A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said.

A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said.

NKorean cargo ship arrives in SKorean port, showing that trade unaffected by naval clash. A North Korean cargo ship visited a South Korean port Monday, showing that trade between the rival countries is continuing despite their bloody naval skirmish last week.

North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future despite the upcoming talks with Washington, a former senior US diplomat who recently visited Pyongyang said Monday.

The death toll from a blaze at an indoor shooting range in a South Korean city has risen to 11 after a local victim died while being treated for severe burns, hospital officials said on Wednesday.

South Korea's economy is expected to grow faster next year than the previous forecast of four percent as it rebounds quickly from the global downturn, Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-Hyun said Thursday.

State media in communist North Korea, which is grappling with severe food shortages and a crumbling economy, has taken time out to urge its people to keep their hair tidy.

A fire tore though an indoor shooting range in southern South Korea, killing 10 people, including at least two Japanese tourists, and injuring six.

Reports: North Korea briefly activates missile radar, forcing SKorean navy ships to move. North Korea briefly activated radar for its surface-to-ship missiles Sunday, forcing South Korean naval vessels to move away from a disputed western sea border where the two countries' navies clashed last week, news reports said.

South Korea's telecoms watchdog on Sunday unveiled new guidelines on mobile phone fees following mounting complaints over high charges.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao will visit North Korea for two days from October 4, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted Pyongyang's state broadcaster as saying Monday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - China's prime minister will visit North Korea early next week for a trip that could help revive talks stalled for nearly a year on ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

Dozens of elderly South Koreans said a tearful farewell to long-lost relatives in North Korea as the first stage of an emotional reunion programme ended Monday.

NKorea's state media says Chinese Premier Wen to visit NKorea next week. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will travel to North Korea next week, Beijing's Foreign Ministry and Pyongyang's state media said Monday, amid a flurry of international efforts to convince the reclusive regime to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will visit North Korea next week, the government said Monday, as the international community increases pressure on Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks.

SEOUL (Reuters) - China's prime minister will visit reclusive North Korea early next week for a trip that could help revive talks with global powers stalled for nearly a year on ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

Foreign ministers from China, Japan and South Korea met in Shanghai on Monday to discuss the North Korea nuclear issue and a Japanese proposal for a European Union-style East Asian community.

Foreign ministers from China, Japan and South Korea on Monday pledged to deepen cooperation on non-proliferation and disarmament, as pressure grew on Pyongyang over its nuclear programme.

Foreign ministers from China, Japan and South Korea met in Shanghai on Monday to discuss the North Korea nuclear issue and a Japanese proposal for a European Union-style East Asian community.

Scandal-ridden UN aid program resumes operations in North Korea. A U.N. development agency has resumed operations in North Korea after a more than two-year pause following allegations of fraud.