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.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to North Korea next week is sending Pyongyang "a clear message" on the need to return to nuclear talks, a top US envoy said Monday.

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.

A top US envoy urged North Korea Wednesday to seize a "tremendous opportunity" and return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, but Pyongyang's official media said it was up to Washington to resolve the issue.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Il greeted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Pyongyang on Sunday, China's official Xinhua news agency said, amid signs the reclusive state may return to nuclear disarmament talks.

North Korea told visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday that it was open to bilateral and multilateral talks on its nuclear programmes, state media in the isolated country reported.

North Korea told visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday that it was open to bilateral and multilateral talks on its nuclear programmes, China's state television reported.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il Monday told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that Pyongyang was willing to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, North Korean state media reported.

North Korea is willing to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks if separate talks planned with the United States make progress, the communist state's official media said.

North Korean leader says return to nuclear disarmament parlay hinges on talks with US. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's premier on Monday that the North was prepared to return to multination disarmament talks depending on progress in its two-way negotiations with the U.S.

North Korea is willing to return to six-party nuclear disarmament negotiations if separate talks planned with the United States make progress, the communist state's official media said Tuesday.

North Korea said Tuesday it is willing to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations but only on condition it first holds talks with the United States to improve relations.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has praised a cooperative farm for securing its richest-ever harvest, state media said Friday, amid foreign reports of severe looming food shortages for the nation.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has praised a cooperative farm for securing its richest-ever harvest, state media said Friday, amid foreign reports of severe looming food shortages for the nation.

US evangelist Franklin Graham arrived in North Korea on Tuesday hoping to play a role in improving the country's relations with the United States, state media reported.

US evangelist Franklin Graham on Wednesday met with North Korea's foreign minister in a bid to help improve relations between the communist country and the United States, state media said.

US evangelist Franklin Graham on Wednesday met with North Korea's foreign minister in a bid to help improve relations between the communist country and the United States, state media said.

Evangelist Billy Graham's son ends trip to North Korea where he delivered aid. North Korea's state media says that the son of evangelist Billy Graham has left the North after a three-day trip.

North Korea says Mass Games extravaganza drew 1.4 million during extended run. North Korea says the extended run of its dance-and-tumbling extravaganza known as the Mass Games has come to a close.