where I'm going with this. Except that it is late and I am tired and I haven't seen my kids since this afternoon and if I thought I could get some sleep, I'd lay down with Anya and sniff her sweet head. But alas, she'd touch, kick, poke and pull on me all night, so that's not an option. Maybe a wee sniff before bed will get me what I need.
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THE death of former diplomat, politician, lawyer and author Bernard Narokobi is a loss of one of the country's exemplary leader who never lost touch with the aspirations of the Melanesian people, Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has said, The National reports.
"Mr Narokobi was a humble man who dedicated his life to the development of a legal regime that incorporates Melanesian values.
"His life work was to ensure that our values are entrenched in all aspects of modern PNG life.
"His service to PNG was outstanding and is reflected in the offices that he held throughout his professional life.
"Mr Narokobi was a lawyer, writer and philosopher, Member of Parliament, and for the most part, was party leader of the Melanesian Alliance Party.
"Even before becoming an MP, Mr Narokobi played a significant part in the Constitutional Planning Committee that put together PNG's National Constitution," Sir Michael said.
He said Mr Narokobi held important positions such as speaker, leader of the opposition, and attorney-general.
"He also played a role in the
"In 1996, Mr Narokobi joined me and a small group of parliamentarians to go into
"He was an exemplary leader and took his role as an elected representative of the people literally and seriously.
"He was a humble man who did not lose touch with the aspirations of the Melanesian people.
"I first met Mr Narokobi in
"He was the second intake of students when he attended my class.
"Even then, I could see that he had a great appetite for learning and showed great potential.
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The Justice Minister intends to launch a consultation on the closure of court houses across Northern Ireland, including the court in Limavady, in the new year.
A full two years since the Minister, Alliance MLA David Ford, announced that Limavady court house would close, it remains open. The closure was originally intended to take place during 2013.
However, Mr Ford explained in January 2014 that the closure could not go ahead until the introduction of a Bill to the Northern Ireland Assembly that would see the formation of a single jurisdiction for county court and magistrates' court business. Again, it was intended that the Bill would be introduced during 2013 and was later delayed to "spring 2014".
However, the Justice Bill is now before the Assembly and a consultation paper is set to launched in the new year.
The Minister said: "On 22 November 2012 I announced my decision to close Magherafelt and Limavady Hearing Centres following the implementation of court boundary reforms contained in the Justice Bill which is currently before the Assembly.
"In response to significant budgetary pressures, the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service is reviewing the court estate to identify potential options for rationalisation.
"It is intended to launch a consultation paper in the new year."
As recently as November of this year, the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal Service told the Journal that the "intention to close Limavady Courthouse remains", but "it is necessary to bring forward some court boundary changes to facilitate the closure, which we expect will take place around September 2015".


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As a dog, there are many things I reflect on. One of them is grass.
Some grasses, in fact, are better than others.
Grass that is good to roll in gives good scratches.
It's best to roll in the grass in the evenings in the summer when it's humid and the grass is cool.
The grass in our backyard is not very thick or good to roll in.
People who put those "Curb Your Dog" signs in their yards just make the grass more tempting to pee on.
Some grasses are yummy to chew.
Chewing grass is okay, but swallowing it is never a good idea, even if there are good buggies involved.
Fin likes to try to taste all of the different grasses on our walks. He isn't very smart.
Wet grass is the very worst.
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Counterterrorism expert Charles Shoebridge, a former detective with the Metropolitan Police, discusses Mohammad Sidique Khan, the head suicide bomber in the 7/7 London bombings (see July 7, 2005). In a radio interview with BBC Newshour, he says: "The fact that [information about Khan] has been so consistently overlooked it would appear by the [British] security service MI5, to me suggests really only one of two options. Either, a) we've got a level of incompetence that would be unusual even for the security services. But b) possibly, and this is a possibility, that this man Khan may even have been working as an informant for the security service. It is difficult otherwise to see how it can be that they've so covered his tracks in the interim." [BBC Newshour, 6/26/2006]
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Though South Korea is able to lift sanctions against North Korea and work with its neighbor to reconnect railways and roads, it must proceed with caution, since US authorities could stage a coup if things don't go their way, author Tim Beal told Sputnik.
Both North and South Korea on Monday agreed to begin reconnecting rail and road links, stating that joint on-site surveys of the South's Gyeongui and Donghae railway lines would begin in late October and early November, respectively. The move is one more step to improving bilateral relations between to two countries.
Any attempt to scuttle this evolving rapprochement by the US government would be stupid, short-sighted, and should be the US's cue for beginning to withdraw its troops from South Korea; unfortunately, just because something is the most ham-fistedly, pig-headedly stupid thing the US government can do, is utterly no guarantee that it won't try to do it.
The two Koreas agreed on Monday to begin reconnecting rail and road links, another step in an improving relationship in spite of U.S. concerns that the rapid North-South thaw could undermine efforts to press North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.
North and South Korean delegations met Monday and reached a number of agreements to further the thaw in relations between Pyongyang and Seoul. Chief among them is a plan to reconnect roads and railways severed when the Korean Peninsula was split in half by war more than half a century ago.
Has North Korea's economy been growing under sanctions? That's what an economist in Pyongyang claims. In a recent interview with Kyodo (published here by Japan Times), Ri Gi Song at Pyongyang's Institute of Economics at the Academy of Social Sciences, claimed that North Korea's GDP per capita grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, a year during which the country was virtually banned from selling its most crucial export goods, and faced very harsh conditions for importing crucial resources such as oil and fuel. When factoring in population growth, the GDP-growth-figure diminishes somewhat to 3.2% (see below), but it's still firmly in the same range.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov has said he will held a meeting with US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun in Moscow on October 16.
"Tomorrow, I will have a meeting with US Special Representative for North Korean Stephen Biegun," he told reporters on Monday. "We will hold a full round of consultations on the situation on the Korean Peninsula."
In September, Morgulov and Biegun had a phone conversation, during which they agreed to continue the dialogue between Moscow and Washington on a settlement on the Korean Peninsula.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's top envoy for North Korea will travel to Moscow for meetings this week about the denuclearization process, officials with both sides confirmed Monday.
"We will hold a full round of consultations on the situation on the Korean Peninsula," Russian deputy foreign minister Igor Morgulov said Monday, according to state-run TASS.
Stephen Biegun, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, will stop in Moscow Tuesday before heading west to Paris and Brussels. His trip comes on the heels of a separate summit Morgulov hosted with North Korean and Chinese diplomats, which saw the two Eastern powers back the pariah state's call for sanctions relief in the midst of negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
North and South Korea continued their push for peace Monday with high-level talks that resulted in a host of agreements, including a plan by the rivals for a groundbreaking ceremony this year on an ambitious project to connect their railways and roads. The agreements come amid unease in Washington over the speed of inter-Korean engagement.
Many outsiders believe that U.S.-led efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear-tipped missiles are lagging significantly behind the Koreas' efforts to move past decades of bitter rivalry.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Monday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in late November or early December to modernize and eventually connect railways and roads across the inter-Korean border.
