Article: SOIL FROM ANCESTRAL HOME IN NORTH GIVES SOME SOUTH KOREANS SOLACE.(NEWS)

Article: China, South Korea battle for North Korean economy; ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 11, 2006 ;     526 words ... ... entrepreneurs are investing in North Korean ventures including glassmaking, bicycle manufacturing and a department store, and are developing mineral ... Project in Seoul. Chinese-North Korean trade totaled $1.6 billion ...

Article: Russian, North Korean leader meet for talks ...
AP Worldstream;  August 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... II. Kim then proceeded to the Ignat department store. Vladivostok Mayor Yuri Kopylov ... accompanied Kim on his city tour, said the North Korean leader was interested in a department ... strictly economic basis. Russian-North Korean trade turnover fell some 80 percent ...

Article: North Korean Leader Leaves Russia
AP Online;  August 24, 2002 ;     694 words ... ... has done in Russia, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il ... train crossed back into North Korean territory, according ... Putin and touring a department store and a bakery in a city ... imposed sanctions on a North Korean company for selling ...

Article: Old stereotypes mix with fledgling signs of change in ...
AP Worldstream;  August 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... gray streets of this North Korean capital suddenly swarm ... dance the return of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il ... nations. At Dae Song department store, shoppers sifted along ... Like other upscale North Korean places, the store ...

Article: North Korean leader heads home from Russian visit
AP Worldstream;  August 24, 2002 ;     617 words ... ... reforms has done in Russia, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il headed home ... Vladimir Putin and touring a department store and a bakery in a city where ... administration had imposed sanctions on a North Korean company for selling Scud missile ...

Article: A Balance of Terror.(North Korean nuclear buildup ...
U.S. News & World Report;  January 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of selling missiles to countries such as Pakistan and Yemen raises an even more chilling prospect: the world's first department store for nukes, with terrorists and rogue states as potential hard-currency customers. One senior U.S. official doubts ...

South Korea Reacts To North Korean Train Disaster
Getty Images;  April 23, 2004 ;     243 words ... ... 23 : A South Korean man watches a satellite photo of the train explosion in North Korea on televisions at an electronic department store on April 23, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea. Two fuel trains collided and caused a massive explosion at Ryongchon, North ...