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North Korea Sends Top Diplomat to Russia

   VOA News 11 December 2010
   North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun (Aug 2010 file photo)

Photo: AP

   North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun (Aug 2010 file photo)

   North Korea says it has sent its top diplomat to Russia, amid a flurry
   of attempts to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula.
   The  North's  state  Korean Central News Agency said in a one-sentence
   dispatch  that Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun departed for Moscow.  The
   article provided no further details.
   Pak  told  Russia's  Interfax  news  agency Friday that Pyongyang felt
   justified in building a nuclear defense to ward off threats from South
   Korea  and  the  U.S.,  which  he  accused  of  conducting a policy of
   hostility and confrontation.
   Russia  is  a  member of the six nations attempting to bring a halt to
   North  Korea's nuclear program.  The six-party talks also include the
   two Koreas, China, Japan and the United States.

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