The agreement was reached after the high-level dialogue held earlier in the day at the Peace House, a South Korean building in the truce village of Panmunjom, according to a pool report from South Korean media.
Before the groundbreaking ceremony, the two Koreas agreed to do a field study on railways along the west corridor of the Korean Peninsula from late October and railways along the east corridor from early November.
Legislator suggests pontiff wants to visit the isolated nation soon - the first time a pope will travel to North Korea.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in called on the U.S. to officially declare an end to the Korean War during an interview Friday, adding that the North had "promised complete denuclearization."
"If North Korea takes certain measures, the end-of-war declaration would be a political statement that would announce that the long-standing hostile relations between Pyongyang and Washington had ended," Moon told the BBC, adding that he wanted the declaration to happen at the "earliest possible date."
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, materials and facilities to achieve "complete" denuclearization, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who held his third summit with Kim last month, said on Friday.
The only promise that is new about the promised peace plan is the way it will be forced on the Palestinians: no one has promised that the plan itself will be new. With Saudi Arabia and Egypt—the outside—brought onside with the promise of continued military aid despite their crimes against humanity and violations of international law and the Palestinians weakened by being silenced, economically crushed and stripped of any friends to help them, the United States and Israel are now free to attempt to impose a peace plan on the Palestinians.
US nuclear-powered warship USS Ronald Reagan has joined the South Korean naval fleet off for a once-in-a-decade international fleet review in waters off the southern island of Jeju.
Australia has assigned a guided missile frigate to the East China Sea to boost international efforts to enforce sanctions against North Korea.
Defense Force Chief of Joint Operations, Air Marshall Mel Hupfeld said the warship with a crew of 230 will be supported by two Australian AP-3C Orion surveillance aircraft based in Japan, RT reported.
The occasional deployment of maritime patrol aircraft and surface vessels to the region "adds weight to Australia's ongoing economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea and enhances the capacity of ongoing multinational enforcement efforts," he said.
South Korea on Thursday walked back on a proposal to lift some of its unilateral sanctions against North Korea following U.S. President Donald Trump's blunt retort that Seoul could "do nothing" without Washington's approval. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha had said on Wednesday that Seoul was considering lifting measures applied after a deadly attack in 2010 that killed 46 South Korean sailors. She cited the intent to create more diplomatic momentum for talks over North Korea's nuclear program.
South Korean conservatives reacted with anger as well, and Kang's ministry downplayed her comments later, saying in a statement that the government has yet to start a "full-fledged" review of sanctions, meaning no decision was imminent.
The South Korean president said Pyongyang has taken steps to achieve peace and the US should take similar measures.
(*We Sent Pompeo , forcryin'outloud !
Maybe we should send Lindsey Graham , for their troubles .)
The Army decided earlier this year to drastically accelerate its plans to get the Patriot medium-range air-and-missile defense system and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to communicate.
The service has since seen an influx of cash in its fiscal 2018 and 2019 budgets approved by Congress to move forward with the effort.
But what does it really mean for Patriot and THAAD to be interoperable, and why is it seen as an urgent need on the Korean peninsula?
The Army announced in March, through its Air-and-Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team, formed to bring forward AMD modernization efforts rapidly under Army Futures Command, that it was planning to tie its two most critical AMD systems together within two years, which is key to establishing a more effective, layered approach to AMD.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that South Korea will only lift sanctions on North Korea with his approval.
The Associated Press reported that when asked by reporters at the White House on Wednesday about the South Korean proposal to lift some unilateral sanctions on the North Trump said, "They won't do that without our approval. They do nothing without our approval."
The report said that Trump has encouraged U.S. allies to maintain sanctions on North Korea until it denuclearizes as part of his administration's campaign of "maximum pressure."
What's worse, South Korea could hurt ties with America — and help North Korea in the process.
The US Secretary of State expressed "discontent" with peaceful negotiations between North and South Korea, which signed a military pact during last month's summit without consulting him.
True to the spirit of American exceptionalism, Pompeo complained about being left out of the loop regarding the historic peace talks between the two Koreas. US President Donald Trump never skips a chance to brag about his supposed contributions to peace between the nations, extending the US's addiction to interventionism even to bilateral treaties like this one – negotiations between neighbors half a world away from American shores.
Pompeo's complaint was revealed by South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, speaking to an opposition lawmaker about a recent phone call with Pompeo. "I wouldn't say he made strong impressions. [It was] discontent, about how he was not briefed sufficiently," she said.
The Koreans may understandably think it is none of his business.
Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, which has been condemned as one of the worst suppressors of religious freedom in the world, has invited Pope Francis to visit his country, South Korea's government said Tuesday.
The invitation will be relayed by South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, a Roman Catholic, when he visits the Vatican for two days next week to seek the pope's help in easing tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula, said Kim Eui-kyeom, a spokesman of Mr. Moon.
Mr. Moon met with Mr. Kim in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, last month.
"If the pope visits Pyongyang, we will give him a rousing welcome," Mr. Kim told Mr. Moon, according to Mr. Moon's spokesman.
Lock up the kiddies.
Secretary of State Mike Pomepo confirmed to reporters in Seoul that Kim Jong Un has agreed to allow international inspectors to visit Punggye-ri, the dismantled nuclear teting site. A date has not yet been set, but Pompeo says that is just a question of logistics.
Punggye-ri was a hollowed up series of tunnels under a mountain, wherein the North Korean government conducted several successful nuclear weapons tests over the past 12 years. The site was dismantled in April and May, as part of a deal to move toward denuclearization.
While reporters were welcomed to oversee the collapsing of the site, some critics complained that international inspectors were never allowed to conduct close-up inspections to confirm the site was totally unusable. Ironically, many of those same critics are now dismissing the invitation for inspectors as meaningless, since the site was already dismantled months ago.
IF these reports are true, it indicates that North Korea is moving in a positive direction, and that should be applauded.
President Trump took one heck of a leap of faith here, and should be commended for having had the courage in believing that there was absolutely another outcome, other than war, which could be made to happen.
I wish he could have taken the same road with Iran; unfortunately, now, however, being firmly in the unyielding grasp of the Neocons, he will never attempt that kind of approach with it.
Russia is drawing up plans to host a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Moscow, according to the Kremlin.
Last month, Mr Putin invited Mr Kim to visit his country but details about where and when the talks could take place have yet to be decided.
The latest comments from the Kremlin come after a visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to North Korea.
This once again proves Russia's President Putin to be one of the "smartest guys in the room" when it comes to geopolitics, and the importance of booming economies trumping war every possible time.
Mining in North Korea
This article states:
"Mining in North Korea is important to the country's economy. North Korea is naturally abundant in metals such as magnesite, zinc, tungsten, and iron; with magnesite resources of 6 billion tonnes (second largest in the world), particularly in the Hamgyeong-do and Jagang-do provinces. However, often these cannot be mined due to the acute shortage of electricity in the country, as well as the lack of proper tools to mine these materials and an antiquated industrial base.
North Korea has reserves of more than 200 mineral types distributed over 80% of its territory with ten reserves recording large deposits of magnetite, tungsten ore, graphite, gold ore, and molybdenum. Among the largest resources with more than 2 million tons of estimated reserve are: Zinc which tops the list with 21 million tons of estimated resource; followed by non-metallic resource of 21 million tons of limestone and magnesite 6 million tons; and other mineral sources such as iron 5 million tons, anthracite 5 million tons, copper 3 million tons, barite 2 million tons, gold and graphite also 2 million tons each.[1]"
In this upcoming meeting, Putin will stress that Russia will be willing, and is able, to provide the infrastructure, equipment ,and engineering know-how to make sure that the potential financial wealth provided by these resources can now be realized, provided that Russia gets a reasonable "hunk of the action" in return for making the people, and the government, of North Korea far more prosperous.
I think that this potential proposal will be win/win music to Kim Jung Un's ears.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made "significant progress" over the weekend toward dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear program. The problem is it's not clear what advancement he's pointing to.
The two met for a nearly three-hour summit in Pyongyang on Sunday to discuss a way to break the impasse in discussions. Speaking after the meeting on Monday, Pompeo told reporters that North Korea has agreed to let international inspectors visit Punggye-ri, the site of all six of North Korea's nuclear tests. In September 2017, Pyongyang tested a nuke there that was around seven times stronger than the bomb America dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
Letting inspectors visit the facility may sound well and good, except for one thing: It's already been destroyed.
Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said Sunday, after Washington's top diplomat held "productive" talks on denuclearisation with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Kim on Sunday morning for around two hours of talks followed by a lunch in the North's capital, before flying to Seoul on a whirlwind diplomatic visit to the region.
Pompeo said "he agreed with Chairman Kim to hold the second US-North Korea summit at the earliest date possible", South Korea's presidential office said in a statement, although no specific time or location has yet been agreed.
It appears as though a Trump-Kim summit 2.0 might be on the horizon. How far out on the horizon, though, is still unclear.
The office of South Korean President Moon-Jae in said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un during Pompeo's trip to North Korea on Sunday agreed to hold a new summit between Kim and United States President Donald Trump "at the earliest date possible." Moon had been briefed by Pompeo on his North Korea trip.
A spokesman for South Korea's dovish leader told the New York Times the US and North Korea are expected to soon hold "working-level talks to set the details of the planned meeting," including the date and venue.
US researchers say they have observed continued activity at a nuclear facility in North Korea which is accusing Washington of not implementing pledges made at a June summit of their leaders.
The researchers, who work for the Washington-based 38 North think tank, released on Friday satellite photos allegedly indicating continued activity at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center.
The photos, they said, also showed an ongoing dredging of a river near a pump house, which draws cooling water for the site's reactor.
The group said the photos, taken on September 24, showed minimal movements of vehicles and equipment in the area, but the purpose of their activity was unknown.
Here's the sort of story that should never happen, especially in a country that prides itself on its humanity and openness to newcomers.
In 2013, Army Lt. Col. Patrick Schreiber and his wife put off officially adopting their teenaged daughter, Hyebin, who was born in the Republic of Korea. The reason? He was about to deploy to Afghanistan for a year. When he returned, they put through the paperwork, adopted her, and then started working on her citizenship. But Hyebin had turned 17 in the interim, which is a problem:
North Korea will look to consolidate support for the lifting of economic sanctions during its latest talks with China and Russia, while also strengthening its bargaining position on the denuclearization issue ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Pyongyang this weekend, observers said.
This week South and North Korean soldiers began clearing mines along their heavily fortified border. As The Economist went to press, America's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, was about to fly to Pyongyang to arrange a second summit meeting between President Donald Trump and Mr Kim, to follow the television spectacular starring the two leaders in Singapore in June. Meanwhile, Mr Kim's fourth get-together with Mr Moon is planned for later this year in Seoul, the South Korean capital.
North Korea warned Washington through its state media Tuesday that a declaration ending the Korean War shouldn't be seen as a bargaining chip in denuclearization talks — but suggested lifting sanctions might be.
The North's official news agency issued a commentary claiming Pyongyang has taken significant measures to end hostile relations between the two countries but said the U.S. is "trying to subdue" it through sanctions, a not-so-subtle call for Washington to lift sanctions if it wants further progress in their stalled nuclear negotiations.
The commentary said a declaration replacing a 65-year-old armistice to formally end the war "is not just a gift from a man to another," and added, "it can never be a bargaining chip for getting the DPRK denuclearized."
Troops from North and South Korea have started removing some of the more than 800,000 landmines buried along their border, officials say.
In the South, clearing has started at the heavily fortified Joint Security Area (JSA) in the village of Panmunjom.
Mines will also be removed from a separate site where hundreds of soldiers were killed in the Korean war.
The move was agreed when the leaders of the two Koreas, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, met last month in Pyongyang.
The Korean War began in 1950, and 68 years later a peace deal is still not finalized. There is hope, however, as troops from both Koreas are active along the demilitarized zone, removing some of the estimated 800,000 landmines buried around the area.
It took generations to mine that long demilitarized zone at the border, and it's going to take a long time to totally clear it. Work is starting in the Joint Security Area (JSA), the narrowest part, near the truce village of Panmunjom.
The hope, according to those familiar with the work, is to totally demine the JSA within the next 20 days. After that, guard posts and all weapons will also be removed. This will leave the JSA with unarmed troops stationed inside.
Color me at least a little hopeful at this development.
North Korea's foreign minister on Saturday told the United Nations there was 'no way' that his country would disarm first as long as the United States continued to push for tough enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang.
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ri Yong Ho accused Washington of creating a deadlock in talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
'The recent deadlock is because the US relies on coercive measures which are lethal to trust-building,' Ri told the assembly.
'Without any trust in the US, there will be no confidence in our national security and under such circumstances, there is no way we will unilaterally disarm ourselves first.'
Plans for economic development cannot happen under present sanctions, and first require Washington to obtain guarantees on denuclearisation
As expected, the third meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un produced a highly ambiguous statement.
No timeline for a declaration of Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal and no framework for nuclear dismantlement arose.
Yet optimists may disagree. The joint military declaration agreed to a cease of military exercises "aimed at each other along the Military Demarcation Line", and the withdrawal of guard posts along the Demilitarised Zone. Pyongyang pledged to close its nuclear test facility at Tongchang-ri, as part of the two Koreas "pushing forward the complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula", and inter-Korean economic cooperation projects were proposed.
(*I'm not as confident as I thought I was in 2016 that it's in his nature !)
Given the Trump administration's goal of a complete, verifiable denuclearization of North Korea during President Trump's first term, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is eager to maintain U.S.-North Korean engagement. As he prepares for upcoming discussions with the North Koreans, he is leaving one tool conspicuously on the table: the prospect of an official declaration to end the Korean War.
"It's hard to know. I don't want to prejudge precisely where we'll end up," Pompeo said this week when asked if President Trump and Kim Jong Un could sign a declaration to end the war at their next summit. "But make no mistake about it, there is real progress being made."
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a longtime hardliner on North Korea, said he was willing to meet Kim Jong-un at a speech at the UN General Assembly.
Abe, who one year ago warned at the United Nations that the window for diplomacy with North Korea was closing, took a more open but still cautious tone on Tuesday in his latest address to the world body.
But he said that any summit would be devoted to resolving a decades-old row over North Korea's abductions of Japanese civilians - a deeply emotive issue for much of the Japanese public on which Abe built his political career.
"In order to resolve the abduction issue, I am also ready to break the shell of mutual distrust with North Korea, get off to a new start and meet face to face with Chairman Kim Jong-un," Abe said in his UN address.
U.S. President Donald Trump praised North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday for his courage in taking steps to disarm, but said much work still had to be done and sanctions must remain in place on North Korea until it denuclearizes.
"Give us everything we want first, then we'll maybe do something nice for you (unless we invade)." -- Official White Horse Souse
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a historic announcement, committing to an "era of no war" during the two leaders' joint press conference held on Wednesday in Pyongyang, North Korea.
The announcement was made at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse on the second day of a three-day summit between the two leaders who both expressed hopes in containing the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula.
This is a monumental step forward, between North and South Korea; let's hope that the American government just stays out of the way of the process as this is cemented by both countries.
President Donald Trump, arriving at the United Nations on Monday morning, said he and Kim Jong Un will meet for a second time "quite soon."
"It looks like we'll have a second summit quite soon. As you know, Kim Jong Un wrote a letter -- a beautiful letter -- and asked me for a second meeting and we will be doing that. (Secretary of State Mike) Pompeo will work that out in the immediate future," Trump said, claiming there has been "tremendous progress on North Korea."
An international coalition of American allies will start "detecting and disrupting" North Korean oil smuggling operations at sea, reports the Washington Examiner.
"The United States has deployed aircraft and surface vessels to detect and disrupt these activities," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a news release.
Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, announced Friday they would aid "monitoring and surveillance activities against illicit maritime activities," with a particular focus on ship-to-ship transfers of oil.
Make no mistake these are the neocons at work in the Trump administration.
North Korea signaled it wants to bring in investments from South Korean companies to help modernize the secluded country, according to one of the business chiefs that went to Pyongyang last week.
North Korea wants to have economic cooperation and technical assistance from the South, Sohn Kyung-shik, the 79-year-old co-chairman of CJ Group and the head of the Korea Employers Federation, told Bloomberg Television's Shery Ahn in an interview. "What they really want are investments to set up industry there," he said.
The comments reflect the optimism that's trickling out in the wake of last week's summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korea's Moon Jae-in. But many hurdles remain, as both countries are technically still at war and conducting business with North Korea is heavily restricted by United Nations sanctions.
At their third summit, the leaders of North and South Korea made new progress in their historic effort to bring peace to the Peninsula. But for North Korea to denuclearize, is the US prepared to formally end the Korean War, and withdraw US forces?
A US state of war against North Korea has existed since Harry Truman's aggression against the DPRK in the early 1950s.
Trump regime hardliners want no letup in US hostility toward the country, going all-out to prevent improved relations agreed on by DLT and Kim Jong-un during mid-June summit talks.
Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in support a formal end to the 1950s war. Following their Tuesday summit talks in Pyongyang, they signed a joint statement, proclaiming a state of war's end, Moon's spokesman saying:
"Leaders of the South and the North…announced the end of the war on the Korean Peninsula by their agreements."
President Moon of South Korea has urged the United States to end the impasse in denuclearisation talks with North Korea by formally declaring an end to hostilities in the Korean War.
Such a declaration, which would fall short of a fully-fledged peace treaty, could give the impetus for North Korea to offer further concessions without prompting calls for US troops to pull out. The conflict ended in an armistice in 1953.
On Wednesday, President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong Un signed a joint statement on the general improvement of inter-Korean relations, capping off a very successful third summit which appears to have gotten the denuclearization operations back on track.
In addition to denuclearization and peace talks efforts, the two Koreas agreed to found a joint military committee, which will be charged with maintaining communication between the two nations, and prevent any accidental clashes.
This is potentially a hugely important step, as the two nations try to reduce decades of military tensions, and negotiate efforts to move their respective forces away from the border as the efforts to negotiate a peace treaty advance.
Color me slightly optimistic here.
Regarding denuclearisation, there are more specific statements than the first statement from April," Lim Jae-cheon, a North Korea studies professor at Korea University, told the (*south china morning) Post – referring to this year's first inter-Korean summit, which contained a vague commitment to a "nuclear-free Korean peninsula".
Nam Chang-hee, an international relations professor at Inha University, said the summit's outcome looked to be "positioned between a satisfactory move towards the promised denuclearisation and repeated mere rhetoric".
"I think the South Korean public will welcome the joint agreement of Moon and Kim partially because it contains a better inter-Korean future on peace and reconciliation, and partially because the South Korean media created a positive image of the summit meeting," Lim said.
(*enter Pompeo , the broth spoiling chef !)
Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president, stepped into the shallow waters of Heaven Lake, regarded as the spiritual home of the Korean people, bent down and scooped up a glassful of water.
Kim Jong-un, his North Korean counterpart, watched from a distance. Moon was fulfilling a long-held dream to visit Mount Paektu, which straddles the border between North Korea and China. At the summit the two men held hands and thrust them into the air as they posed for a photo with their wives, the lake in the background.
The highly symbolic trip capped a three-day visit by Moon to North Korea, the first by a South Korean leader in 11 years. After two days of talks, Kim pledged to close a missile testing site that was crucial to North Korea's development of intercontinental ballistic missiles, and offered to shut the country's only known nuclear complex in exchanged for unspecified "reciprocal measures" from the US.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is ready to restart negotiations with Pyongyang, with the aim of denuclearising North Korea "by 2021".
Discussions between the two sides had stalled following a broad-strokes agreement made earlier this year.
But this week's inter-Korean summit saw the North's Kim Jong-un agreeing to shut a major missile launch site.
North and South Korea are clearly reunifying, and Pompeo is struggling to look like he is still relevant to the process.
(*as if he had something to do with it . where was he "sawing logs" , at his desk , when Moon & Kim Declared Peace in Korea ? )
With the previous two inter-Korean summits both major successes, the three-day summit this week in Pyongyang kicked off early Tuesday with the arrival of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and high hopes for more progress.
Moon's arrival, and his joint motorcade to the talks with Kim Jong Un was met with huge crowds in the streets, waving and cheering the passing cars, and chanting for peace and the reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
The greetings of the two leaders in a celebratory environment reflected Kim's own comments on the matter, that he expects more progress after the successes of the past. Peace is expected to be one of the immediate focuses of the talk.
President Moon made clear that his goal for the summit is an irreversible peace agreement. Beyond that, early discussions are said to focus on trying to get the denuclearization process back going after it stalled in recent weeks.
In the course of this week's inter-Korean summit, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in announced on Wednesday morning that North Korea has agreed to several moves, including allowing international nuclear inspectors into the country to observe the continued dismantling of the nuclear program.
This appears to have been the result of early discussions on how to get the denuclearization process started up again. Kim Jong Un agreed to permanently dismantle a missile engine test site and launch pad, and that would be where the inspectors are to be in attendance.
Tentatively, North Korea is also committed to permanently dismantling the Nyongbyon nuclear complex if the US takes "corresponding measures." It is unclear what the US is expected to do in return.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced a sweeping set of agreements after their second day of talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday that included a promise by Kim to permanently dismantle the North's main nuclear complex if the United States takes corresponding measures, the acceptance of international inspectors to monitor the closing of a key missile test site and launch pad and a vow to work together to host the Summer Olympics in 2032.
Declaring they had made a major step toward peace on the Korean Peninsula, the two leaders were side by side as they announced the joint statement to a group of North and South Korean reporters after a closed-door meeting Wednesday morning.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have signed a joint statement following their bilateral talks in Pyongyang. The countries' defense chiefs have meanwhile signed a separate military pact.
As part of the military agreement, the neighbors will halt border drills from November 1, Yonhap reports. South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo and North Korea's No Kwang-chol also agreed to stop military flights in the vicinity of the demarcation line. In addition, the agreement envisions setting up a buffer zone in the Yellow Sea and suspending maritime drills.
As a clear sign of mutual trust, the Pyongyang military agreement also calls for the withdrawal of soldiers from the demilitarized zone and disarming the servicemen keeping watch at Panmunjom border village. The nations also agreed that each would close eleven border guard posts by the end of 2018.
North Korea and South Korea signed an agreement in defense sector as well as a joint statement following the results of the summit in Pyongyang.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have in fact proclaimed the end of the state of war, the South Korean presidential spokesperson said on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reported.
"Leaders of the South and the North have in fact announced the end of the war on the Korean Peninsula by their agreements," the spokesperson stated.
The leaders of North and South Korea, Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in, agreed to reconnect severed rails and roads across the border, according to their joint statement signed on Wednesday. "South and North have agreed that works to reconnect the railways and roads in the east and west should begin within a year," the document reads. According to earlier reports, the project's ultimate goal is to ensure access to Russia's Trans-Siberian Rail for prompt deliveries of South Korean cargo to Europe.
North, South Koreas agree to bid for co-hosting 2032 Summer Olympic games. Besides, the two nations agreed to send joint teams to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo http://tass.com/sport/1022238
North Korea agreed to shut down its experimental nuclear reactor in the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, South Korean president Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday after talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. "North Korea gave its consent to fully stop the work of the nuclear reactor in Yongbyon," he said. A joint statement, adopted by the two nations after the talks, says that Pyongyang would make similar steps toward denuclearization if the United States honors the agreements reached during the Singapore summit of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center houses an uranium enrichment facility and a 5-megawatt reactor, built by North Korean scientists in 1986. According to experts, every year it can produce enough materials to make several nuclear warheads...
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When Mr. Moon stepped off his plane at the Pyongyang International Airport, a smiling Mr. Kim was waiting on the tarmac with a military honor guard ...
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, to work toward a common goal: fashioning a political statement this year declaring the end of the Korean War.
Such a declaration, although not a legally binding treaty, could carry far-reaching repercussions, helping North Korea escalate its campaign for the withdrawal of American troops from the South, analysts said. For that and other reasons, the United States has strong reservations about such a breakthrough.
A smiling Mr. Kim hugged Mr. Moon after he stepped off his plane in the Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang. As the two leaders later moved to their cars after inspecting a military honor guard, a crowd of North Koreans shouted "hurrah!" while fervently waving plastic flowers and "Korea-is-one" flags that showed an undivided Korean Peninsula.
On the issue of Korea, it is becoming increasingly clear that General "Mad Dog" Mattis, General John Kelly, and the Pentagon top brass do not see eye to eye with Donald Trump on a whole host of issues, including:
1. Withdrawal of some 28,000 U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula.
Trump does not understand why both South Korea and Japan, both wealthy and developed, have to "mooch off" on U.S. military security protection, and not bear the burden for their own defense, and why the American military presence is even needed in East Asia.
The leader of Samsung's sprawling business empire will visit North Korea this week along with the heads of other top South Korean corporations.
Jay Y. Lee, Samsung's billionaire chief, is one of nearly a dozen business leaders traveling to Pyongyang with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday, according to a statement from the president's office.
Moon will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the visit — the first trip to Pyongyang by a sitting South Korean president since 2007. It reflects warming ties between the two governments, which have fueled hopes of deeper economic cooperation.
Moon laid out ambitious plans last month that would dramatically transform and connect the two economies, giving South Korea a land link to the rest of the Asian continent, potentially opening up lucrative trade and infrastructure links.
The U.S. on Friday called for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the implementation of sanctions on North Korea, a day after Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Russia of meddling in an independent report on the sanctions.
"Given recent efforts by some Member States to undermine and obstruct North Korea sanctions implementation, the United States has called an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting for Monday at 10 a.m. to discuss the implementation and enforcement of U.N. sanctions on North Korea," a statement from the U.S. Mission read.
The statement did not name countries, but it came a day after Haley accused Russia of interfering in a report from the U.N.'s independent Panel of Experts on the implementation of sanctions. Haley's office said that the report submitted to the Security Council was amended at Moscow's request, which it said included violations implicating Russian actors.
An advance group of more than 90 South Korean officials headed to North Korea on Sunday for preparations to hold the inter-Korean summit due next week, the Yonhap news agency said. According to the agency, the group comprises 93 South Korean state officials, technical specialists and reporters. It crossed the border between the two states on 19 buses. South Korean President Moon Jae-in is expected to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on September 18-20. According to a presidential administration official, the South Korean delegation to the event will comprise up to 200 people. The names of at least two members of it have already become known: former prime minister Lee Hoi-chang and Samsung Electronics President Kim Ki-nam.
In a major move to improve communications along the demilitarized zone, North and South Korea have opened the joint liaison office in Kaesong on Friday. This move comes just days before the third Kim-Moon summit between the nations' respective leaders.
The liaison office was said to be facing a possible delay in the fact of US opposition, with the State Department saying that providing electricity and functioning heat to such an office might amount to a violation of US energy sanctions.
The office was originally imagined as primarily facilitating South Korean corporations' operations at Kaesong Industrial Park. Now though, it will also serve as a de facto joint embassy for both nations, allowing for a direct permanent diplomatic link.
Color me hopeful, here.....
Russia is actively working to undermine US sanctions against North Korea, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a news conference.
"I spoke with Ambassador (to UN Nikki) Haley about this earlier today, Russia has actively attempted to undermine the UN Security Council resolutions, the work of the 1718 Committee, the committee of the UN evaluates compliance with sanctions by attempting to change the language there," Pompeo told reporters.
- A US Navy ship will reportedly host military personnel from the Five Eyes countries plus Japan and South Korea to monitor foreign vessels delivering fuel to the North in violation of UN sanctions.
The coalition will include the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada – America's partners within the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance – as well as Japan and South Korea, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an American military official.
This is apparently the first US-led effort to track fuel deliveries to North Korea.
The coalition countries will contribute warships and military surveillance aircraft to track maritime traffic in the area.>>>
(*what's a little more breathing down their neck ?
whitehorse souce)
The US announced new sanctions against North Korea Thursday, taking aim at a Chinese company, its North Korean CEO and its Russia-based sister company.
The two information technology companies are actually North Korean-controlled entities, the Treasury Department said in a statement Tuesday that accused the Russia-based company Volasys Silver Star, China-based China Silver Star and its CEO Jong Song Hwa of violating US sanctions.
"These actions are intended to stop the flow of illicit revenue to North Korea from overseas information technology workers disguising their true identities and hiding behind front companies, aliases, and third-party nationals," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
The advisory also warns military activities linked to the bloody conflict in Syria have been ramped across Iran's airspace.
Tensions between Tehran and Washington are running high following Donald Trump's controversial decision to pull out of the landmark Iran nuclear deal re-introduce economic sanctions last month.
Flight Service Bureau, which provides safety information on airspace to airlines, said "without seeming alarmist", the deteriorating relationship between the US and Iran must be taken into account when planning flights in Iran's airspace.
This is getting just about as serious as is a heart attack: I find myself very alarmed at these developments.
The White House said Monday that talks are underway with North Korea over setting up a second summit meeting between President Trump and leader Kim Jong Un, as the two sides seek to put stalled nuclear negotiations back on track.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that Kim requested the follow-up to the historic Singapore summit in June in a "warm, very positive letter" to Trump delivered in recent days.
Russia and South Korea keep working on initiatives under the "nine bridges" concept, earlier suggested by South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. "We will finalize and coordinate the list of practical projects within the framework of the 'nine bridges concept,' initiated by the South Korean president," Putin said during talks with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon on the sidelines of this year's Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok. He also thanked the South Korean delegation, one of the biggest national delegations at the EEF, for their interest in this international forum. "The Republic of Korea is our important and promising partner in the Asia-Pacific region. We are satisfied by the development of our bilateral relations. They develop steadily in all directions," Putin said.
Moscow will raise at the UN Security Council the issue of easing international sanctions against North Korea, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said on the sidelines of the 4th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) on Wednesday. "While North Korea is taking steps towards the denuclearization [of the Korean Peninsula], we believe that the [UN] Security Council should consider [the issue] of proportionally easing the regime of sanctions against North Korea. We will raise this issue," he said.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday that President Donald Trump is open to another meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un despite national security adviser John Bolton's assertion that the US is still waiting for Pyongyang to take steps toward denuclearization.
Trump has received another letter from Kim, which Sanders described Monday as "very warm" and "very positive," noting that the White House will not release the letter unless Kim agrees.
Thousands of North Korean students took part in a torch light parade at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square. The event was the last in a series of celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the nation's founding. See how North Korea lit up the celebration that was focused on Korean unity and economic development.
A senior Russian official who met Kim Jong-un this weekend warned the North Korea dictator said he did not plan any unilateral steps to denuclearise.
Instead Kim is waiting for the United States to respond to steps he has already taken, Russia's RIA news agency reported.
NORTH Korea has no plans to scrap its nuclear arsenal in a huge blow to Donald Trump as tensions soar on the Korean peninsular.
With no long-range missiles on display, North Korea staged a military parade on Sunday focused on conventional arms, peace and economic development as it marked the 70th anniversary of the country's founding.
The reduced display compared to past years earned a thank you note from U.S. President Donald Trump, who hailed it as a "big and very positive statement from North Korea."
Trump on Twitter quoted a Fox News description of the event without long-range nuclear missiles as a sign of North Korea's "commitment to denuclearize."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, congratulating him on the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. According to the agency, in his telegram the Russian president expressed confidence that the two countries will continue to develop cooperation in various areas... A parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea took place in Pyongyang on September 9. Russia was represented at the parade by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko. This past Saturday she met with Kim Jong-un and gave him a personal message from Putin. The North Korean leader, for his part, confirmed readiness to visit Russia.
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North Korea did not display intercontinental ballistic missiles that can target the United States at a military parade on Sunday, signalling leader Kim Jong-un's desire to refrain from provoking US President Donald Trump for the resumption of denuclearisation talks.
Trump has welcomed Kim's latest commitment, fanning expectations that US-North Korea negotiations will move forward.
North Korea, meanwhile, has deepened relations with China. Since March, Kim has visited China three times for summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Beijing and Pyongyang have agreed to boost their economic ties.
China and North Korea fought together in the 1950-1953 Korean war against the US-led United Nations Command. The two countries have been described as "blood brothers".
North Korea's Kim Jong Un has given his first time line for denuclearization, aiming for the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's first term, Seoul officials said on Thursday, prompting thanks from Trump who said they would "get it done together".
South Korean officials announced on Thursday that a deal has been reached to hold a summit in Pyongyang from September 18-20. The summit is to focus on "practical measures" which could be taken for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
South Korean national security adviser Chung Eui-yong told reporters that North Korea's Kim Jong Un has "reconfirmed his determination to completely denuclearize," and that he continues to have faith in President Trump.
The commitment to denuclearize is a major announcement, as US officials have been increasingly dubious about that, and complaining about the lack of quick progress. North Korean officials say Kim is frustrated by the doubts expressed in the international community about his will to preemptively denuclearize. He told Chung that he feels the good faith moves made by North Korea should be reciprocated.
White House and State Department officials are reiterating that they have no current interest in making a deal with North Korea that would involve a peace declaration ending the Korean War.
The State Department said on Wednesday that the US position is that "denuclearization has to take place before we get to other parts." The administration has repeatedly said they believe Korean denuclearization will take years, and that they want "progress" before the 2020 election.
The Korean War began in 1950, and 68 years later, there has never been a formal peace treaty ending the conflict. North Korea has been seeking a peace treaty for decades, with the US always resisting such a deal.
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea sent a special envoy to North Korea on Wednesday, hoping to help break the deadlock in the talks between the North and the United States over dismantling the North's nuclear weapons program.
Chung Eui-yong, the national security adviser to Mr. Moon, met with Kim Jong-un, the North's leader, during his brief trip to Pyongyang, the capital, according to Mr. Moon's office. The presidential office said the results of Mr. Chung's visit would be announced Thursday.
Mr. Chung's entourage included Suh Hoon, the director of South Korea's National Intelligence Service. Besides discussing obstacles to progress with the United States, they had also hoped to set a date and agenda for Mr. Moon's meeting with Mr. Kim later this month in Pyongyang, which is expected to focus on sustaining the recent thaw in inter-Korean ties. Mr. Chung delivered a letter from Mr. Moon to Mr. Kim.
Nearly three months after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shook hands with President Trump and agreed to pursue denuclearization and a reset in relations, the two sides have reached an impasse over who should make the next concession in talks aimed at implementing their accord.
In a highly unusual development, it has been reported in South Korea that the US-led United Nations Command prevented a South Korean train from crossing the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea earlier this month.
The passage of an official South Korean train into North Korea is highly unusual and the incident raises questions over coordination between South Korea and the United States. It could also provide substantial propaganda fodder for North Korea.
Hotels, big and small. Tourists from all over the country, maybe the world. "As long as we have the leadership of our respected Marshal," he says, referring to leader Kim Jong Un, "our future will be bright indeed."
So wouldn't think of questioning the leader, but there is a hint of apprehension in his voice. And he isn't alone.
North Korea is pushing ahead with a new strategy of economic development and the intensified diplomacy with China, South Korea and the United States that such a move requires. But hopes for a better future are mixed with concern over potential downsides of political or social volatility, and something that's harder to articulate: a fear of the unknown — even if it appears far more promising than the arduous path the country has been on for decades.
The media continues to get the President's North Korean peace initiative all wrong: in some cases this is due to laziness, Washington-centric group-think, and just plain ignorance. In other cases, it is quite deliberate. Take, for example, the recent "news" that Trump canceled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's scheduled trip to Pyongyang due to a "belligerent" letter sent by the North Koreans to the White House. What is the source of this alleged development? A single report in the Washington Post put out there by one Josh Rogin, not a reporter but an opinion columnist with strong neoconservative inclinations. Rogin attributes this information to "two senior administration officials" while admitting that "[t]he exact contents of the message are unclear."
We don't know what the letter said, and so we don't know why Trump canceled the trip. In short, we don't know anything. That's the "news," folks.
Satellite imagery shows North Korea is poised to stage another military parade amid new worries that diplomatic efforts on denuclearization are stalling, though analysts say it is unclear whether it will showcase any of the country's largest ballistic missiles.
A rail project meant to connect North and South Korea has been blocked by US military officials, highlighting divisions between Washington and Seoul on how to deal with the nuclear armed North.
The two Koreas planned to begin a joint field study last week by sending a train from Seoul across the length of North Korea to Sinuiju, on the Chinese border, but their application was denied by the US-led United Nations Command. The multinational military body is a remnant of the 1950-53 Korean war and controls all movement across the heavily fortified demilitarised zone that bisects the peninsula.
The denial underscores a growing split between South Korea, which favours engagement with North Korea, and the US, where officials have demanded denuclearisation as a prerequisite to any economic cooperation.
South Korea may have other ideas. It is, after all, their country!
President Trump appears to be blaming China for derailing a U.S.-North Korea rapprochement, implying that it's placing "tremendous pressure" on Pyongyang as a result of ongoing trade disputes between Washington and Beijing.
In a quartet of tweets on Wednesday, Trump issued what he called a White House statement saying he "feels strongly that North Korea is under tremendous pressure from China because of our major trade disputes with the Chinese Government."
"At the same time, we also know that China is providing North Korea with ... considerable aid, including money, fuel, fertilizer and various other commodities. This is not helpful!" he continued.
"Bad China. BAD China! No fortune cookie!" -- Official White Horse Souse
The problem is, neither side can agree on what the Singapore Declaration signed by both leaders actually means. Pompeo asserts that Kim accepted the "final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea." North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho says all four provisions must be implemented simultaneously, not denuclearization first.
Trump is now blaming China for the collapse of the North Korea deal.
President Donald Trump threatened that he could begin joint military exercises with South Korea and Japan that will be "far bigger than ever" if progress stalls on North Korea nuclear talks.
One longstanding U.S. ally still thinks North Korea poses an urgent nuclear threat. Another is steadily increasing economic ties with the regime. And Kim Jong Un is doing his best to exploit the divide.
Less than three months after shaking Kim's hand in Singapore, U.S. President Donald Trump is confronting an increasingly fractured diplomatic landscape as his two key allies -- Japan and South Korea -- pursue differing ends of his two-pronged North Korea strategy. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government reaffirmed Tuesday that North Korea posed a "grave and imminent" threat to Japan, despite Kim's pledge on "denuclearization."
Several major US drills with South Korea have been suspended as an act of good will towards Pyongyang, but there are no plans to cancel any other joint exercises on the Korean Peninsula, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.
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Kim will play Kim Baek-jin, an anchor and reporter of the news program "Argon," who does not allow any mistakes.
|Kim Joo-hyuck (left) and Chun Woo-hee (Namoo actors)
"The role of a truthful reporter seems much more needed nowadays than ever. That's why this drama and the character resonated with me," Kim said.
Meanwhile, Chun will play Lee Yeon-hwa, a reporter assigned to "Argon" three months before her contract expires. Kim puts Lee under rigorous training to help her become a fulltime reporter.
"The drama script shows the characters and situations so realistically, I really wanted to star in the drama," Chun said.
"Argon" has elements of different genres, from rom-com to sci-fi. The drama revolves around the story of reporters who fight fake news and strive to deliver the truths to the viewers.
Helmed by director Lee Yoon-jung, who also directed MBC's drama "The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince" (2007) and tvN's rom-com "Cheese in the Trap" (2016), the drama will launch in September.
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The Barn is Proud to Announce Our 2019 Season!
Floyd Collins
PERFORMANCE DATES: April 24-28 and May 1-5
This musical drama by Tina Landau and Adam Guettel follows the true story of a man named Floyd Collins. In this bluegrass musical we learn of the misfortune of Floyd Collins who in 1925 while turning a Kentucky Cave into a tourist attraction became trapped underground. Over the course of several weeks, the Collins family's faith is heavily tested, while floods of reporters, movie crews and sightseers come to behold the dramatic scene.
Romeo and Juliet
PERFORMANCE DATES: May 30 – June 2; June 6-9; June 13-16
William Shakespeare's epic story of two star crossed lovers. Set in fair Verona, Shakespeare weaves together the tragic fates of two people from rival families. Romeo and Juliet is a forbidden romance that includes sword fights and a masquerade.
White Christmas
PERFORMANCE DATES: July 11-14; July 18-21; July 25-28
White Christmas is a family musical based on the 1954 film of the same name. This show was adapted by David Ives and Paul Blake. The music and lyrics written by Irving Berlin features original songs, old favorites, and a Christmas standard.
Neil Simon's RUMORS
PERFORMANCE DATES: Aug 22-25; Aug 29 – Sept 1; Sept 5-8
Rumors is a fast paced farcical comedy. In the story the Deputy Mayor of New York has shot himself and lies bleeding in the next room. The Deputy Mayor's lawyer Ken and his wife Chris are left to get their story straight before guests soon arrive for a party.
The Barn would also like to take this opportunity to announce that although we've gone down to a four show season, We've added a third weekend of performances to the straight plays planned for 2019. That means even more chances for you to enjoy your favorite shows under the stars.
2019 Children's Camp
This year's camp will be held 7-29 thru 8-2 and 8-5 thru 8-9; with performances on 8-10 & 8-11.


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And, since we're on the subject of kick-ass projects--I wanted to wrap up our 3-part series and share the rest of Laura's beautiful St. Louis home with you today...
The last rooms to show you are the Guest Room and the Master Bathroom.
- The puuuuuurfect paint color: (Morning Sunshine--Ben. Moore)
- Happy bedding
- A cheerful chair
- A gorgeous rug
- A soft headboard to use as a place to sit and read
- Matching low-profile bed tables and lamps
- A gorgeous piece of art (in the relationship corner)
- Replacing the blocky dresser in the doorway with a lighter, lower, more simple piece
- Everything has a place and is beautifully put away--there's EASE and FLOW!
- Simple, Zen, strippable wallpaper, balancing the flowery bedroom mural in the Master Bedroom
- Easy-going rug
- Upgraded Shower Curtain
- 2 hooks for towels--(she's interested in relationship, remember?)
- Everything beautifully put away
Laura says "I can't believe I live here!" and with the energy in her place vibing SO HIGH--we can't wait to see how her life blossoms as well.
Now her home is a beautiful sanctuary to rest and relax and call in all of the goodness that is already hers--I'll keep you posted!
If you are feeling the urge for "more" for yourself, too, reply to this email and we will get back to you right away--we would love to support your transformation, too!
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I have been looking for the DotFeed mapping rules for Category Path in the DotFeed manual but don't find any information about how to write condition for the Category Path. Can someone confirm that the following is correct or not? I see it in the dotfeed but not sure if it's working or not.
If All of the following are true:
Category Path Matches Accessories -> Goggles
then set google_product_category = Sporting Goods > Winter Sports > Snowboarding > Ski & Snowboarding Goggles.
Tested and tried these variations:
Not of them work. So I tried Category Name instead.
It looks like this.
Category Name Matches Goggles
When preview results, I can see google_product_category is set to the above.
Now using Category Name instead of the Category Path.
Note: If there are categories that have the same name but in different subcategory, then the solution is to use Category ID as a condition instead of Category Name.
Hope this will help others who have the same issue.


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Get your K-6th grader started early! Campers will learn the basic skills of volleyball – pass, set, attack, and serve. This camp will provide them a base knowledge and skill set as they grow in the game. Campers will receive a camp t-shirt and volleyball. Most of all they will have fun learning the game from the Idaho State Volleyball Team and Staff.
Location: Reed Gymnasium and the ISU Recreation Center on the Idaho State University Campus.
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Quarterback Donovan McNabb goes from Eagles to Redskins
Monday, April 5, 2010
As word of Washington's trade Sunday night for Philadelphia Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb spread quickly throughout the Redskins' organization, the reaction among players was overwhelmingly favorable. So much so, in fact, that the arrival of McNabb should transform Washington's West Coast offense into a much more productive unit, some believe, and raise the entire team's expectation level.
"It puts a face and a leader, an identity, to this offense. That's what this trade does," center Casey Rabach said in a phone interview. "Donovan is a guy who has done a lot of great things in the NFL for a long time, and he's done it in this style of offense also. And for him to be our teammate now, it's definitely a big move for us."
In exchange for the six-time Pro Bowler, the Redskins gave up their second-round pick in this month's draft -- the 37th overall selection -- and either a third- or fourth-round selection in the 2011 draft, depending on McNabb's performance this season, according to a league official with knowledge of the deal. Washington's boldest move under Coach Mike Shanahan brings McNabb, a successful starter since he was a rookie in 1999, to an organization that clearly was no longer committed to quarterback Jason Campbell, whose time with the team apparently could end soon. Contacted at home late Sunday night, Campbell simply said he was "surprised" and declined further comment on the trade and his future with the team.
Although many of Campbell's teammates expressed admiration for his professional conduct during many trying situations in his three-plus seasons as a starter, they praised Shanahan and General Manager Bruce Allen for their aggressiveness in making a deal that, several said, clearly makes the team better. McNabb, 33, took the Eagles to a Super Bowl and has reached other heights in the league that the Redskins have rarely experienced during owner Daniel Snyder's 11-year tenure, so he will be welcomed.
"He's a proven winner in this league and I'm excited to have him as a part of our football team," top cornerback DeAngelo Hall wrote in a text message to a reporter. "This instantly makes us a contender for a Super Bowl championship."
Frustrated with the West Coast scheme of former head coach Jim Zorn, the Redskins have eagerly embraced Shanahan's program. The Redskins' decision to offer Campbell, a restricted free agent, a first-round contract tender and not a multiyear contract extension, and their apparent strong interest in the top draft-eligible quarterbacks -- Sam Bradford and Jimmy Clausen among them -- stirred league-wide speculation that the team would make a major move in an attempt to upgrade at the position.
"Obviously, it's very surprising," outside linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said. "You're talking about a guy who has been to the big game [Super Bowl XXXIX] and played in a lot of NFC championship games. He's done it for a long period of time, so he can't do anything but make your team better.
"I love Jason Campbell as a person and a player, but the front office wanted to go in a different direction. Who knows what other moves they'll make and where Jason will wind up, hopefully he'll be here, but he'll be successful wherever he is. But we all know what we signed up for being in the NFL."
Regardless of what the Redskins do in the April 22-24 draft, they've succeeded in upgrading at quarterback.
"He's a Hall of Fame quarterback," wide receiver Devin Thomas said. "For one, he's a leader at the position. He has that charisma and he has that playmaker ability with his feet and with his big arm. He has that toughness from playing in the NFC East his whole career. He's everything you want. And for a young receiver such as myself, who's ready to break out, I couldn't dream of a better quarterback.
"Shoot, he's been in this offense his whole career and he's been in the NFC East his whole career. He knows what to expect going against the Giants, Dallas and now even the Eagles, so he brings that. . . . I couldn't imagine anything better happening for our offense."
And apparently for the locker room as well. Whereas Campbell usually preferred to lead by example, at least earlier in his career, McNabb always was among the most vocal leaders in the Eagles' team hierarchy, said new Redskins offensive lineman Artis Hicks, who blocked for McNabb in Philadelphia.
"When you talk about leaders, Donovan is a great leader," Hicks said. "He always did everything that was asked of him as a starting quarterback, and sometimes quarterbacks just have to be vocal. It's the position teams look to for leadership and Donovan understands that.
"I know they [the Eagles] wanted to trade him, and he got a lot of criticism coming out of there at times, but that's just a tough city for quarterbacks. You can go back to the days of Randall Cunningham . . . that's just the way it is. But he's won more than his fair share of games, he's a great competitor and a great leader. I'm excited about this, and I think [Redskins fans] will be, too."


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Exhibition: Coffee Morphoses
Tutoring partner: Kärt Ojavee
Coffee Morphoses project was displayed in Experimental Materials Gallery in Mektory together with coffe material experiments made by EKA 1st year students of Interior Architecture. Students were asked to develop a coffee plaster, that would be used to cover the back wall of the gallery.
Exhibition design: Kärt Ojavee, Annika Kaldoja
Furniture Design: Annika Kaldoja
Coffee plaster on the back wall: Eri Rääsk
Project Year: 2016
Photos: Tõnu Tunnel